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CONTENTS

5 Today’s programme of events 7 Welcome to the Amex, Peter Bentley 9 A warm welcome to the Senior Cup Final, Eddie Potter 11 The wait has been worth it, Ken Brown 13 Raising the profile 17 Thanks for the memories 21 Welcome to The Amex 24 Brighton & Hove Albion squad ‘11-’12 29 One journey, dream outcome 33 Brighton & Hove Albion fixtures 2011/12 35 Tackling life with a smile 38 Bright new dawn 42 The future’s bright 44 Albion’s footballing Picasso 47 Dream come true 51 Five of the best 55 Still going strong 59 Eastbourne Borough squad ‘11-’12 66 No ordinary chairman 69 One-club man 73 Living the dream 82 A lifetime in football, Peter Bentley 91 They’ve met before 97 Sussex Senior Cup past winners 99 Forthcoming Amex Stadium events 104 Sussex County FA, meet the team 109 Match officials 110 Today’s Teams www.pinnacle.uk.com 08707 707 765 info@pinnacle.uk.com Pinnacle wish to thank the advertisers who appear in this publication for their support and wish them every business success. The contents of this brochure are believed to be correct at the time of printing, nevertheless, we cannot endorse and readers should not rely solely upon the accuracy of any statements or claims contained herein without prior consultation with the service provider.

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SUSSEX SENIOR CUP FINAL 2010-11

Brighton & Hove Albion v Eastbourne Borough Today’s programme of events

2.00pm Players and match officials warm-up 2.50pm Presentation of today’s teams to: Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman), Eddie Potter (Sussex FA Competitions Committee Chairman), Ken Benham (Sussex FA Chief Executive) 3.00pm Kick Off 3.45pm Half Time 4.45pm Full Time

If the scores are level after 90 minutes there will be 30 minutes of extra time. If scores remain level the final will be decided on penalties.

Conclusion of match

Presentation of Awards Man of the Match Award (Sponsored by Luke and Luke Construction) – Presented by Niel Luke Match Officials Presented by Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman) Runners-up Manager Presented by Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman) Winners Manager Presented by Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman) Runners-Up Presented by Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman) Winners Presented by Peter Bentley (Sussex FA Chairman) 5

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Welcome to

the Amex Good afternoon ladies, gentlemen and the younger generation

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elcome to this afternoon’s Sussex County Football Association Senior Cup Final.

This is the 123rd time that the trophy has been contested and the Association wish both competing teams, Eastbourne Borough and Brighton & Hove Albion, an enjoyable match as we do the match officials appointed for this historic occasion.

A special welcome also to all those who, under normal circumstances, would probably not attend our annual showpiece. It is truly the most unique opportunity likely to be afforded to many football supporters to attend the very first competitive match to be played in this new American Express Community Stadium. We hope that you will return at the end of next season. Brighton & Hove Albion are to be congratulated that, at long last, they have their own permanent home so many years since leaving the Goldstone Ground.

I am sure that all Sussex followers will join the SCFA in wishing ‘The Albion’ every success in the higher sphere in which they will be competing this season when they enter the Championship for the first time. It is with great pleasure that by staging today’s match here the Association is being instrumental by assisting the club towards reaching the goal of certification in time for the start of the 2011-12 season in August. It is equally pleasing to be able to place on record the fact that so many of the senior clubs within the county were

readily prepared to assist in the aims of the club in endeavouring to meet all the requirements essential to obtain the necessary standard in all areas of the club’s stadium operations.

Eastbourne Borough are part of this group, and in spite of some difficulties in playing such a match at this time of the year we hope that this will bring some reward for their loss of status in the Conference National Division. They have during the recent period also brought into the county many merited plaudits for their behaviour and attitude in this very competitive division of football. Again we wish them well in their endeavours to regain a deserved place at the highest level in the non-league world. The association is equally grateful to Eastbourne Borough in staging the county’s senior competition final so successfully in the interim period.

The Albion’s achievements in the season just completed have now been fully matched by the activities off the field, and who knows to where this may lead in the not too distant future. I am sure that we will all watch with interest.

From the viewpoint of the Association, it is also pleasing to note of the achievements of Crawley Town in the past season, both in the FA Cup, particularly against Manchester United, but of course primarily in obtaining thoroughly merited promotion to the Football League for the first time. To think that Sussex will now have two clubs in the the Football League is also a tremendous achievement.

Today’s two finalists faced each other in last season’s final and it will be interesting to witness the outcome of the season 2010-11 competition when, because of the timing, some players may well be performing for the respective clubs for the first time.

I would finally like to pay tribute to the competitions administrator Nina Edwards for her efforts throughout the season in administering all the 20 cup competitions that the Association stages for all levels of football. Council members also voluntarily give their spare time for the benefit of football throughout the year, giving lie to the accusation from the uninformed that they are only there for what they get or for fining and suspending players who have committed indiscretions.

I consider it to be an honour to be your chairman.

Peter Bentley, Chairman, Sussex FA

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A warm welcome to

the Senior Cup final

Eddie Potter, Chairman of the Sussex FA competitions committee

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should like to welcome you all to this our first Sussex Senior Cup Final back with the Albion since 1995 when Brighton also appeared and, in fact, lifted the trophy for the third time in four years after a 2-0 victory over Bognor Regis Town, the side that had dominated the competition in the previous decade.

As noted elsewhere today’s match is a re-run of the 2009 final which took place on the May Day Bank Holiday at Eastbourne Borough’s Priory Lane ground. On that occasion the match was goalless after 90 minutes with Borough scoring the only goal of the game through Nathan Crabb in the sixth minute of extra time. It is perhaps befitting that these two sides should be contesting our first final in this magnificent new stadium since they have become the two most dominant clubs in the competition, with Albion making their sixth appearance and Borough their fourth, in the 12 finals of this millennium. Indeed, during that period, only Crawley Town and Lewes – both twice – have been the other clubs to win this cup.

Although the last 11 finals of the Sussex Senior Cup were all played at Priory Lane, the Association was also grateful to use the ground of both Worthing and Crawley Town each for two finals immediately after we left the Goldstone: I deliberately referred to Borough’s stadium by its ground name as when we first went there they were still playing under their previous incarnation of Langney Sports.

On the subject of grounds, there is a particularly relevant irony in this Sussex Senior Cup match being the first game Brighton will play at their new home ground as it was another Senior Cup tie that saw them play their first home match at the Goldstone back on Saturday, 22nd February, 1902. On that day the club’s customary home pitch at the County Cricket Ground in Hove was being used for a Sussex Senior Cup tie, where the eventual winners Shoreham beat holders Eastbourne (Town) 1-0 in one semi-final, and so the pre-arranged home friendly with Southampton Wanderers was played at the Goldstone Ground. Whether the Seagulls’ 7-1 victory was influential in persuading them to adopt the venue as their permanent home we shall probably never know!

I shall conclude by wishing both competing clubs a memorable and enjoyable afternoon. I congratulate the third team of our match officials on their appointment and I thank all those that have contributed to bringing the 2010-11 Sussex Senior Cup competition to such a momentous conclusion. Finally, I thank the Chairman, Directors and Officials of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for their help in staging today’s game.

I hope we all enjoy the match.

Eddie Potter Chairman, Sussex FA Competitions Committee

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Albion are delighted to welcome you to the Amex

THE WAIT HAS BEEN WORTH IT O

n behalf of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, I would like to welcome the Sussex FA and the players, staff and supporters of Eastbourne Borough FC for this afternoon’s Sussex Senior Cup Final.

There can’t be many, if any, cup finals being played so late in a domestic season but it has enabled us, as a club, to use the fixture as our first rampup game at the American Express Community Stadium.

The capacity today has been set at 12,000 to ensure we meet the necessary safety criteria ahead of our official opening against Tottenham Hotspur on July 30. It also gives us, as a club, the perfect opportunity to ensure the stadium’s infrastructure and amenities are fully operational – a dry run if you will ahead of the Spurs game and the season ahead.

As you look around today, I’m sure you’ll agree that the wait for the stadium – while painstakingly long – has been well worth it. A lot of time, effort and finance has gone into making this one of the most progressive, high specification

stadiums in the country – with supporter comfort a top priority.

Eastbourne Borough have performed admirably to reach today’s final and we hope they enjoy their short stay with us and relish the facilities on offer, both playing staff and supporters alike.

From Albion’s point of view, it speaks volumes for the work Charlie Oatway and Luke Williams have put in with the Development Squad that they have reached today’s final, having gone the entire season unbeaten. Having won the Totesport Combination League, it would be nice to finish with ‘The Double’ and add to the League One title the first-team squad have already put in the cabinet.

Given the squad only returned to preseason training a fortnight ago, it remains to be seen what Albion side takes to the field today, but whoever is selected, they will enjoy and benefit from an early runout at the Amex Stadium.

Enjoy your day and for Albion fans, we look forward to seeing you at the official opening on July 30.

Ken Brown Managing Director

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Raising the profile

Moving the Senior Cup final to the Amex has transformed the profile of the competition

By Howard Griggs, The Argus

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In global football terms Tuesday February 8 may not hold any great significance but in the corridors of power in Sussex football it was a cue to celebrate.

One decision – one big decision, as it happens – breathed new life into the County Football Association’s showpiece competition.

The 2010-11 Sussex Senior Cup had been meandering along, just as it had been for the last few years.

While many fans still cherished the Senior Cup, the competition – the final

of which had been arguably the biggest fixture on the county calendar as recently as the 1990s – had been the victim of football’s changing focus.

As Sussex clubs rose up non-league football’s pyramid, attention had been almost solely fixed on league games rather than the Senior Cup in a similar way that the FA Cup had become a secondary concern and sometimes an inconvenience to the elite teams of English football.

The decision in February to move this season’s Senior Cup final from its traditional May Day date at Priory Lane, Eastbourne, to become the first ever game at Albion’s wonderful new home, The Amex, radically raised the profile of the competition.

Suddenly, reaching the final meant a

whole lot more for all those still left in, from County League sides like Crawley Down and Rye United to the two big boys still standing, eventual finalists Albion and Eastbourne Borough.

By then, Crawley had already fallen or some would say tamely surrendered by fielding little more than a reserve side for their second-round clash with Horsham which proved a significant triumph for Hornets manager John Maggs, who was taking on his former club.

Horsham went on to reach the semifinal before bowing out to Albion, whose presence in the final was key on a number of levels.

Albion, whose reserves have belatedly become the dominant force in the Senior Cup by reaching each of the last

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16|07|11 | Sussex Senior Cup final five finals, showed quiet efficiency and professionalism in their own progress in the competition.

They dispatched Horsham YMCA 6-2 in December thanks to a George Barker hat-trick and then beat Sidley 3-0 before passing arguably their toughest test with a 1-0 quarter-final win against Lewes at the Dripping Pan when Leon Redwood struck the only goal in a match which saw both sides finish with ten men.

Goals from Yaser Kasim and Jamie Smith saw off Horsham in the semi-final.

The surprise of this year’s competition was the impact made by County League sides. Hastings United were dumped out by County League division two outfit AFC Uckfield whose run was ended by division one leaders Crawley Down in emphatic style with an 8-2 replay success after a 1-1 draw.

Crawley Down and Rye United had the bit between their teeth as the minnows trying to muscle in on The Amex party.

Rye demonstrated they were not fazed by bigger clubs as they knocked out Worthing 3-2 at Woodside Road at the last 16 stage.

Eastbourne Borough eventually dispatched both teams. Having cruised past Mile Oak and Rustington in previous rounds, Borough put their league woes to one side with a confident display to beat Rye United 3-0 at Priory Lane in the quarter-final with goals from Steven Brinkhurst, Matt Crabb and Richard Pacquette.

The semi-final with Crawley Down was a bit tighter than a 5-2 scoreline suggests but still Borough deserved to go through, showing their superior quality in front of goal with Pacquette, Matt Crabb, Ethan Strevett, George Purcell and Jamie Taylor finding the net against the gallant Anvils.

To see Crawley Down or Rye in the final might have appealed to the football romantics in the county.

Horsham, too, might have been nice

for the long-serving Maggs but that story would have fallen flat on its face following Maggs’ surprise departure at the end of last season.

As it is, having two of the big three guns in Sussex in the final is probably a good thing, both for the occasion and for the crowd today.

The winner? Of course, it could be either but the real winner has to be the competition. It needed a kick-start and this might be it.

Perhaps it may never return to the heady days of bygone years, when as recently as the 1980s crowds of 1,400 were the norm for an all non-league final, but the Senior Cup deserves to be treated with the respect today’s occasion gives it.

Path to the final ALBION

2nd rnd: 6-2 v Horsham YMCA (Barker 3, Hall, James Smith, Woodley) 3rd rnd: 3-0 v Sidley United (Agdestein, Battipiedi, Holroyd); qtr final: 1-0 v Lewes (Redwood); semi-final: 2-0 v Horsham (Kasim, Jamie Smith).

EASTBOURNE BOROUGH 2nd rnd: 5-0 v Mile Oak (M.Crabb 2, Jenkinson, Langston, Strevett); 3rd rnd: 3-0 v Rustington (Pacquette 2, Purcell); qtr final: 3-0 v Rye (Brinkhurst, M.Crabb, Pacquette); semi-final: 5-2 v Crawley Down (Pacquette, M.Crabb, Strevett, Purcell, Taylor).

Above: Richard Pacquette Left: George Barker

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Thanks for the memories Winners: Left, Albion’s 1992 squad and, below, the all-conquering Bognor team celebrate one of their five successive triumphs in 1980

From a European Cup winner to the ‘Untouchables’, the Senior Cup has thrown up some memorable storylines over the years as Howard Griggs, of The Argus, recalls STEFAN IOVAN created a piece of history in 1992 when he became the first and to date only player to lift both the European Cup and the Sussex Senior Cup. Six years after helping Steaua Bucaresti beat Barcelona to win the final of the European Cup – the forerunner of the Champions League – the Romania international featured in the Albion Reserves side that triumphed over Langney Sports in Sussex football’s showpiece final at the Goldstone Ground.

Iovan’s unique double is just one quirky fact in the colourful history of the Senior Cup – a competition which for so long provided arguably the biggest date on the county’s football calendar.

Talk to older players and they will recall rousing occasions and proud moments when they appeared in the Senior Cup final at the Goldstone Ground.

The competition’s profile has diminished a little in recent seasons but it can still stir up fond memories and warm feelings among many people.

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16|07|11 | Sussex Senior Cup final I have probably seen 20 Senior Cup finals down the years either as a fan or in 25 years reporting on Sussex sport and while, as is often the case in cup finals, there were not many classics among those I can still recall a lot of them.

Sadly, I did not get to see the greatest team in Senior Cup history: the team my paper, The Argus, dubbed ‘The Untouchables’ at the time.

Bognor, under Jack Pearce, won the competition for five years in a row between 1980 and 1984. A run of 33 matches unbeaten in the competition only came to an end in a replay against Lewes in the 1985 final.

Two years later the Rocks proved what a good side they were by beating Arundel 3-0 in a replay of the 1987 final. That completed seven finals appearances in eight years, which remains an outstanding achievement. Names like Mick Pullen, Paul Pullen, Geoff Cooper, Kevin Clements and Graham Marriner were stalwarts of those sides.

Perhaps it highlights the changing forces in Sussex football but none of the top three teams in the county now won the Senior Cup before 1988 – which is quite something for a competition which was first played for in 1883.

Albion won it in 1988, Crawley Town claimed their first win two years later and Eastbourne Borough had to wait until 2002.

Albion’s wait for a win should be put into context. They tried to enter in 1905 but were unable to do so because of clashing dates and then an Albion junior side triumphed in 1943 when the Senior Cup was presented to the winners of the Sussex Wartime Cup tournament.

The club’s first entry came in 1945-46 when a junior side lost both legs to Hastings and St Leonards and they did not enter again until 1975-76 following the abolition of the professional/ amateur distinction when a young Peter Ward scored in games against Crawley Town and Eastbourne Town.

There was another three-year interlude before the Seagulls entered in 1978-79 when future England international Gary Stevens netted a consolation in a 3-1 first round defeat to Southwick and they have played in the competition every year since.

Since 1988 Albion have won the competition nine times and have appeared in each of the last four finals before today, winning three and losing one to Eastbourne Borough in 2009.

The first winners of the Senior Cup were Brighton Rangers in 1883 followed by Burgess Hill for three years on the trot.

Worthing have a rich history in the competition, winning the cup 20 times and having appeared in 15 finals since the Second World War, including five in the 1970s when they won it three years out of four between 1975 and 1978.

Another notable achievement is that of the Whitehawk team who won the Sussex Junior Cup in 1949, the Sussex Intermediate Cup in 1950 and the Sussex Senior Cup in 1951.

Whitehawk had a great side that won the cup in 1962, including the likes of Harry Tharme, Ron Pavey, Robbie Cox, Billy Ford and Alan Gunn, but they lost the 1954 final 1-0 to Horsham in front of a Goldstone crowd in excess of 5,000. It was Horsham’s greatest win and came courtesy of a goal from Leslie Glue not to mention outstanding performances from John Browning and Robin Stepney.

There have been multiple finalists and one-time finalists including Saltdean United in 1997 when a 17-year-old Paul Ifill – who went on to play for Millwall, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace – scored a consolation in a 2-1 defeat to St Leonards.

There has also been controversy, notably in a third round match in 1989 when Albion’s former Northern Ireland international Gerry Armstrong attacked a Southwick supporter after being sent off which resulted in a club suspension and ultimately Armstrong’s departure from the club.

From Iovan to Armstrong, with the greats of Bognor and many others along the way, the Senior Cup has never been short of a tale to tell.

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Glory days: Bognor celebrate again in 1884, at the Goldstone and, inset, in 1987 after they defeated Arundel 3-0 in a midweek replay

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Welcome to The Amex How Albion chairman Tony Bloom repaid the fans’ loyalty at the club’s stunning new home

By Andy Naylor, The Argus IMAGINE a football stadium that cost more than £4,000 per seat to build, but as little as £100 per season for young fans...

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stadium that has hand-picked some of the best features of leading venues throughout Britain and abroad.

A stadium that offers all 22,500 spectators, irrespective of how much they have paid, cushioned comfort and a clear and dry view.

Imagine no more. Welcome to The Amex or, to give Albion’s new ground its full title, The American Express Community Stadium.

Fourteen years after leaving The Goldstone - and 12 years after moving to Withdean - the Seagulls at long last have a home they can call their own again.

Quite a home it is too. Based on average construction prices, The Amex would have cost £33.75 million. The bill was almost three times that at £93 million, chairman Tony Bloom providing most of the funding in the form of unsecured, interest-free loans until 2023.

It is Bloom’s way of repaying supporters for their loyalty. He said: “I hope and expect the fans to be very pleasantly surprised by how comfortable the stadium is for all supporters, not just the ones paying more for their corporate seats.

“They’ve had a very tough time of it at Withdean. We’ve had between five and six thousand very loyal supporters week in, week out for the last 12 years and wherever they sit in the stadium they will be rewarded with a superb place to watch football in comfort, as well as a roof.”

The roof of The Amex incorporates an eye-catching arch, similar to that used at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia.

Architects KSS designed the Chelsea Village redevelopment at Stamford Bridge and the training centre at Spurs, Albion’s opponents for a prestige friendly in a fortnight.

Contractors the Buckingham Group were responsible for stadiummk, home of MK Dons. Albion have incorporated ideas from there and other grounds like Arsenal’s Emirates, The Madejski Stadium at Reading and Derby’s Pride Park.

Chief executive Martin Perry, who has overseen The Amex project from inception to conclusion, said: “At Reading and Derby the large, open hospitality suites have wonderful pitch views. During the week as well as a match day they are very attractive spaces. At the Emirates there is a central tier. We have got three tiers as well.”

No blade of grass has been overlooked.

The pitch has been carefully selected by Steve Winterburn, Albion’s groundsman since 2001 and a lifelong fan, after painstaking research. He has opted for a Fibrelastic surface, used by Newcastle at

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St James Park and Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox.

The attention to detail is mindboggling.

The number of sprinkler heads, for instance, has been limited to 24, mainly situated just off the pitch, to ensure the right amount of moisture.

Bloom took the baton from former chairman Dick Knight, now Albion’s president. Knight’s vision of a multi-use stadium for the benefit not just of the football club but the community as a whole has been delivered.

When Albion are not kicking a ball at The Amex it will stage pop concerts, conferences, trade fairs, business meetings, exhibitions, dinners, weddings and private parties, in suites ranging in capacity from ten to 500. The first wedding took place a week ago. The 2012 Sussex Food and Drinks Awards have already been booked for January.

Both Albion supporters and the local business community have embraced the project. Fourteen hospitality boxes, costing £90,000 over five years, went within a week of going on sale.

High-profile fans like Des Lynam and Norman Cook have joined the 1901 club which, for between £76 and £99 per month plus a £500 or £1,000 lump sum, assures them a luxury padded seat in the main west stand with an exclusive entrance and access to one of the stadium’s nine luxury lounges for food and drink.

Albion expected to sell 1,000 seats for the 1901 club by October. All 2,750 in the west stand were snapped up by Christmas.

