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60 free Brighton & Hove Albion trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Brighton & Hove Albion beat the Football League champions to win the Charity Shield in 1910, then waited seven decades for their next headline. This quiz covers the whole story: the Southern League years, Brian Clough's brief stay under Mike Bamber, Peter Ward's 36 goals, Alan Mullery's promotion, 'and Smith must score' at Wembley in 1983, the sale of the Goldstone Ground and the pitch invasions, Robbie Reinelt at Hereford, two years in Gillingham, the Withdean athletics track and the 'Tom Hark' fundraising single, Zamora's double promotion, Dick Knight and Tony Bloom, the long fight for Falmer, Gus Poyet, Chris Hughton's promotion, Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi's Europa League run and the youngest manager in Premier League history. Early questions suit anyone who has heard 'Sussex by the Sea'; later ones are for supporters who know their North Stand from their West Stand at the Amex: what Withdean was before it was an athletics track, which club shared the Goldstone in 1902, why Lewes District Council forced a judicial review, and which club were the last opponents at both the Goldstone and the first league game at Falmer. Good for a supporters' club night or a Sussex pub quiz. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the club, its grounds and the 1983 final, and each question shows its source.
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Q 01Which Football League champions did Brighton beat in the 1910 Charity Shield?
Aston Villa
The Shield was then contested between the champions of the two leagues; Brighton were elected to the Football League in 1920.
Q 02In what year were Brighton & Hove Albion founded?
1901
They spent their early professional years in the Southern League before joining the new Third Division in 1920.
Q 03Which club first used the Goldstone Ground for football, in September 1901, before Albion moved in?
Hove F.C.
The site had been part of Goldstone Farm; Albion made it their permanent home from 1902-03.
Q 04The Goldstone Ground was one of only two grounds outside London to host football at which event?
The 1948 Olympic Games
Fratton Park was the other; the Goldstone's record crowd of 36,747 came against Fulham in December 1958.
Q 05Which future England captain debuted as a substitute at the Goldstone Ground in September 1992?
David Beckham
He came on for Manchester United; the ground admitted 22.9 million people to 2,174 games between 1902 and 1997.
Q 06Brighton's 1957–58 Third Division South title coincided with what change to the League's structure?
The regional sections merged into national divisions
Albion slid to the Fourth Division for the first time in 1963 and won it in 1964-65.
Q 07Which famous manager did chairman Mike Bamber bring to Brighton in 1973?
Brian Clough
Clough soon left for his 44 days at Leeds; Bamber later hired Alan Mullery, who took Albion into the First Division.
Q 08Peter Ward set a Brighton club record in 1976–77 with how many goals?
36
Fans still sing that they 'all live in a Wardy Wonderland'; his one England cap in 1980 lasted six minutes.
Q 09Brighton reached the First Division for the first time in 1979 under which manager?
Alan Mullery
They went up as Second Division runners-up and stayed four seasons; the first top-flight game was a 4-0 loss to Arsenal.
Q 10The Brighton-Crystal Palace rivalry traces back to 1976 hostility between the Albion manager and which Palace boss?
Terry Venables
Both were promoted from the Third Division that season behind Mansfield; the media call it the A23 or M23 derby but fans do not.
Q 11How did Brighton travel to Wembley for the 1983 FA Cup final against Manchester United?
By helicopter
Captain Steve Foster was suspended for the first match after a booking against Notts County.
Q 12Which BBC radio commentator uttered 'and Smith must score' in the 1983 FA Cup final?
Peter Jones
Gary Bailey saved it, United won the replay 4-0, and the phrase became the title of a Brighton fanzine.
Q 13Who scored Brighton's two goals in the 2-2 first match of the 1983 FA Cup final?
Gordon Smith and Gary Stevens
Q 21After the Goldstone was sold, Brighton spent two seasons ground-sharing at which stadium?
Gillingham's Priestfield
A proposed share with Portsmouth never materialised.
Q 22Before it was an athletics track, Withdean Stadium, Brighton's home from 1999 to 2011, had been what?
A zoo
It was the home track of Olympic runner Steve Ovett; amplified music was banned at matches except for 'Sussex by the Sea'.
Q 23To ease local objections at Withdean, what did each match ticket include?
A free public transport voucher
Brighton had already been relegated from the First Division that season, finishing bottom.
Q 14In the 1983 FA Cup final replay, which 18-year-old became the youngest scorer in an FA Cup final?
Norman Whiteside
Robson scored twice and Arnold Mühren added a penalty in United's 4-0 win.
Q 15Brighton lost the 1991 Second Division play-off final at Wembley 3-1 to which club?
Notts County
They were relegated the very next season and again in 1996, into the fourth tier.
Q 16Which majority shareholder pushed through the controversial 1990s sale of the Goldstone Ground?
Bill Archer
Chief executive David Bellotti implemented it; the club received little if any money and the site became a retail park.
Q 17Brighton were docked two points in 1996-97 as punishment for what?
A pitch invasion protesting the Goldstone sale
The protest came in a league game against Lincoln City on 1 October 1996; an appeal was rejected.
Q 18Which former Charlton joint boss hauled Brighton off the bottom of the League in 1996-97?
Steve Gritt
Albion had been 13 points adrift at one stage.
Q 19Whose late equaliser at Hereford United on the last day of 1996-97 kept Brighton in the Football League?
Robbie Reinelt
Kerry Mayo had scored an own goal; the 1-1 draw saved Brighton on goals scored and sent Hereford down after 25 years.
Q 20Which lifelong fan took control of Brighton in 1997 after campaigning to oust the board that sold the Goldstone?
Dick Knight
He stayed chairman until Tony Bloom replaced him in May 2009.
Parking was restricted within a mile of the ground.
Q 24Which striker scored 83 goals in 136 games as Brighton won successive promotions in 2001 and 2002?
Bobby Zamora
Fans sang 'when the ball hits the goal it's not Shearer or Cole, it's Zamora' to the tune of 'That's Amore'.
Q 25Micky Adams left Brighton in October 2001 to become Dave Bassett's assistant at which club?
Leicester City
Former Leicester manager Peter Taylor came the other way and finished the job as Division Two champions.
Q 26Brighton's 2005 fundraising single, which entered the UK chart at number 17, was a version of which song?
Tom Hark
The Alive and Kicking Fund also sold nude Christmas cards of the players to help clear a £9.5 million deficit.
Q 27Which local authority forced a judicial review of Falmer Stadium's 2005 approval over a minor car-parking error?
Lewes District
John Prescott's decision had failed to note that some parking lay in the Lewes district; the review went the club's way.
Q 28Tony Bloom, who became chairman in 2009, secured how much funding for the Falmer Stadium?
£93 million
He also took a 75% shareholding; his grandfather Harry had been vice-chairman in the 1970s.
Q 29Tony Bloom made his fortune primarily how?
Professional sports gambling
His Camden-based syndicate Starlizard spun off Jamestown Analytics, which supplies data to football and cricket clubs.
Q 30Which club were the Goldstone's last opponents in 1997 and Falmer's first league visitors in 2011?
Doncaster Rovers
Brighton won 1-0 in 1997 and 2-1 in 2011.