The Brighton Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lewis Dunk
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Brighton lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton turn down Arsenal for Bart Verbruggen
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Kevin Paredes would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kevin Paredes is living that version at Brighton, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Kaoru Mitoma in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brighton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brighton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
James Milner out for 18 days
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for James Milner, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Paul Miller joins the Brighton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Miller is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Richard Dixon steps up from the Brighton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Richard Dixon has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton promote Peter Wood from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Wood has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Brighton
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Kevin Paredes