Nobody has been priced out of The Amex. Season tickets are much lower in cost than many people expected, from just £98.75 for an under ten in the north stand or upper tier of the west stand to a maximum of £595 for a prime position in the lower tier of the west stand.

That compares favourably with prices charged by other clubs for inferior facilities and the uptake has exceeded all expectations.

Loyal and casual supporters of all ages have signed up. More than 15,000 season tickets have sold out, forcing Albion to open a waiting list.

Fifteen food kiosks and 11 bars spread around the stadium will serve locally sourced ales and pies, in keeping with the community feel. Even away supporters are being well looked after. Special lighting will transform the colour of the south stand occupied by visitors - light blue for Coventry, white for Leeds.

The Amex is Albion’s future but the past has not been forgotten. A museum will offer a reminder of the eventful, stamina-sapping journey to a bright new beginning.

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“The benefits of a new stadium – not just to the club and the fans – but also the city as a whole are immense.

We are very proud of what we have achieved.”

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Brighton & Hove

Manager Gus Poyet

Defenders Steve Cook

Defenders Ben Sampayo

Gus became manager in November 2009.

After pulling the Seagulls clear of the relegation zone to finish mid-table that season he was rewarded with a new four-yeardeal until 2014.

As a player he enjoyed success in Spain’s La Liga before moving to England to play in the Premier League with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur – winning the FA Cup with Chelsea in 2000.

Steve made his first-team debut while still a youth scholar, coming on as a substitute in a Carling Cup victory against Manchester City in September 2008. A full-back or centre-half, he spent a month on loan at Blue Square Premier side Eastbourne Borough last season and he later joined divisional rivals Mansfield Town for a similar spell.

Ben was given permission to join up with the Development Squad during the 2010-11 season by his parent club Chelsea in an attempt to secure a permanent deal.

The left-back proved his worth and will sign professional forms with Albion this month when his contract expires with Chelsea.

Goalkeeper Michael Poke

Defenders Grant Hall

Midfielder Yaser Kasim

Poke joined the club in the summer of 2010. The 6ft 1ins former Southampton stopper caught the eye of Gus Poyet while on loan at Torquay, whom he helped win promotion from the Blue Square Premier in 2009. He then played a major role in helping the Gulls maintain their League Two status. Yet to make his league bow for the Seagulls.

Grant graduated through the youth set-up in the summer of 2010 to gain a professional contract. A composed central defender, he travelled with the first team squad to their preseason training camp in Portugal last year and formed a regular partnership with Lewis Dunk at the heart of the reserve side in 2010-11.

Yaser signed for Albion last August, following his release from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. He moved to Albion as part of the club’s Development Squad, but was named in the first-team squad against Bristol Rovers in November 2010, albeit as an unused sub.

He made his debut on the final day of last season at Notts County.

Goalkeeper Mitch Walker

Defenders Jamie Strong

Midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey

Mitch is a highlyregarded keeper who has risen through the Albion ranks. He signed pro forms in August 2009 while still a secondyear scholar and became a regular in the reserves.

He made his debut for the senior side in the last game of the 2009/10 season against Yeovil at Withdean and kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win.

Jamie rose through the club’s youth setup and signed professional forms during the summer of 2011. He regularly featured in central midfield last season for the under-18s but has been preferred at right-back when called on for reserve fixtures.

The talented youngster became Albion’s youngest ever player when he made his debut, aged 16, against Yeovil Town on the final day of the 2009-10 season.

He went on to make his second appearance last season, in an FA Cup third round tie at Stoke City, and has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level during his time at the club.

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Albion Squad‘11-’12 Midfielder Leon Redwood

Striker Torbjorn Agdestein

Midfielder George Hayward

Leon rose through the Albion youth ranks but was held back when he suffered a long-term knee injury. Fit again last season, he was a regular fixture in the reserve side and although he can play as a left winger he has also featured in the leftback position.

Torbjorn signed for Albion last summer from Norwegian side Stord FC, initially on a oneyear contract.

He immediately joined the club’s Development Squad and got his first taste of senior action when he was an unused substitute against Bournemouth in October at Withdean. A Norwegian under-19 international, he also found a place on the bench towards the end of last season.

George is a central midfielder who has risen through the youth ranks at Albion. He began last season with the intention of earning his first professional contract but a shoulder injury hampered the second half of his campaign. Fit again following an operation, George has been offered a third year as a scholar to aim for a professional deal.

Midfielder Ryan Simmonds

Striker George Barker

Defenders Calum Sherriff

A prolific former youth player, Barker was named on the bench – while still a scholar – for Albion’s FA Cup tie at Wycombe in 2009. He signed his first professional contract last summer and was a member of the Development Squad last season, featuring in the side’s reserve team.

Calum is a dominant centrehalf and joined Albion’s youth set up as a 15-yearold. Impressive during that season, he was offered a twoyear scholarship deal which he completed during the summer.

The club has offered Calum a one-year extension to his scholarship contract so will join George Hayward as a third-year scholar.

Born: 23/9/1991

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Squad last season.

Born: 28/9/1991 Ryan signed for Albion during the summer of 2010 when he was released

by Aston Villa.

Technically very good, he can plays on either wing or behind the front two and was a key part of the Development

Midfielder Anton Rogers Born: 26/1/1993

Son of Swansea City manager Brendan, Anton signed for Albion during the summer of 2011 when he was released

by Chelsea.

Impressed by the 18-year-old’s ability on the ball Gus Poyet is looking to develop the midfielder’s stature through the Development Squad.

Striker Jordan Woodley Born: 7/10/1992

Jordan’s form in front of goal was rewarded with a professional contract during the summer of 2011. The tenacious striker was also called-up to the reserve side for a number of fixtures during the 2010-11 season.

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One journey has been long and painstaking, the other short and sweet. Together they have produced a dream result for Brighton & Hove Albion. The Seagulls will be kicking off next season in the American Express Community Stadium in the Championship.

It has taken them 12 years to move from their ‘temporary’ home at Withdean to The Amex at Falmer, less than 18 months for Gus Poyet to turn the team from League One relegation candidates into record-breaking champions.

Tony Bloom, the poker-playing Albion chairman, took a gamble when he appointed Poyet. The Uruguayan had a top playing pedigree with Chelsea and Spurs, a decent track record as an assistant, but he had never been a manager.

The punt has paid off spectacularly. On April 12 Albion became the first club in the country to be promoted when they defeated Dagenham and Redbridge 4-3 at Withdean.

Four days later they were crowned champions with a 3-1 win at Walsall, their 28th victory in 42 matches. Club historian Tim Carder has compiled a three-page list of records either broken or under threat from Poyet’s all-conquering side.

“I’m very, very proud,” Poyet said. “This is my first full season as a manager and my opportunity to show what I believe, the football I believe that is possible and the way we treat the players to get the best out of them.

“This is my first full season as a manager and my opportunity to show what I believe” “We have talked about it and we were convinced and believed in our way of doing things but until you get over the line it is not proven. As a player you were part of a team, somebody else’s ideas. This is me, what I believe, this is very personal.”

Poyet’s philosophy is based on a team ethic. There are no stars and every player in the squad has made a contribution at one stage or another. From bit-part Spanish striker Fran Sandaza, whose injury-time winner first lifted Albion to the top of the table at the end of September, to prolific top scorer Glenn Murray.

Poyet said: “We made a decision not to bring in loan players for a month, which gave me the chance to make a team, to make a group, to understand why we do things, to understand what is needed every game.

“People get upset if they are not in the team, that’s football, but there is always a reason. We tell the players the reason, we try to explain why if they don’t understand, we talk to them, we get some feedback so everything is clear.

“There is nothing hidden and there are no lies.

That is why the team is so strong and so powerful and why we have maintained that consistency you need to be champions.”

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Albion have not just won the league in a canter under Poyet, they have done it playing his passing brand of football, the like of which has rarely been seen in the lower divisions.

Bloom said: “I have been watching Albion for 35 years and I haven’t ever seen us playing as well, in such great style and in such great form. Put the two things together and it is heaven for all Brighton fans.

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“It is remarkable to be the first team of all the teams in the Football League to be promoted, just unbelievable, particularly where we have come from. When Gus took over 18 months ago we were hovering around the relegation zone.

“He has managed to turn that around in such a short space of time, which is very impressive. The momentum and drive to succeed is there and, as we move into the Amex next season

in the Championship, there is even more reason to want to maintain and improve our professional standards.”

Albion, under Poyet and Bloom’s leadership, are a secret no more. They have been marked down as a club going places.

Bookmakers quote them as low as 4-1 to reach the Premier League next time. They will have to go some to make the first season at The Amex as memorable as the last at Withdean.”

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“I see a lot of lads playing today who have more talent than I ever had, but they don’t have a chance in hell of making it because they don’t want it enough.”

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Tackling life with a smile Like the club itself, Charlie Oatway has beaten the odds to be part of today’s historic occasion.

Andy Naylor, of The Argus, talks to Albion’s reserve team manager

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t is fitting that Charlie Oatway is the manager of the first Albion side to play at The Amex.

The reserve team boss and the club he has served in a variety of roles for a dozen years have both overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to be where they are today.

Oatway has crammed more triumph, adversity and drama into his 37 years than most people experience in a lifetime.

His recently published autobiography ‘Tackling Life: The True Story of a Footballing Bad Lad Made Good’, provides a fascinating warts-and-all snapshot of a remarkable career.

There is nothing unusual about a footballer writing a book, except that Oatway reached the age of 30 without being able to read or write.

Alan Sanders, a key figure in Albion’s community department, persuaded him to sign up for the club’s study skills programme.

The result? No more embarrassing moments like the time he was on the motorway following his team-mates to a reserve game at Brentford when they suddenly turned off.

He ended up heading towards Luton because he couldn’t read the signs to find his way back.

Oatway said: “I had to get on my mobile phone to find out which way to go. I got a £50 fine for being late, which my mates thought was hilarious.”

His struggle with dyslexia is only one part of the story. Raised in a rough and tough environment in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, Oatway, by his own admission, “enjoyed being a tearaway”.

He had two children by two different mothers by the time he was 19. The low point of his life was serving a fourmonth sentence in Pentonville Prison for grievous bodily harm while playing for Cardiff.

He was sticking up for a friend who was being racially abused.

Incarceration was a sobering experience.

Oatway, by nature a bubbly and upbeat character, endured panic attacks in the early stages of his sentence. “Prison was horrible,” he admitted.

“When I was first led in, the sight of dead cockroaches lying on the ground outside really got to me.

“I couldn’t cope with the fact that the only topic of conversation seemed to be about the length of time people had to serve.

“I just felt numb from the whole experience, which had really shaken me and changed my whole outloook on life.”

As well as Brentford and Cardiff, Oatway played for non-league Yeading and Torquay before becoming, in 1999, one half of surely the best value-for-money double deal in Albion’s history.

Micky Adams signed him from Brentford together with Paul Watson, whose set-piece expertise laid on so many goals for Bobby Zamora.

It very nearly didn’t happen. “I got a call from Micky saying the deal could be off as Watto couln’t make up his mind,” Oatway explained.

“I got on the phone to Watto and told him he had to do it. In the end he agreed to sign with me and Brighton bought us both for £30,000.

“To this day I claim that I was bought for £20,000 and Watto for £10,000, though of course he disputes it!”

Oatway, as a combative midfielder and captain, embodied the spirit of the team steered by Adams and Peter Taylor from League Two to the Championship in successive seasons, then later back into the Championship via the play-offs under Mark McGhee.

His playing career ended prematurely, courtesy of a bad tackle in a match at Withdean against his beloved Queens Park Rangers.

Tough nut though he is, Oatway still manages to maintain a compassionate attitude towards the culprit. He insists: “I don’t have any hard feelings against Marcus Bean, because although it was a foul I don’t think he intended it to be anything more than that.”

Gus Poyet chose wisely when he appointed Oatway as first team coach, with the added responsibility of looking after the reserves. The Uruguayan wanted somebody who knew what makes the club tick.

The reserves have won the Combination title in successive seasons, although Oatway points out: “It’s not really about winning. It’s about building and developing a team who play in the same way as the first team.

“You have to keep in mind which players need games. Sometimes we will have senior players who were on the bench for the first team and need to play. Sometimes it will be more of a development team.

“The good thing about this football club is the players cannot complain we are not making an informed decision about them. It’s not just me or Luke (Williams, development coach) making a decision.

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“The gaffer and Tano (assistant Mauricio Taricco) come to nearly every game. That’s a big thing for the boys in the reserve team when they see them there watching.”

Win or lose today, Albion and Charlie Oatway really were made for each other. He epitomises the never-say-die spirit which enabled the Seagulls to survive years of homelessness.

“I came from rock bottom as a kid with no hope and became a man who is happily married (to Sonya) with a fantastic job in football,” he said.

“I see a lot of lads playing today who have more talent than I ever had, but they don’t have a chance in

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hell of making it because they don’t want it enough.

“Football is what I always wanted to do and it is much more enjoyable than talking to the public about my problems with dyslexia.

But I’m glad that I’ve been able to make a difference to some people’s lives as a result.

“I don’t claim to have sorted everything out as far as my reading is concerned, but I am getting there. At least I’m now able to help my kids a little bit, which is a start. And now even Charlie Oatway has written a book!

Whoever would have believed that I’d do that?”

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Bright new dawn As Albion’s development coach, Luke Williams is charged with bringing on the next generation of first-team stars. Brian Owen, of The Argus, spotlights some of the youngsters hoping to make an impression today IT’S all about a bright new future for Albion today. And not just because it is opening day at The Amex.

While you are admiring your surroundings this afternoon, make sure you study the on-field goings on and maybe play talent-spotter.

The Senior Cup has traditionally been a reserve team competition for the Seagulls.

For reserve team these days, read development squad – be it in the Combination League or Senior Cup. That is why it is likely to be a freshfaced line-up, with maybe one or two older heads, which takes on Eastbourne Borough.

Luke Williams is the coach given responsibility for this promising bunch of young players who have been nurtured through the youth team or brought in from elsewhere.

He was not the big-name appointment many expected when Gus Poyet revealed he wanted a specialist development coach.

Having come through the youth ranks at Bristol Rovers with a certain Bobby Zamora, his playing career was cut short by a knee injury and he picked up valuable coaching experience with

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Leyton Orient, West Ham and the FA. He was brought in by Poyet last August with a specific brief – to bridge the gap between under-18s and League One, now the Championship.

Poyet said: “Players in the past thought when they were 18 and had been offered a contract that they were a professional and part of the first team.

“No, you are not. You are part of the first team when you become a regular trainer with them and start playing for the first team. Until then you are in between.”

Albion look to get their reserves playing what might be called the Poyet way. That often means youngsters looking to pass and move their way around more seasoned pros on a wet and windy Wednesday at Lancing during reserve-team fixtures.

Williams said: “At the start of last season we had six players in the development group and it was difficult to organise games and map out a season.

“Then we got to nine or ten regular development players, plus trialists, so we could start to do that. But other clubs are not doing what we are doing.

“We were struggling to get appropriate opposition. Most managers in the league are on maybe a one-year contract and they need to get players in to save their jobs. They are not looking at developing players for the long term.

“The development squad is looking four years down the line.

The chairman here has backed the manager with a four-year contract and the manager has the vision

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“Players thought when they were 18 and had been offered a contract that they were a professional and part of the first team.

No, you are not. You are part of the first team when you become a regular trainer with them and start playing for the first team.�

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16|07|11 | Sussex Senior Cup final for the future. Our commitment sometimes outweighs the commitment of other clubs.

“In the Premier League you will have a member of staff looking at a four-year plan. That doesn’t happen further down the leagues.”

Albion’s commitment to their elder teens has seen some rewarded with first-team experience.

Lewis Dunk and Jake Forster-Caskey are the obvious examples. Both have looked assured beyond their years in their brief senior outings. Comfortable on the ball too.

Then, in the final game of last season, Yaser Kasim was handed a surprise senior debut at Notts County, witnessed by the Iraqi national team manager.

Kasim left Iraq with his family as a young child and made his way in North London before leaving Tottenham’s youth set-up because he was not enjoying it. Albion were alive to the situation and gave him a chance The deep-lying midfielder has an interesting story to tell. “We were under a bad government in Iraq. The Gulf War ended when I was born but sanctions came in. Things got harder. My brother was about to go into military service and it was best to leave.

“I didn’t understand English when we came here but I was only seven. It was easier for me than for my parents. I went to an English school and picked it up quite quickly.

“We had a local sports centre. I joined them on Tuesdays and Thursdays and played tournaments and Spurs picked me up. I joined Spurs when I was 11 and was there until I was 18.”

Ryan Simmonds was skipper of the Aston Villa side which reached the final of the FA Youth Cup. He was then released because he was too small and was thrilled to find a club where talent on the ball meant more than physical stature.

Ben Sampayo and Anton Rodgers both joined the development squad this summer after leaving Chelsea’s academy. Torbjorn Agdestein, who is featured elsewhere in today’s programme, is a goal-getter from Norway.

Others are local boys who have progressed at the club’s after-school training sessions and gone on to earn scholarships.

They will relish this special occasion.

Who knows? It could offer many of today’s crowd a first glance of a future star or two of The Amex.

Assured: Jake Forster-Caskey

Iraqi background: Yaser Kasim

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hen Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes and turned into MK Dons, the world of football shuddered at the absurdity of it all.

Fans disparagingly refer to last season’s League One playoff contenders as ‘Franchise FC’.

Yet Albion supporters could be eternally grateful to Wimbledon for abandoning their South London roots.

In doing so they launched a chain of events which delivered to Albion’s door one of their brightest prospects, a player destined to grace the first team at The Amex.

Lewis Dunk was on Wimbledon’s books until the move to Milton Keynes made it impractical to continue training with them from his home in Brighton.

He was being courted by Crystal Palace and Southampton when Martin Hinshelwood, director of youth at the time, called Dunk to offer him a year with Albion.

A year quickly turned into four, an acknowledgement of the potential of the imposing central defender.

If that phone call from Hinshelwood, now Albion’s director of football, was a defining moment in Dunk’s blossoming career then so too was the appointment as manager of Gus Poyet.

The Uruguayan had an opportunity early into his reign to cast his eye over the club’s young talent in an FA Youth Cup tie against Everton at Withdean.

His attention was drawn to Dunk. This was no head it and kick it centre half but a defender comfortable with the ball at his feet, performing with a maturity and composure beyond his years.

Dunk is right up Poyet’s street. He was awarded a two-year pro deal in April 2010 and, still only 18, made his first team debut the next day, ironically at MK Dons.

A smattering of first team appearances followed, together with a contract extension through to 2013, not bad when you consider Dunk will not be 20 until November.

“I have always played the ball on the floor since I was growing up,”he said.“When Gus came in I just saw that it suited my football.

All I want to do is play, not kick it long. Other managers that have been here wanted to do that and it just doesn’t suit my game.”

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Dunk can do the ugly stuff too. He is tall for his age, around 6ft 4ins, and strong in the air as well as on the floor. He also reads the game well for one so inexperienced.

Dunk owes a lot to his older brother Carl, whose own career was wrecked by a serious ankle injury sustained playing for Sussex.

Dad Mark, an aggressive midfielder on the Sussex non-league circuit with a multitude of clubs, including Southwick, Worthing and Horsham, said: “Carl put a lot of the groundwork in with him from an early age. I was just the one doing the ferrying around. His mum’s had an input as well, keeping his feet on the ground.”

Dunk senior missed out on a Sussex Senior Cup final appearance with Oakwood, a brief run-out with Horsham after injury rendering him ineligible.

Dunk junior was a regular for Albion’s reserves last season as they fought their way through to today’s final but could have more of a part to play in the first team this season as they prepare for their Championship adventure.

He is vying for a place with two other home-grown products, Adam El-Abd and Tommy Elphick.

Both have been hit by injury so for Dunk, sidelined himself this time last year by a foot problem, the door is ajar. “There is a jump,” he said. “It’s much harder in the first team, a higher tempo. Players close you down quicker. You have just got to be ready for it.”

Dunk has been. He has impressed almost every time he has played, never more so than when replacing the stricken El-Abd in a 0-0 draw at Southampton last season.

Mark said: “In football it’s about being in the right place at the right time, doing the right things in front of the right manager. I have to be perfectly honest, if it had been Micky Adams or Russell Slade in charge I don’t think Lewis would have got as far as he has as quickly as he has.

“The more he is tested the better he is. He has got to keep working hard, wait for his chances, keep taking them and see where it leads him.”

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This was no head it and kick it centre half but a defender comfortable with the ball at his feet

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Albion’s footballing Picasso Czech goalkeeper Brezovan reveals how painting helps him unwind PETER Brezovan is a bit different to your average footballer.

In days gone by players would fill their spare time in smoke-filled snooker halls or betting shops. The modern day version plays computer games, but not Brezovan.

Brighton’s 6ft 6ins goalkeeper is a footballing Picasso with a passion for abstract art.

Once training or matches are finished he goes home to his flat in the centre of Brighton and paints his thoughts on canvas. Brezovan developed his unorthodox talent from an early age back in the Czech Republic, where he attended art school.

