From near oblivion to Europe - Brighton celebrate 125th anniversary
From obscurity and near oblivion to Premier League and Europe - Brighton celebrate their 125th anniversary.
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""There's 3,000 Brighton fans in this stadium tonight... Remember that when you go on to that pitch.""
— Roberto de Zerbi , Executive
""After the years of campaigning, the days and nights I spent fighting for regime change and then for the stadium, the moment I heard we'd actually got planning permission, that our objectors had decided not to continue their fruitless efforts to stop the stadium, we’d won our battle.""
— Paul Samrah , Activist
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From obscurity and near oblivion to Premier League and Europe - Brighton celebrate their 125th anniversary.
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