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Brighton & Hove Albion FC

LC control no.nb2008018863
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Corporate name headingBrighton & Hove Albion FC
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Variant(s)Brighton and Hove Albion FC
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
Brighton F.C. (Soccer team)
Seagulls (Soccer team)
Albion (Soccer team)
Beginning date1901
Associated countryEngland
Associated placeFalmer (England)
LocatedBrighton (England)
Field of activitySoccer Professional sports
Found inGull's eye, issue 17 (2002): inside front cover (Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club)
BL auth. file, 8 Sept. 2008 (hdg.: Brighton & Hove Albion FC)
Flying high, [2017]: t.p. (Seagulls; Brighton & Hove Albion)
Its website, viewed 18 March 2020: home page (Brighton & Hove Albion) history page (initially formed on 24 June 1901 as Brighton & Hove United but name was changed to Brighton & Hove Albion before a ball was kicked because of objections from Hove FC; earlier clubs in the area: Brighton United, 1897-1900; Brighton & Hove Rangers, 1900-1901) club page (address: American Express Community Stadium, Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL)
The Goldstone roar, first issue, 1967: title page (Brighton & Hove Albion Supporters' Club) page 8 (Brighton F.C.)
Wikipedia, viewed 18 March 2020 (Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.; Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club; commonly referred to as simply Brighton; English professional football club based in the city of Brighton; founded in 1901; nicknamed the "Seagulls" or "Albion"; based at the Goldstone Ground in Hove for 95 years until 1997, then ground-shared; new Falmer Stadium, completed on 31 May 2011, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Community Stadium, or colloquially as The Amex)
Associated languageeng