The Brighton Post
Squad24 May 2027
Adam Brett damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match24 May 2027
Full time on the season at Brighton
Position 12 on 47 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.
Market24 May 2027
João Gomes puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Brighton, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout24 May 2027
Georginio Rutter says Brighton went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market24 May 2027
Brighton may not be able to give Yasin Ayari what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Yasin Ayari wants continental football; whether Brighton can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
The dugout24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Bart Verbruggen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Brighton against Tottenham
0‑2 to Tottenham, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch24 May 2027
14 clean sheets on loan for Thomas McGill
36 appearances at Crewe Alexandra and the goals have stopped going in. Brighton lent out a goalkeeper and are watching somebody else’s season get better every week.
The dugout24 May 2027
Nicholas Pearson answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Brighton
- The dugout Pascal Groß gets picked when it counts
- Player ratings Yankuba Minteh runs at them all day