He said: “As I got older I started drawing properly, big pictures,” he

lads and I showed them the pictures,” he said. “They were surprised. It’s not very normal for footballers to paint and draw. But after training you cannot just think about football all day. It’s a good way to clear your mind. It would be nice to do something like graphic design when I finish playing. It’s not easy to get a job like that, but I’ll try.”

Goalkeepers have a reputation for being a little eccentric. Tony Godden, coach to the Brighton custodians, is not altogether surprised by Brezovan’s hobby. The former West Bromwich Albion No. 1 said: “That is definitely Peter. He is one of those lads who sometimes drifts off in a world of his own. That would be the arty side of him. I can see him being quite good

If Peter was any more laid back he would fall off the chair, but he is brilliant to work with, an absolutely lovely bloke explained. “It’s my hobby and I try doing it all the time. I have stages. I’ll plan three or four pictures for a week then I’ll stop for three months. I have to have a good feeling and good imagination.

“I have never copied anything or tried to paint a landscape or mountains.

In the Czech Republic I had my pictures in a restaurant, which was nice.”

Dressing room culture being what it is, you might expect Brezovan to be a figure of fun for his team-mates and yet his unusual past-time has earned him respect, not ridicule. “I’ve told the

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at it, because his imagination would take him that way. If Peter was any more laid back he would fall off the chair, but he is brilliant to work with, an absolutely lovely bloke. We have got a smashing group of keepers at the club.”

Brezovan’s had more time to paint this season than he would have wished after joining Brighton from a spell at Swindon, where his current boss Gus Poyet was then the assistant manager.

The towering Slovak saved a penalty on his debut at Exeter - just as he did for Swindon - and established himself as

Poyet’s first choice last season.

He then suffered a fractured wrist during summer training. Poyet signed Casper Ankergren and Brezovan has been understudying the great Dane throughout Brighton’s impressive march towards promotion.

The rivalry for the gloves has not stopped Brezovan and Ankergren from becoming close friends. Godden said: “They are the best of buddies. Casper’s daughter is very shy and reserved, but she will run to Peter. They are very close, even though they are vying for the same place, and have a lot of respect for each other.”

Brezovan’s only appearances this season have been in the FA Cup. He helped Brighton through to the

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Poyet’s team could not cope with Rory Delap’s renowned long throws or corners and crosses that day and Brezovan was widely blamed.

Godden feels the criticism was unjustified. “We went through the game together on the video and, as far as I was concerned, I couldn’t see a problem,” he said. “People were blaming him for different things, but I think they were looking for a scapegoat to a certain extent. When you analysed it and broke it down I didn’t think Peter was at fault for any of the goals. I thought other people were at fault.

“He is such a laid-back person. He makes out-of-this world saves, but you don’t see him punching the air. He makes a mistake, like everyone does, but he doesn’t let it affect him. He is very level-headed.”

Brezovan, a musician as well as an artist - he plays both the guitar and piano - still has a year left on his contract and would happily stay for longer. “I’ve really settled here,” he said. “I think that Brighton is the nicest city in England and I am really happy here.

“Before I came to Brighton I had a trial with a club in the Scottish First Division and I could have gone there, but Brighton are a much better club.

I am more than glad about the way it has worked out.”

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“Everyone back home in Stord is following me. The local newspaper calls me three times a week just to ask how it’s going.”

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Sussex Senior Cup final | 16|07|11 During his spare time Torbjorn Agdestein makes a bit of a din on his drum kit.

The Norwegian prospect is threatening to become a big noise with Albion as well.

Agdestein is already a bit of a star back in Stord, a small town on Norway’s South-West coast with a population of just 17,000.

The locals have been eagerly monitoring his progress since Albion bought him from the Norwegian minnows 11 months ago for a fee of about £25,000.

He was top scorer for the reserves last season and hit the headlines back home after scoring twice in a friendly against Spurs.

Agdestein explained: “Back in Norway everyone knows about it when you have scored against a Premier League team.

“When I went back everyone was like ‘Wow, you scored against Tottenham, how was it?’

“People that I don’t really speak to that much send me messages, saying well done.

“Everyone is following me.

The local newspaper calls me three times a week just to ask how it’s going.

“Everyone is showing a big interest, so I am really happy about that. It’s a very nice place, a small place as well, so I know most of the people.”

Agdestein may not be used to playing in front of the type of crowds Albion will be attracting at The Amex this season, but he has taken the leap from amateur football in Scandanivia to the pro game in England in his stride.

He said: “Football is not too big in Stord. The most people we had this season was 200 to 300 and there were normally 80 to 90. Our pitches back at home are terrible as well.

“When I saw the new stadium I thought it is going to be just like a big dream come true.

“Training every day and being professional and getting the best out of it, whatever the weather is like, is so different to what I was used to coming from an amateur club.

“We usually trained Monday to Thursday and had Friday, Saturday and Sunday off. I went to sports school where I could train three times a week and I did some training on my own just to try to get better, but it wasn’t the best.”

Agdestein has made eyecatching progress with Albion’s

development squad under the guidance of coach Luke Williams. Signed initially on a one-year contract, he was awarded a 12-month extension in April.

He scored six goals in four games in a purple patch last season and played a key part in the Seagulls’ second string reaching today’s Sussex Senior Cup final.

The modest 19-year-old said: “I think it’s gone quite well. Coming to this club has been a brilliant experience for me. It’s such a good football club. I have just developed more and more.

“Luke is a really good coach. He knows what the gaffer wants and tells us perfectly, so we get better at the things the first team are doing. When I have been with the first team I can see it’s the same thing we do.”

Agdestein has already been on the bench for the first team as an unused substitute. He is creeping ever-closer to a breakthrough.

Mauricio Taricco, Gus Poyet’s No. 2, said: “We are very happy with the progress he is making and the manager is very aware of his performances.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in and around the first team.

He has been scoring and playing well, keeping posession and finishing well.”

Agdestein played for Stord’s first team when he was only 15. He may have to wait a little longer for a senior role with the Seagulls, but that is the next target.

“That’ s what I want to do, play for the first team,” he said. “I’m a striker and I need to score goals.

“I’m waiting for the time I’m on the bench and maybe come on for the last five or ten minutes. That would be so brilliant for me.”

In the meantime, Agdestein will continue following the example set by his idol, former Manchester United marksman Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“When I was younger I was a big fan of Ole,” he said. “I’ve read many of his books and how he did it when he went to a new club.

“That has really inspired me.

I’ve tried to do much the same as him, because I know he was successful and I can do well then.

“I look at the game differently because of that to when I was back at home. He has been a great inspiration for me.”

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Five of the best

Howard Griggs, of The Argus, looks back on some memorable Senior Cup finals of the last 30 years

1983 Bognor 3, Lewes 0 1985 Lewes 2, Bognor 1 Bognor created history by becoming the first club to win the Lewes ended Bognor’s dominance of the competition with a Senior Cup four years running.

The Rocks survived some early pressure before going on to dominate in front o f a crowd 1,284 at the Goldstone Ground Goals from Neil Hider, Dallas Whyte and a Steve Eke own goal decided a hugely entertaining game.

Bognor’s 34-year-old boss Jack Pearce said: “There’s not a team in Sussex who can live with my lads when they hit form.”

Bognor: Gilbert, Parslow, M.Pullen, P.Pullen, Marriner, Orton, Whyte, Hider, Cooper, Clements, Poole. Subs: Vijay, Manley.

Lewes: Radford, Smart, Jefferson, Pateman, Horscroft, Eke, Ivemy, T.Parris, Dorrill, Mulhern, P.Parris. Subs: Evison, West.

2-1 replay victory at Worthing following an enthralling 2-2 draw at the Goldstone Ground.

In the first post-War replay of a final the Rooks dug deep to beat a Bognor side who had won the competition five years in a row.

Despite seeing a first-half Terry Parris penalty saved by Vijay, Lewes went ahead through Grant Horscroft on 46 minutes. Pip Parris made it 2-0 a minute into injury-time but there was still time for Kevin Clements to reduce the deficit and ensure a nervous final few seconds.

Argus reporter Jamie Baker wrote: “For 33 matches, six years and 94 days Bognor were the untouchables of Sussex football. Just ponder those statistics for a moment, for no club may ever break that sort of dominance of Sussex football’s most prestigious competition.”

Lewes: Armstrong, M.Horscroft, West, G.Horscroft, Eke, T.Parris, Dorrill, Evison, P.Parris, Hussey, French. Subs: Brady, Schulz.

Bognor: Vijay, Parslow, M.Pullen, Orton, Gill, Marriner, Clarke, Bird, Poole, Clements, Cooper. Subs: Reed, Anderton.

End of an era: Pip Parris, third from left, scores for Lewes in their 2-1 win over Bognor in the 1985 final at Woodside Road

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Cause for conern: Steyning’s John Dutton had to come off in thre 1989 final with a head injury but his side still beat Hastings United 3-2

1989 Steyning Town 3, Hastings Town 2 Underdogs Steyning produced a huge upset as they ran out 3-2 winners at the Goldstone Ground

thanks to two goals from a player nicknamed ‘The Slug’ because team-mates thought he was too slow.

Steve Taylor, who had been plucked from division 12 of the Sussex Sunday League at the start of the season, came on when Steyning lost John Dutton to hospital with a head injury on 55 minutes and then his replacement Darren Champion 17 minutes later with a recurrence of a knee injury.

The score was 1-1 at the time but two goals in four minutes from Taylor put Steyning in control and they held on despite Paul Giles reducing the deficit with his second of the game.

Steyning: Gregory, Heryet, McIlwain, Durrant, Paine, Gavaghan, Pink, Sweetman, Stedman, Dutton (sub Champion 55, sub Taylor 74), Walker.

Hastings: Creed, Burt, J.Sillett, Dunbar, Barrow, T.White, Peacock (sub Petkovic 77), Blondrage (sub D.White 69), Giles, Willard, Wynter.

1993 Wick 3, Oakwood 1 It was the year of the minnows as Norman Cairns’ Wick side emerged triumphant against fellow first-time finalists Oakwood.

Rod Wood gave Wick a 35th-minute later which Gavin Geddes, wearing a pair of borrowed boots, doubled just before half-time with his 26th goal of the season.

Geddes, who impressed watching Albion coach Martin Hinshelwood sufficiently to earn a deal with the Seagulls, also set up Ryan Gaylor to fire past Oakwood’s 46-year-old goalkeeper Alan Rogers late on after Marcus Cooke had reduced the deficit.

Wick: Phillips, Beard, Hollebone, Welman, Keehan, Ward, Gaylor, Geddes, Wood, Croft, Ceccarelli (sub Bloor 85).

