Liam Smith

Left Wingback - Brighton U20
1 Jan 2030
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Liam Smith

112 Edition

The Brighton Post

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Brighton strike at the death to beat Crystal Palace

There were 86 minutes on the clock and Crystal Palace had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Brighton did not stop to explain themselves.

Player ratings

Georginio Rutter scores twice — 8.40

Two goals and a mark of 8.40 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad

A falling-out at Brighton

Tyler Adams and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Santiago Briñone gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Santiago Briñone has just signed for Brighton, and for once the answer mattered.

Match

Georginio Rutter the difference as Brighton beat Crystal Palace

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Georginio Rutter. 2‑1 against Crystal Palace, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market

Oliver Lawrence steps up from the Brighton academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Lawrence 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.

Market

Matthew Matthews steps up from the Brighton academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Matthews 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.

Market

One of our own: Jonathan White joins the Brighton first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Liam Smith joins the Brighton first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Smith is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief