All time favourite brighton player

[Pevenseagull]

Johnny Crumplin

 

[Pevenseagull]

I should probably give a narrative to justify my selection.

But I don't think it's necessary

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Surely Keith-Keith Dublin

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Ian Chapman, closely followed by Byrne and Bobby Z

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Surely Nobby Lawton also a Busby Babe? My favourite was Nobby's midfield partner Dave Turner. Edit: I've just looked up Nobby Lawton and found out he is no longer alive, he was a very good player.

The Busby Babes were the Man Utd players who came through their youth set-up and formed part of the teams that won the Div 1 title in 1955/6 & and 1956/7. Dawson played in the 1956/7 team (he was 17) but Nobbie Lawton didn't debut in the 1st team until after the Munich air crash in Feb 1958 in which many of the "Babes" were killed. Big Alex is still the only player to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final (1958) and they both played for Preston in the 1964 final vs West Ham, in which Dawson scored in the 2-3 defeat.

 

[albionalbino]

Peter Ward and Gerry Ryan .

 

[SEAGULLS TILL I DIE]

Playing for LEICESTER

thanks lol

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I'll have to go for the player who turned me into an Albion supporter ... Peter O'Sullivan.

 

[Left Footer]

Surely Keith-Keith Dublin

Surely you mean Keith Keith Keith Dublin

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Gerry Ryan was the first name that popped into my head.

Although I loved Hans Kraay, he may not have been at the Albion long enough to get past Gerry.

Closely followed by Garry Nelson and then a huge peleton of Albion players.

Current favourite? Elliot Bennett - what a great little player and such a nice guy.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Kurt Nogan and Jeff Minton

 

[BigGully]

He certainly was a player.

I am surprised at that nomination.

He wasnt considered a key player at the time and if memory serves me right he wasn't even a regular.

This was a time when we had some real bigtime players at the club and other than being a pal of Stan Bowles and having Ex Miss World Mary Stavin as his then Girlfirend I wouldnt have thought he was up there with the likes of Steve Foster etc.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Hard one to decide. Mine would all come from the same era. Mark Lawro (who never really played for us) was undoubtedly the real class act as his future club showed. The midfield engine and captain invincible Nobby Horton was the greatest captain Brighton have seen in my lifetime. And the goal maestro extraordinary Peter Ward was the most exciting. But for me, and the first name to came to mind was indeed Peter Ward, so he is my favourite off all time.

 

[colinz]

Mark Lawrenson pure class, why did he let his old man talk him into playing for Ireland.

 

[cuthbert]

The Busby Babes were the Man Utd players who came through their youth set-up and formed part of the teams that won the Div 1 title in 1955/6 & and 1956/7. Dawson played in the 1956/7 team (he was 17) but Nobbie Lawton didn't debut in the 1st team until after the Munich air crash in Feb 1958 in which many of the "Babes" were killed. Big Alex is still the only player to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final (1958) and they both played for Preston in the 1964 final vs West Ham, in which Dawson scored in the 2-3 defeat.

Thanks for correcting my impression of the definition of a Busby Babe, " The Albion A-Z" by Carder and Harris also calls Nobby a Busby Babe, but your definition is clearly correct. I remember the 1964 cup final very well and I think Nobby Lawton captained Preston that day, and Howard Kendall became the youngest ever player in a cup final, a record he has since lost. Lawton was an excellent player whose career was dogged by injury problems, which today could probably have been solved. Dave Turner was also plagued by injury problems, but a central midfield with both Turner and Lawton fully fit would have been fantastic. I remember Alex Dawson as the best striker/centre forward I have seen at The Albion with his head, but he was also good on the floor too, and was excellent at holding the ball up with his back to goal, and of course in those days centre halves were able to "tackle" from behind.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Thanks for correcting my impression of the definition of a Busby Babe, " The Albion A-Z" by Carder and Harris also calls Nobby a Busby Babe, but your definition is clearly correct. I remember the 1964 cup final very well and I think Nobby Lawton captained Preston that day, and Howard Kendall became the youngest ever player in a cup final, a record he has since lost. Lawton was an excellent player whose career was dogged by injury problems, which today could probably have been solved. Dave Turner was also plagued by injury problems, but a central midfield with both Turner and Lawton fully fit would have been fantastic. I remember Alex Dawson as the best striker/centre forward I have seen at The Albion with his head, but he was also good on the floor too, and was excellent at holding the ball up with his back to goal, and of course in those days centre halves were able to "tackle" from behind.

Oh God, I don't want to get involved in a disagreement with Tim Carder.
Do you remember Dave Turner scoring against Chelsea in the FAC at the Goldstone? Must have been 1967 and Brian Tawse had what would have been the winner disallowed.
Dawson was indeed no slouch with his feet, he started at Man Utd as a winger!!! Went with my dad by train to watch us win 5-2 at Hartlepool in 1969, Alex scored four that day and was awesome. His battles with Phil Parkes, who was then the Walsall goalie, during the endless FAC replays saga were legendary; Dawson only managed one goal, a subtle backheel that completely wrong-footed Parkes in the Goldstone game.
He also gets a mention in Gary Sprake's autobiography where GS describes him as the most frightening footballer he ever played against.

 

[whitelion]

His battles with Phil Parkes, who was then the Walsall goalie, during the endless FAC replays saga were legendary; Dawson only managed one goal, a subtle backheel that completely wrong-footed Parkes in the Goldstone game.

Was that the only time he did that? If so I recall that well as I was in the North Stand when he scored. He was known for his shoulder charges especially on the keeper.

 

[MattBackHome]

Garry Nelson. My boyhood hero.

 

[maltaseagull]

Hard one to decide. Mine would all come from the same era. Mark Lawro (who never really played for us) was undoubtedly the real class act as his future club showed. The midfield engine and captain invincible Nobby Horton was the greatest captain Brighton have seen in my lifetime. And the goal maestro extraordinary Peter Ward was the most exciting. But for me, and the first name to came to mind was indeed Peter Ward, so he is my favourite off all time.

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[maltaseagull]

Hard one to decide. Mine would all come from the same era. Mark Lawro (who never really played for us) was undoubtedly the real class act as his future club showed. The midfield engine and captain invincible Nobby Horton was the greatest captain Brighton have seen in my lifetime. And the goal maestro extraordinary Peter Ward was the most exciting. But for me, and the first name to came to mind was indeed Peter Ward, so he is my favourite off all time.

Although I felt that Wardy wasn't as effective once Ian Mellor left.