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

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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)[3]

Top Goalscorers[]

Tommy Cook is officially recognised by the club as their top scorer with 123 goals in 209 appearances from 1922–1929.[4]

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.[5] [6]

Competitive, professional matches only.[7][8][9]

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Tommy Cook 1921–1929 114 9 0 0 123
2 Glenn Murray 2008–2011
2016–2021		 103 6 2 0 111
3 Kit Napier 1966–1972 84 9 6 0 99
4 Peter Ward 1975–1980
1982–1983		 81 3 11 0 95
5 Bert Stephens 1935–1948 86 8 0 0 94
6 Albert Mundy 1953–1958 87 3 0 0 90
Bobby Zamora 2000–2003
2015–2016		 83 4 2 1 90

Most Appearances[]

Ernie “Tug” Wilson has the most appearances for the club playing a total of 566 times from 1922–1936.[10][11]

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.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ a b "Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Record Scorer - News - Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 2018-03-23.
  5. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 154. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Glenn Murray | Football Stats | Nottingham Forest | Age 37 | Soccer Base".
  8. ^ "Bobby Zamora | Football Stats | No Club | Age 40 | 1999-2016 | Soccer Base".
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion".
  11. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion". Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  12. ^ "Brighton sign Jahanbakhsh for club record fee". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Albion close in on record signing Jahanbakhsh".
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