Match of My Life Brighton and Hove Albion

Book excerpt: Written by 16 of the club's most-famous players, Match of My Life features these stars' greatest matches for the Seagulls. Each chapter features each player's unique story behind their chosen matches and reflects upon their time with the Albion. Peter Ward, Brian Horton, and Steve Foster look back to games from the club's golden era of the late 1970s and early 1980s—which culminated in the 1983 FA Cup Final against Manchester United. That match is covered in great depth by defender Gary Stevens, who was voted by BBC viewers as Man of the Match. All of the key moments in the club's history are covered—including every promotion, the club's four championship wins as a Football League club, while Robbie Reinelt recalls the day his goal saved Albion from extinction, and Hove-born Adrian Thorne, relives a final-day five-goal haul helped clinch the Albion's first-ever championship in 1959, lifting the club to then unprecedented heights of Football League Division Two. Norman Gall's chapter features Albion's Division Four title triumph of 1965; while from the current era Danny Cullip and Bobby Zamora focus on the back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002. Each player's personal account includes new revelations and unique insight making Match of My Life the definitive book with which fans can relive the Albion's greatest triumphs.