Oakwood: Rogers, Webster, Stone, Richardson (sub Lambert 84), Carter, Crimmen, D.Cooke, Smith, M.Cooke, Green, Lovegrove (sub Armstrong 81).

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Borough glory: Eastbourne Borough celebrate their controversial 2-1 win over Eastbourne Borough in 2002 which included a goal from teenager Mark Goodwin, left

2002 Eastbourne Borough 2, Lewes 1 A cracking contest ended in controversy as Eastbourne Borough claimed a 2-1 win

after extra time in front of a crowd of 1,558, which was then a record for Priory Lane.

With teenage substitute Mark Goodwin having given Borough a lead in the fifth minute of extra time, Lewes thought they had been given a lifeline when referee Lee Bonaldi pointed to the penalty spot after John Palmer’s corner was handled.

Lee Newman, who had early cancelled out Daren Pearce’s opener, placed the ball on the spot but then Bonaldi was persuaded to speak to linesman Darren Eaton before awarding Borough a free-kick.

Furious Lewes boss Jimmy Quinn said: “I don’t know what the linesman told him but even afterwards the referee said he had seen it as an Eastbourne hand.”

Eastbourne Borough: Stark, Baker, Tuck, Smart (sub Hendy 107), Stevens, Scarborough, Westcott, Pearce, Adams (sub Ducille 65), Crabb, Allen (sub Goodwin 88).

Lewes: Standen, Dicker (sub Beeston 90), McCallum, Venables, Hack, Cable, Palmer (sub Ebanks 110), Clarke (sub Kamara 105), Francis, Thomsett, Newman.

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One of the three longest-serving managers in the top seven tiers of English football will be in The Amex dugout today and, like Fergie and Wenger, Eastbourne Borough’s Garry Wilson is as enthused as ever for the challenge.

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Sussex Senior Cup final | 16|07|11 Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Garry Wilson.

You may be wondering what the Eastbourne Borough manager has in common with his peers from Manchester United and Arsenal.

The answer is they are the three longest serving managers in the top seven divisions in the country, chalking up a massive 52 years in their respective hot-seats between them.

Ferguson has been at the Old Trafford helm for quarter of a century, Wenger rocked up at Highbury in 1996 while Wilson has been in charge at Priory Lane for 12 years.

They have all achieved their fair share of success too – albeit Ferguson’s and Wenger’s triumphs have been on a much grander scale than Wilson’s.

The Glawegian took over at Priory Lane in 1999 after £22million Lottery winner Mark Gardiner had brought his first managerial job at Hastings United to an abrupt end.

Borough were languishing in division one of the Sussex County League at the time under the name of Langney Sports. Chairman Len Smith instantly liked what he saw and decided to give Wilson a chance to prove Gardiner wrong. And how he has done so. Under Wilson’s guidance Borough stormed to four promotions in eight years to reach the pinnacle of the non-league game.

Despite resources which were dwarfed by the majority of their rivals

Borough defied the odds to last three seasons in Blue Square Bet premier.

Together with head coach Nick Greenwood the club has enjoyed almost non-stop success under Wilson – until last season that is when the club suffered relegation for the first time in its history.

Wilson admits he came close to quitting during a tortuous campaign which saw Borough go five months without a league win.

The 48-year-old was determined his legacy at Priory Lane would not be tarnished by a solitary failure however and is now plotting how to get Borough back on track.

Wilson said: “It wasn’t just last year but the three years in the Conference national which were tough.

“All the traveling combined with the fact you knew you were going to be up against it week, in week out does wear you down in the end. It was hard to fit everything in around work and family life and I’ve made no secret of the fact I would not have carried on if we had stayed up.

“Sometimes you can only take so much and there were occasions last season when I was ready to walk away. My energy was gone but I felt I had a loyalty to the club to see the season through.

“I’m really looking forward to this season though. There is not so much travelling and the clubs we are playing against will be on a more even footing to us.

“In a way we are going back to proper non-league football rather than what was virtually league football which is what the Conference premier is nowadays.”

Wilson has a real affinity with the Senior Cup having lifted the trophy in his first season in charge at Hastings and twice more during his reign at Borough.

Even during the club’s threeyear stint in non-league’s top flight he avoided the temptation to field weakened teams in the competition like some of his contemporaries.

A repeat of Borough’s victory over Albion in the 2009 final would be the perfect way to kick off what Wilson hopes will be a return to winning ways this season.

Wilson added: “I think it is my fifth final so I’ve been pretty successful in the competition. The esteem of the Senior Cup might have faded a little in recent years but it’s still a nice trophy to win.

“It adds to the excitement that the final is at The Amex this year. When we have got to the final in the past and played at our own ground it does detract a little from the occasion for us. Going to a new ground where there should be a big crowd will make it something to really look forward to and hopefully we can rise to the occasion.”

Old Firm: Garry Wilson, right, and coach Nick Greenwood have been together for over a decade at Priory Lane

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Manager Garry Wilson

Eastbourne Bor Coach Steve Eke

Defender Darren Baker

Glasgow-born Garry played for Queen’s Park and Stranraer, and gained a Scottish Under-18 cap.

He moved to Langney Sports in February 1999 and in his first full season in charge took the club to the Sussex County League title for the first time. Following victory in the 2007-08 play-off final Borough were promoted to the Conference.

Steve started his career at Worthing in TBOURN S E 1975 and won EA the Senior Cup before moving to Lewes in 1978.

He played over 500 first-team games for the BOROUGH Rooks and won FC promotion to Isthmian League.

He has also represented Sussex at all levels. Steve left Lewes in 1989 and played for a number of clubs before starting to coach at youth level.

Darren made his first-team debut in 1992 after starting his career with Brighton & Hove Albion. He was a member of the Sussex side that won the SW Counties championship in 2000. Darren holds the club record for the number of senior appearances although he missed the end of the 2004-05 season after fracturing an arm.

Head Coach Nick Greenwood

Sports Therapist Ray Tuppen

Goalkeeper Rikki Banks

Nick came to Priory Lane in 1997 following success as joint-manager at Sussex County League outfit Hassocks.

Nick played and coached at Haywards Heath and also played for Lewes. In addition, Nick was manager of the Sussex County FA representative team and led them to the South Western Counties Championship in 2000.

Ray Tuppen was one of Garry Wilson’s first ‘signings’ on taking up his post at Priory Lane in February 1999. Ray was previously physiotherapist at Eastbourne United, Ringmer and Hastings Town. He runs his own therapy clinic.

Rikki joined The Sports from Lewes last summer, where he had played for the previous two seasons including their Conference Premier campaign three years ago.

He was awarded Lewes’s Managers Player Of The Year trophy in May 2009. Rikki has developed strongly over recent years and attracted the attention of League One outfit Wycombe Wanderers.

Goalkeeping Coach Dean Lightwood

Defender Ben Austin

Midfield Steve Brinkhurst

Dean signed for the club in 1999 from Saltdean United and was a key member of the Sussex County League championshipwinning side.

Dean ‘retired’ in 2003 but retained his registration and is a regular on the bench and still makes the occasional 1st XI appearance when called upon.

Ben has been a consistent performer as the club progressed through the pyramid and few who witnessed them will forget his play-off goals at Thurrock and Cambridge City in late 2005. He finally got his hands on a winners’ medal in 2009 after the 1-0 win over Albion reserves in the Senior Cup final.

Steve hails from Lewes and went on loan to his hometown club during the 2009-10 season, his first as a professional at Brighton & Hove Albion. He made a big impression at The Dripping Pan scoring thre goals before joining Borough.

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rough Squad‘11-’12 Midfield Matt Crabb

Midfield Simon Johnson

Striker Richard Pacquette

An exciting player to watch, his determination has made him a great favourite with the Priory Lane crowd.

Picked up the Manager’s Player of the Season award in 2009 and, as one of the few players at the club who has paid to watch the side in the County League, he travelled all the way from the parks to the pinnacle of non-league.

Simon progressed to the first-team squad via the under-18s and reserves.

Represented the England Schools FA in 2009.

The 2009-10 season proved a breakthrough year for this product of the club’s youth system as Simon put in performances that belied his young age.

Much-travelled striker who memorably scored for Havant & Waterlooville in their FA Cup fourth round game against Liverpool at Anfield in 2008.

Richard played for Dominica in 2008 and scored on his debut against Barbados. He joined Borough at the start of last season from Conference club York City.

Midfield Ian Pulman

Goalkeeper Danny Knowles

Midfield Matt Smart

Began his career as a junior at Chelsea before joining Margate, from where he had a loan spell at Borough in 2003, scoring four goals in 16 appearances.

Played professionally in Australia with Melbourne Knights before joining hometown club Whitstable. Switched to Priory Lane in the summer.

Danny began his career as a trainee at Gillingham in 2003. At 19 he signed as a professional and made over 100 appearances for their reserve side. In July 2006 he joined Grays Athletic and also went out on loan to Crawley and Fisher.

Spells at Weymouth and Woking followed before he joined Borough in 2009.

Began his career at Gillingham and spent three seasons there before spells with Crawley Town, Shoreham, Horsham (twice) and Wick before joining Borough.

Matt represented England as a member of the Futsal squad whilst with the Sports. His long-range effort against Fleetwood in March got thousands of views on Youtube.

Defender Gary Elphick

Defender Matt Langston

Defender Ollie Rowe

Gary is a former England National Game XI international who started his career at Brighton but made just two appearances before loan spells with Aldershot and St. Albans. He made 84 appearances for St. Albans before moving to Havant and Waterlooville in December 2007. Two years later he came to Priory Lane.

Matt established himself as a key member of the Histon defence after joining in 2006 and also had a happy knack of scoring important goals, including the one that knocked Leeds United out of the FA Cup. Matt joined Crawley on loan in 2010 and signed for Borough at the start of last season.

Came through the Borough youth system before joining Brighton & Hove Albion. He was released by the Seagulls in 2009 and returned to Borough after spells with Ringmer, Eastbourne Town, Lewes, Chelmsford City and Hastings United.

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Goalkeeper Clark Masters

Jamie started his career at County League Broadbridge Heath before spells with Horsham, Aldershot Carshalton Athletic, AFC Wimbledon, Woking, Dagenham & Redbridge (where he gained promotion to the Football League), and Grays Athletic. He scored 17 goals in the club’s second campaign in Conference premier.

Signed in the summer from Barrow, for whom he made 24 Conference appearances last season.

Made 12 League appearances in four years for Brentford either side of spells with Redbridge, Slough Town, AFC Wimbledon, Welling United, Southend United, Stevenage Borough, Aldershot Town and Hayes & Yeading.

Midfield/Striker Ross Treleaven

Defender Sonny Cobbs Ross joined Borough from County League champions Crowborough Athletic but spent most of the 200809 and 2009-10 seasons on loan at Worthing, Lewes and Hastings United.

