The Albion's own number 21 has been voted 'Sexiest Footballer In The World!' The Gay Football Supporters Network has today reported that the 18-year-old has been crowned top of their poll, fighting off strong opposition from Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. In the 2004 poll, Jake was placed in 10th place - just making the winners list for that year...

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We are now counting down to the start of the new season - Its only 7 days away! This time next week will see us at Pride Park playing Derby...

As we head towards a new start, we need to look back at what has happened since we ended the last season back in May, and only narrowly escaped the drop...

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Southampton have apparently upped the price for Blayney after the Harding tribunal decided we would receive up to £850,000 for the England U21 player who recently moved to Leeds...

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The club announced earlier in the month that discussions were on going after granting Kerry Mayo a testimonial. However, the latest news is that it has now been confirmed.

This is now due to take place on Friday, 2nd September 2005 at Withdean Stadium. More news is due to be released by the club soon...

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Today, the Football League held a tribunal to decide how much Leeds should pay us for Dan Harding. Despite being out of contract when he joined the Yorkshire team, because of his age Leeds have to pay us compensation.

After the sale of Adam Virgo, Albion's top scorer and Player Of The Season for 04-05, fans are hoping that the amount Celtic paid for him will be used as a comparison in the fee for Harding...

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Fans have been waiting all day on news from the Harding tribunal - however there is currently no information from either the Football League or the club.

Earlier in the day another tribunal was heard - Torquay wanted £300,000 for their 23-year-old striker, however the tribunal decided that Swansea will only have to pay a maximum of £110,000...

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There is currently no official word from the club, however it appears that another friendly has been added - we are now due to play at Hastings on Monday, 7:45pm.

Due to the poor run of results at the moment, it seems that the club want a better result from a stronger team! We believe that McGhee wants to boost the teams confidence before the start of the new season where we will first play Derby...

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With just one more friendly game to be played this weekend, the Albion have so far notched up just as many losses than wins. Just like the game against Colchester, the team were beaten not by just a single goal from a player with a little luck, but by a number of goals from a team that were better! Don't start panicking yet, but if we cannot even get a draw from lower league teams, how are we ever going to survive another season in the Championship League?

The club have today announced the details for the latest Fans Forum, where fans will have the chance to ask Dick Knight, Martin Perry and Mark McGhee questions about the club. The club have scheduled it just before the start of the season - Wednesday, 3rd August at 7:30pm at Corals Greyhound Stadium in Hove - and are planning on making it a regular event...

Withdean Stadium is finally expanding - contractors have started to undertake the work which will see the total capacity of Withdean increase to almost 9,000.

On Monday morning, contractors finally gave the go-ahead for the seats to be put in. The club had contractors ready to carry out the work, and this has started immediately...

The Albion have signed another player - Federico Turienzo! We reported on 18th July after the win against Lewes that he took part in the game, however McGhee was not expected to sign the player...

Federico has since had and passed his medical with the team, however his International Clearance needs to be sorted to allow him to stay in the UK to play for the Seagulls - he recently left Gimnasia La Plata in his homeland to try and make a break into European football...

The team yesterday had a disappointing loss, in their first game against a Coca Cola League side. League One side Colchester beat the Albion 5-2 at Layer Road, but only by scoring four goals in the final 30 minutes!

The game didn't start too well, with Brighton going 1-0 down. Ex-Brighton player Iwelumo got Colchester a penalty after just three minutes...

Virgo has talked about his fathers death for the first time publicly since two burglars broke into his dads house and struck a blow to his head. The 57-year-old was already terminally ill with liver cancer, however after his death, this lead to heartbroken Virgo having second thoughts about leaving Brighton. It actually took a family conference to help him make up his mind...

Virgo today had his medical with Celtic, and we can now confirm that the deal is done!

This afternoon, Albion Player Of The Season Virgo signed his new contract with the Scottish side, and paid tribute to the Brighton fans...

Yesterday we reported that Virgo was on his way to Celtic. This has now been confirmed, and Adam is said to be stunned after the shock move. He has only been able to dream of what is to come, never imagining he would be playing for his heroes!

"The manager spoke to me to tell me that the club had accepted an offer, and he tried to make me guess the club," Virgo explained...

The date for the verdict of the Harding tribunal has been announced by the Football League - finally!

The current date, which has not yet been confirmed by the club, is just one week before the start of the new season...

It seems that Adam Virgo has gone to Celtic! In a shock move, the clubs 22-year-old has gone up North for £1.5m. Apparently, Celtic had been after the player for a good couple of weeks now, however their first three offers were rejected by the club. Last Wednesday, Celtic finally agreed on the Albion's asking price, and a deal was done...

McGhee was pleased tonight after we won 4-2 against Lewes - however its seems there is more to it than just a pleasing score! Two trialists took part in the game - Trinidad International central defender Brent Sanchoz and Argentinian striker Federico Turienzo both played 70 minutes.

28-Years-Old Brent has recently been released by relegated Dundee, and it seems that he could be making a move down south to join the team! Meanwhile, Turienzo who is only 22, has recently left Gimnasia La Plata in his homeland to try and make a break into European football...

As part of our on-going update of the site, we have now completed updating all the links to other fan sites. We have listed and rated all the best Brighton links, as have also included a number of other teams sites, general football sites and even off-topic websites which we hope you find useful...

If you are travelling to away games next season, why not check out our travel zone? This has recently been updated with the latest information about the current teams, and now includes directions and information about the new teams that are joining us in the Championship this season...

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With the exception of the young left back, Sam Rents (who played the whole game), Albion fielded a different team in each half. They started with CK-R up front alongside Leon, and the Coca Cola Kid certainly impressed. He got pulled and pushed around quite a bit without much protection from the ref, but certainly showed some promise and scored a cracking opening goal from 12-14 yards, when Leon picked him out with a neat pass..

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An impressive 1550 fans turns out last night to watch the team in their first local friendly. The team previously played Le Havre at the weekend, losing 2-0. Despite the lack of goals that day, they have made up for it winning against Worthing United 4-3.

Jason Dodd also made an appearance at the game in the first half, after missing the game against Le Havre.

Even better news is that the Coke Cola Kid, Colin Kazim-Richards scored the opening goal in the 39th minute with a shot into the top of the net...

Planes, Trains, Boats, Taxi's, Buses and Abandoned Cars!

Well this one really started on Thursday night when I had to retrieve one of our party from Heathrow in the evening, what with the bombings in London that day, we were not sure whether the flight from Glasgow would be running, but alas it was. So gave myself loads of time to get from Brighton to Heathrow and did the journey in under an hour, so another hour to kill. Lots of people with guns at the airport, but no real surprise. The flight landed but no sign of my mate, all the other passengers come out, but still no sign of her. Then after a wait she appears and finally admits that she was late as she waited at the wrong luggage carousel...

In preparation for the new season, we are in the process of updating our multimedia links page. This contains links to not only Brighton websites, but to other teams we have played in the past and will meet in the future.

The newest link will already be known to many, and probably have a prime place in the bookmarks list. But for those who haven't already paid a visit, we have a short introduction to 'All Things Brighton Beautiful', which is currently our featured Brighton link.

We also want to hear from you if you run a website that is not featured on our links page. If you think it is good enough to be featured, send us a message - all the details can be found on the links page...

The club have today reported that they believe that the Olympics, which has been handed to London for 2012, could boost our chances of getting Falmer.

Just under a week ago, the International Olympic Committee announced that London would be hosting the games, winning by just four votes against Paris. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the win "a momentous day" for Britain, however the club is hoping that John Prescott will give the go ahead for Falmer as part of the promises made by the London Olympic bid team...

We reported back in April that we would be sponsoring the '158 Grounds In One Week' trip to Withdean Stadium. The aim of the tour was to raise money for three charities, Macmillan Cancer, Mind (the mental health charity) and STRIPES (the Stafford Rangers supporters trust fund).

Ian Preston said "The tour went well and we were able to meet our target of 158 grounds in a (decimal) week but we incurred fairly large travel costs along the way..."

Despite the score, everyone had an enjoyable day in France yesterday, and many are expected to stay on for the fans friendly arranged by the fans of Le Havre. The crowd consisted of around 1,350 fans - most were from Brighton!

This was our first game in preparation for the new season, so no one was expecting a miracle. The team had travelled out at the start of the week to train for the game, and as part of their overall training programme getting ready for the start of the season. Mark McGhee said after the game that he has been pleased overall with the players performance in these training sessions...

Yesterday saw Le Havre beat the team 2-0 in our first friendly game of the season. No one is disappointed about the result, and everyone enjoyed the game - many fans are expected to stay on this morning for the fans friendly which has been arranged by the fans of Le Havre.

Pictures from the game are now available. Read The Full Report to find out more...

UPDATE 11/07/05: More pictures are now available on the unofficial Le Havre website. Click to find out more.

What better way to end a Friday than to take a look at North Stand Chat? North Stand Chat I head you say! Yes - Its back online... Select Find Out More to get all the information you need...

We are always interested on how fans are using Flying High. Since we started counting the number of visitors in August 2001, we have been providing you an overview of the past seasons statistics. Now we have moved to a new server, the statistics we can bring you are much more in-depth.

We want to share these statistics with you, and each month throughout the season you will be able to find out lots of information, such as what the most popular page viewed is, and how long fans are spending on the site. To view statistics from June, select 'Find Out More' below...

Le Havre ended the season with a 6-1 loss, despite hoping to finish on a more positive note! They finished the league in 17th place, and would have been relegated if they had just three less points. However, they have survived and will be playing another season in the French League Two.

Last season, Le Havre played a total of 38 games however they only won 11 of these. 9 were draws, but 18 losses ensured they would be fighting to stay up as mentioned above. The team who finished top of the league 'Nancy' won 21 of the 38 games, and completed the season with 71 points...

Two signings in two days, and it doesn't look like we're finished yet! As the first team head back to base to prepare for the new season, McGhee and Knight were busy signing a new player for the club, courtesy of the Coca Cola prize money.

Colin Kazim-Richards takes the squad number 22, which used to belong to Hammond. Despite interests from a number of other Championship clubs, and even some Premiership clubs such as Wigan and Leicester, Colin told the official site that it was an easy decision to choose Brighton after meeting McGhee and Knight for the first time...

The fans of Le Havre are inviting Brighton fans to have a game of football on Sunday morning before you travel home. They say for their 17th meeting, they would like Brighton fans to spend a small amount of time with them in a friendly game of football.

The day will begin on 9:30am on Sunday, 10th July. Fans are requested to meet at Youri Gagarine Stadium in Dollemard. This is located in the north west of Le Havre...