List of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. records and statistics

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.

This list encompasses the records set by the club and players.


Team records

Record wins
  • 14–2 v Brighton Amateurs, FA Cup Q1, 4 October 1902[1]
  • 10–1 v Wisbech Town, FA Cup R1, 13 November 1965 (FA Cup)[1]
  • 9–1 v Newport County, FL D3(S), 18 April 1951;[1]
  • 9–1 v Southend Utd, FL D3, 27 November 1965 (Football League) [1]

Record defeats
  • 0–18 v Norwich City, wartime, 25 December 1940[1]
  • 0–9 v Middlesbrough, FL D2, 23 August 1958 (Football League)[1]

Streaks
  • Longest run unbeaten 22 games, May – December 2015[2]

Player records

Goalscorers
  • Most goals in a season: Peter Ward, 36 goals (in the 1976–77 season)[3]
  • Most league goals in a season: Peter Ward, 32 goals (in the 1976–77 season)[4]

Top Goalscorers

Tommy Cook is officially recognised by the club as their top scorer with 123 goals in 209 appearances from 1922–1929.[5]

Bert Stephens scored 174 goals between 1935–1948, however only 87 of these were scored in competitive matches. The remainder were scored during wartime fixtures when competitive football was suspended.[6] [7]

Competitive, professional matches only.[8][9][10]

#NameYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
1Tommy Cook1921–1929114900123
2Glenn Murray2008–2011
2016–		103620111
3Kit Napier1966–19728496099
4Peter Ward1975–1980
1982–1983		81311095
5Bert Stephens1935–19488680094
6Albert Mundy1953–19588730090
Bobby Zamora2000–2003
2015–2016		8342190

Most Appearances

Ernie “Tug” Wilson has the most appearances for the club playing a total of 566 times from 1922–1936. [11][12]

Highest transfer Fee Paid

Brighton and Hove Albion's record signing is Alireza Jahanbakhsh who signed for the club in July 2018 from Dutch club AZ Alkmaar for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £17m.[13][14]

References
  1. "Brighton & Hove Albion". brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. "Brighton 0 Middlesbrough 3 match report". independent.co.uk. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. "Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. "Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2012/july/record-scorer/
  6. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 154. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40545
  9. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17253
  10. Harris, Tim Carder & Roger (1997). Albion A-Z : a who's who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton: Goldstone. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
  11. "Brighton & Hove Albion".
  12. "Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44958305
  14. http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/16376034.albion-close-in-on-record-signing-alireza-jahanbakhsh/
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