Left-back who made the short switch from Lewes this summer. The 22-year-old former Brighton professional, who can also operate in midfield, has also played for Welling United and Sutton United and ended last season on loan at Burgess Hill Town.

Striker Ben Watson

Striker Carl Rook

Ben, aged 25, was released by Exeter City this summer having also had spells at Bognor Regis Town, Grays Athletic, Bath City and Forest Green Rovers. Joined the club in June.

Began his career with Albion but failed to make a first-team appearance

The 28-yearold joined from Blue Square Bet South rivals Dartford in June.

His previous clubs include Kent sides Sittingbourne, Deal Town, Whitstable Town, Folkestone Invicta and Dover Athletic, but he also played in Sussex for Hastings United and Horsham.

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Len Smith has been hands on at Eastbourne Borough for four decades now. He tells Steve Hollis, of The Argus, what makes him tick.

You wouldn’t find many football club chairmen mending the toilets a couple of hours before a big game.

Then again Eastbourne Borough chairman Len Smith is a bit different to the majority of his counterparts in a lot of ways.

The 63-year-old didn’t get involved in running the club to massage his ego, make money or for some kind of power trip.

Instead he kind of fell into the role 42 years ago and has remained in it - with one or two short breaks ever since.

During his time at the helm the club has gone from being a simple parks team to competing at the pinnacle of the non-league game.

So much has changed during that time but one constant has been the man running the show behind the scenes.

Smith said: “A group of us set up the club back in 1964 when we were too old to play for the youth club and wanted to continue playing together.

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“I was a winger but to be honest I wasn’t very good. We started out with just one team and it grew to five so the saying used to be that when I couldn’t get into the team I just started another one.

“In the end I took the hint and gave up playing to concentrate on the admin side of things and have been either chairman or treasurer ever since.”

Smith is a colourful character but actively tries to avoid the limelight despite the success of the club under his stewardship.

One of his early breaks from running the club came when he was managing a band and another when he became the first and last SDP councillor on Eastbourne Borough council.

His main passion is football though and each time he returned to the club he holds dearest to his heart.

The way Borough is run - it was the first football club to gain Community Interest Company status - means he has not put a penny of his own money into the club but he has lost count of the amount of time he has devoted to it.

That included helping to build the current ground at Priory Lane in 1983 and five years ago he took the decision to retire early from his job as a finance director at a printing firm to concentrate on establishing

Borough as the top non-league club in the county.

“A lot of people say to me that it must be a dream to be where we are now but we never really planned it,” said Smith. “We were just a bunch of friends who wanted their own football team and it has just taken off.

“It is hard work but it is also enjoyable as the people at the club are all my friends. I don’t think I would have lasted as long otherwise.

“There has been the odd occasion when I wonder why I do it when I am driving back from up north and we have just been beaten by a dodgy penalty but it doesn’t last long.

“I will keep going as long as I am able and the club needs me but I would happily step aside for someone younger who could inject some fresh ideas into the club.

“I would want to stay involved in some way though whether that is manning the turnstiles or helping in the tea bar. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty as long as I get to watch the game.”

He won’t have to mind the tea bar today. In fact, as his side walks out on to The Amex on this historic occasion, all those hours of hard graft will seem worth it for Len, who will be trying to lead Borough back to the top of the non-league pyramid when the new season kicks off in four weeks.

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One-club man After more than 900 appearances Darren Baker is still going strong for Eastbourne Borough.

Steve Hollis, of The Argus, spoke to him.

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he word legend is used far too frequently in football these days but it hardly does justice to Darren Baker.

Baker is among a rare breed of players in the modern era who have remained loyal to one club for their whole careers.

The defender is looking forward to his 20th season at Eastbourne Borough after making his debut way back in 1992 as a fresh faced 16-year-old.

Baker has made a staggering 904 appearances for his home-town club since running out in an RUR Cup match at Haywards Heath in October 1982.

To put it into perspective that is more than the 876 Ryan Giggs has managed at Manchester United and the record for a league club of 884 by Swindon’s John Trollope.

It is still well short of the record by a Sussex club of Mick Pullen’s 967 for Bognor but you wouldn’t put it past Baker overhauling that in the future.

At the age of 36 Baker has plenty of football left in his legs but admits he was close to calling it quits a few months ago.

He said: “I thought last year would be my last and had pretty much made up my mind to hang up my boots.

“But when you have played football all your life it is hard to walk away if you don’t have to. If you have a bad injury or are released by a club then that would be different but all the time you are wanted and feel part of things then it makes you want to keep going as long as you can.

“If you are not playing regularly then it makes you think about knocking it on the head but that was not the case last season.

“I had a good run in the team last season when I had thought I would be just a squad player and that helped convince me to carry on too.

“I probably wouldn’t have carried on if we hadn’t gone down. It was a horrible feeling and would have been a bad way to finish my career.

“I honestly thought the gaffer would wipe the slate clean and start again after last season and you couldn’t have blamed him if he had. So when he asked me to carry on I felt it would be silly not to.”

Another incentive for Baker to postpone his retirement was the chance to pick up a third winners medal in the Senior Cup. The defender helped Borough to a 2-1 victory over Lewes in 2002 and tasted glory again in 2009 when Garry Wilson’s side overcame Albion 1-0 in extra-time.

He has also tasted disappointment in the final when Borough lost in a penalty shoot-out to Crawley in 2003.

Baker added: “The Senior Cup has always meant a lot to me personally and I think it is the same for most of the local lads in the side.

“I’ve had the honour of winning it a couple of times and would love to do it again.

“Playing at The Amex was another big incentive. It will be great to play in front of a big crowd in the first game ever at such a good stadium.”

The fact Baker has averaged more than 40 appearances a season over such a long period is testament to both his fitness and ability to steer clear of injury.

He has only had one long lay-off when he broke an arm which ruled him out of the final weeks of the 2004-5 season.

“I’m quite lucky because I am naturally fit,” he added.

“But it does get harder each year and I find that I have to put in more effort to stay in shape.

“I’m really looking forward to the start of the season now.

I’m not setting myself any targets for how many games I will play but I’ll just take it as it comes”

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Steve Brinkhurst hoped to play for Albion at The Amex. Instead he’s lining up against them in today’s big final

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teve Brinkhurst will realise a longstanding dream today.

The winger came through the academy ranks at Albion during the club’s protracted fight to win permission for a new stadium.

Brinkhurst had pictured himself stepping out at Falmer in the blue and white shirts of the Seagulls however, rather than the red of Eastbourne Borough.

The 20-year-old was shown the door

by Albion after just a year as a fullyfledged professional before making the switch to Priory Lane. That will give him extra motivation to shine today in front of Gus Poyet who decided he was surplus to requirements.

Brinkhurst said: “When I was coming up through the centre of excellence

there was always the yes and no situation about the stadium. There were all those marches on the seafront too and all the young players were aware of what was going on.

“When I got my first pro deal I still knew I would need another couple of years to stand any chance of playing at the new stadium.

That would have been lovely but unfortunately it didn’t happen.

When I got released by Brighton I thought I had lost my chance to play at the new stadium so it will be nice to play in the first game there.

“There are still a few players at Brighton who I know that I could come up against which will add to it too.

Lewis Dunk was a year below me and Steve Cook was in my year.”

Brinkhurst is no stranger to playing in Senior Cup finals. Today is the fourth time he has made it to this stage of the competition and he has finished on the winning side twice.

He scored in Albion Reserves’ 4-0 win over Bognor last season and was also part of the Seagulls’ triumph in 2008.

Ironically his only defeat came in 2009 when Borough overcame Albion to lift the trophy at Priory Lane.

Brinkhurst admits today’s match will mean a lot more than any of his previous final appearances with a crowd of about 10,000 expected.

“This will certainly be the biggest one because of where it is being played,” he added. “When they announced the final was going to be at The Amex it gave us an added incentive to get there.

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16|07|11 | Sussex Senior Cup final “The competition was a bit of a weird one for us last season as the early round came in between big relegation games last season and we weren’t really thinking about them.

“When it was confirmed the final would be at The Amex we couldn’t realistically stay up anymore and were able to take advantage and make sure we got to the final.”

Brinkhurst endured a frustrating first season at Priory Lane as he struggled to hold down a place in a side relegated from Blue Square Bet premier.

He finished the season strongly though and is looking to push on this campaign after signing a new contract in May. “I really enjoyed my first season at Borough even though things didn’t exactly go to plan,” he continued. “I had no hesitation in signing again and think we have a good chance of doing well this season.”

Steve Brinkhurst battles for possession with Albion’s Elliott Bennett during last season’s friendly at Priory Lane

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By Mike Donovan YOU might see Peter Bentley paying close attention to his seat as he takes his place for today’s historic match, the first competitive game at The Amex Community Stadium.

The Sussex FA chairman might just be comparing it to those he was gifted from the new Wembley Stadium for the county’s revamped home at Culver Road, Lancing - and the few left over and now scattered around various club grounds in the county.

Bentley rates his efforts at persuading the FA to part with the red seats considered too faded for their state-of-the-art £800m stadium as one of his chief achievements as Sussex FA chairman.

Another, as a member of the FA Council, was to convince the governing body to part with £390,000 to help with the refurbishment of Culver Road.

Bentley, full-time chairman for seven years, said: “Lancing was decrepit, it badly needed a lift.

“I used my position as an FA delegate, pestering the likes of Geoff Thompson, the former chairman, to persuade the FA to invest in the ground. I’m proud of the fact I was successful.

“We got the seats after I went up to the managing director of Wembley Stadium Limited asking what had happened to the ones they’d taken out and that we could make use of them.

He asked for my number and said he’d speak to his operations manager. I thought that was the end of it. But I got a call from the operations manager who invited me up to this aircraft hangar-

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type building near Wembley to sort what we needed. They even transported and fitted them at Lancing. Marvellous.”

Bentley is chuffed to be the county chairman today for arguably the most high-profile game in the long history of the Sussex FA. “It will be a highlight,” he said. “To be part of something that can never be repeated - the new stadium’s first game. I’m proud to have had an input in getting it staged here. That so many people from the senior to the kids’ clubs want to attend.

“It’s good the Sussex FA have been able to assist in such a competitive game. To me, you can’t get a more competitive game in the county than the Sussex Senior Cup final.”

Bentley, 71, should know.

Born in the same year as Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, he has covered the Sussex football beat as a supporter, player and administrator since lining up for the Chailey Primary School team in 1949.

He might have a mug marked ‘Mr Messy’. He might be ribbed by wife Margaret for covering the living room table of their Burgess Hill home in paper, books and football-related ephemera.

But he has been organised and diligent enough in his myriad of administration roles to help footballers in the Mid Sussex and Sussex Leagues complete full fixture lists, among other duties in the last 40 years. He does it by voluntarily working more than 60 hours a week.

The national game, as we have learned, is part of his schedule. He attends countless FA Council meetings, voting for the building of the new Wembley and the planned ’football university’ at Burton. He said: “It’s good to be part of things shaping the game.”

But Bentley, who has been awarded an FA badge to mark 50 years of service to the game, has taken a few things out as well as putting in.

He says: “I loved my time as chairman of the FA International Representative Committee which meant involvement with England C, the team made up of non-league players like DJ Campbell who played in the Premier League for Blackpool last season. It’s a good platform for players to get back into the League.

“I remember we played the USA in Charleston in 2007 and one of the players was Ismail Yakubu who helped get AFC Wimbledon into the Football League for the first time this season.

“He had accidently thrown his passport in the rubbish. But I was an air traffic controller before I retired and managed to use contacts to get him back to Gatwick, although at one point at airport official thought Ismail was trying to mug me as we ran for our connecting flights!”

As a player, Bentley chiefly served Haywards Heath, whom who supported as a kid, as left back alongside Jim Parks, the Sussex and England wicketkeeper who played football in the winter. He even had trials with West Ham, playing with the now late Malcolm Allison, and QPR.

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“It’s good the Sussex FA have been able to assist in such a competitive game. You can’t get a more competitive game in the county than the Sussex Senior Cup final.”

Early memories: Peter Bentley peeps out from under the trophy as the Sussex FA’s Fred Comer presents the trophy to the Worthing captain after the 1946 final at the Dripping Pan, Lewes.

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He said: “I knew I was never good enough. But Malcolm remembered me when he came for a tournament at the Brighton Centre run by the Sussex County League. “ Bentley, the County League chairman since 1976 who joined the SFCA Council the year before, has no intentions of quitting his administrative duties.

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Sussex Senior Cup final | 16|07|11 ...Perhaps that could be attributed to Brighton’s professional status giving them a superior edge but, with three wins and a draw from nine meetings, Borough fans may beg to differ.

A lack of meetings between the sides is down to the fact that Eastbourne Borough – who were known as Langney Sports until 2001 – did not achieve senior status until 1987 when they were promoted to Sussex County League division two.

Since then the sides have met in a variety of fixtures:

Monday, May 4, 1992 Sussex Senior Cup final Albion Reserves 1 (Savage) Langney Sports 0 Dave Savage, who went on to win five caps with Republic of Ireland while with Millwall, scored the only goal as Brighton lifted the Senior Cup for only the second time in their history.

Albion’s line-up included the likes of Romania international Stefan Iovan, a former European Cup winner, John Crumplin and Les Briley while Pete Cherry’s Sports team featured the late Mick Green, prolific striker Nigel Hole, Matt Jones and Paul Callingham.

Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Sussex Senior Cup semi-final

Wednesday, March 13, 2002 – Sussex Senior Cup semi-final

Langney Sports 0 Albion Reserves 4 (Carr, McPhee, D.Davis, Armstrong)

Eastbourne Borough 2 (Adams, own goal) Albion 0

Goalkeeper Michel Kuipers, who went on to play 247 league games over ten years with Albion, featured as a trialist in a comfortable 4-0 win for the Seagulls.

Darren Carr made it 1-0 at half-time and second-half strikes followed from Chris McPhee, substitute Danny Davis and Paul Armstrong, who would later captain Borough.

Tuesday July 25, 2000 Roy Hayden Memorial Trophy Langney Sports 0 Albion 5 (Hart 2, Watson, Rogers, Steele) Albion fielded a full first team for this annual fixture between the Senior Cup holders and the County League winners so the rout was unsurprising. Gary Hart scored twice in the opening minutes to send Albion on their way to a comfortable win.

Dave Adams bagged the opener in the second half and defender Mark Jackson headed a Matt Crabb cross into his own net as Borough beat a young Albion line-up.

The kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes following a floodlight failure at Priory Lane but both teams agreed to play in subdued lighting.

Tuesday, July 29 2003 Darren Baker Testimonial Eastbourne Borough 1 (Ramsay) Albion Reserves 1 (Beck) Dan Beck fired Albion into an early lead but goalkeeper Ben Roberts was forced to make a number of fine saves as the hosts gave a good account of themselves.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Football Combination Central Division

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Albion cruised into the final with a crushing win in front of a crowd of 1,218 at the Saffrons.

Skipper Dean Hammond scored the opener and there were two goals apiece for David Lee and Eastbourne-born Chris McPhee.

Monday, May 4, 2009 Sussex Senior Cup final Albion Reserves 0 Eastbourne Borough 1 (N.Crabb) Albion lost for the first time in seven finals appearances as an extra-time header from Nathan Crabb gave Borough the cup. Ultimately, it was a deserved victory for Garry Wilson’s men with Brighton goalkeeper Mitch Walker being named man-of-the-match.

Nicky Forster scored a hat-trick as an experienced Albion team featuring the likes of Andrew Whing, Seb Carole and Gary Hart eased to victory.

Steven Brinkhurst, now with Borough, created the fourth goal for Dean Cox before a Matt Hurley own goal completed the rout.

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SUSSEX Senior Cup PAST WINNERS 1883 Brighton Rangers

1929 Worthing

1969 Eastbourne United

1884 Burgess Hill

1930 Southwick

1970 Littlehampton Town

1885 Burgess Hill

1931 Southwick

1971 Lewes

1886 Burgess Hill

1932 Eastbourne

1972 Horsham

1887 Lancing College

1933 Eastbourne

1973 Ringmer

1888 Lancing College

1934 Horsham

1974 Horsham

1889 Brighton College

1935 Worthing

1975 Worthing

1890 Eastbourne

1936 Hastings & St. Leonards

1976 Horsham

1891 Eastbourne

1937 Southwick

1977 Worthing

1892 Brighton Hornets

1938 Hastings & St. Leonards

1978 Worthing

1893 Worthing

1939 Horsham

1979 Hastings United

1894 Eastbourne

1940 Worthing

1980 Bognor Regis Town

1895 Eastbourne

From 1941-45 the cup was competed for on League systems, known as the Sussex Senior (War Emergency) Cup

1981 Bognor Regis Town

1898 Eastbourne Swifts

1942 Haywards Heath Town

1984 Bognor Regis Town

1899 Eastbourne

1943 Brighton & Hove Albion Jnrs.

1985 Lewes

1900 Eastbourne

1944 R.A.F. (Ford)

1986 Steyning Town

1901 Eastbourne

1945 Worthing

1987 Bognor Regis Town

1902 Shoreham

1946 Worthing

1988 Brighton & Hove Albion

1903 Eastbourne

1947 Worthing

1989 Steyning Town

1904 Worthing

1948 Southwick

1990 Crawley Town

1905 Eastbourne Old Town

1949 Littlehampton Town

1991 Crawley Town

1906 Shoreham

1950 Horsham

1992 Brighton & Hove Albion

1907 Hove

1951 Whitehawk & M.F.O.B.

1993 Wick

1908 Worthing

1952 Worthing

1994 Brighton & Hove Albion

1909 Hove

1953 Eastbourne

1995 Brighton & Hove Albion

1910 Hove

1954 Horsham

1996 Hastings Town

1911 Southwick

1955 Bognor Regis

1997 St Leonards Stamcroft

1912 St. Leonards Amateurs

1956 Bognor Regis

1998 Hastings Town

1913 Southwick

1957 Worthing

1999 Worthing

1914 Worthing

1958 Haywards Heath

2000 Brighton & Hove Albion

1915 to 1919 No competition

1959 Worthing

2001 Lewes

1920 Worthing

1960 Eastbourne United

2002 Eastbourne Borough

1921 Royal Corps of Signals

1961 Worthing

2003 Crawley Town

1922 Eastbourne

1962 Whitehawk

2004 Brighton & Hove Albion

1923 Worthing

1963 Eastbourne United

2005 Crawley Town

1924 Royal Corps of Signals

1964 Eastbourne United

2006 Lewes

1925 Southwick

1965 Lewes

2007 Brighton & Hove Albion

1926 Chichester

1966 Eastbourne United

2008 Brighton & Hove Albion

1927 Worthing

1967 Eastbourne United

2009 Eastbourne Borough

1928 Southwick

1968 Southwick

2010 Brighton & Hove Albion

1896 Royal Irish Rifles 1897 Southwick

1982 Bognor Regis Town 1983 Bognor Regis Town

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Third Row

Brian Brigden, Peter Lindsey, Mike Brown, John Burns, John Cripps, Robin Powell, Tim Dawes, David Rogers, Mark Potter, Roy Cheshire, Paul Barratt

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all Association ‘11-’12

Second Row

Lawrie Parsons, Paul Hartman, Nigel Williams, John Edwards, John Ades, Tony Adfield, Dennis Chilton, Ken Watts, Eddie Potter

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Match Officials Referee: Ashley Slaughter Ashley is 26 years old and has been refereeing for 12 years. He qualified in December 1998 as a Level 8 Youth Referee. For the past six seasons he has been a Level 3 referee officiating on matches in the Conference South, Isthmian and Southern Leagues as referee and as assistant referee on the Football League for the past five years.

He was fortunate enough to be appointed as assistant referee for AFC Bournemouth v. Huddersfield Town in the League 1 play-off semi-final and also as reserve assistant referee for the League 2 play-off final between Stevenage and Torquay United at Old Trafford in May. Many will know that Ashley is General Manager of the Sussex County FA and have been working for them since 2002. His hobbies involve lots of football, sports in general and socialising with friends and family. He is keen on music and his favourite sports other than football include golf and cricket.

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Fourth official: Tim Robinson

Age 46 born in Brighton, Mark lives in Lindfield. He is married to Kim and they have two boys and a girl.

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Tim has been married to Jenna since July 2009 and works at The Weald School in Billingshurst as a teacher of Physical Education. In his spare time (which he gets plenty of as a teacher) he enjoys playing cricket and golf.

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Gary retired early in September 1999 due to injury and illness after a career that took him from refereeing youth football in Sussex as a 16 year old to six years as a Premier League referee and four years as a FIFA referee during which time he represented his country abroad on 27 occasions. Gary refereed the FA Vase Final in 1995 and the FA Trophy Final in 1998. Since retiring, he has been heavily involved in the coaching and assessing of Panel League, Football League and Premier League Referees, and also as an FA Referee Tutor working with referees both within Sussex and in a number of other counties. Gary is currently the manager of the Sussex County FA’s Level 4 Referee Development Group. He is also on the FA’s List of Speakers and proud to be a vice president of the Brighton Referees’ Society.

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