Brighton Away & Third Shirts

  • 1977 - 1978

    Matchworn shirt.

  • 1978 - 1980

    Match shirt with embroidered badge, the official replica shirts had printed badges which wore quite badly.

  • 1983 - 1984

    Matchworn shirt worn by Ian Muir.

  • 1984 - 1985

    Matchworn shirt.

  • 1985 - 1986

    Stunning matchworn Adidas shirt, the number 8 in this season was worn mostly by Steve Penney, but also by Alan Biley, Dean Saunders, Steve Jacobs and Chris Hutchins.

  • 1986 - 1987

    Matchworn shirt, number 5 was worn mostly by Steve Gatting in this season, but also by Robert Isaac towards the end of the season. I acquired this shirt from a collector in Colombia who contacted me after seeing the 85/86 shirt that I posted on Twitter.

  • 1987 - 1989

    Matchworn shirt. The club badge and Spall logos are embroidered, on the official replica shirts sold to fans these were printed.

  • 1989 - 1991

    Matchworn shirt used by the legend that is John Crumplin. The club badge and Sports Express logo are embroidered, unlike the official replica shirts which had a printed badge and logo.

  • 1991

    Introduced at Wembley for the 1991 playoff final, the legendary Chewits wrapper shirt! This is a match shirt, used as a ‘blood shirt’ on the day. This shirt was never made available for sale with NOBO as the sponsor, the following season TSB became the sponsor. This shirt is signed by John Byrne who played in the final.

  • 1991 - 1993

    Matchworn shirt, the number 5 was mostly worn by Nicky Bissett.

  • 1993 - 1994

    Official replica, note the small Ribero logo on the chest, the players match shirts had a much larger Ribero logo.

  • 1991 - 1992

    Matchworn Third shirt.

  • 1993 - 1994

    Matchworn Third shirt.

  • 1994-1995

    Official replica shirt. This is the shirt that started it for me, the first one I bought on eBay, and then decided to start a collection!

  • 1994 - 1995

    Matchworn shirt. Worn by either Ian Chapman against Swansea, 13/08/94 or Jimmy Case against Wrexham, 27/08/94. This shirt was only worn in those two competitive games before being replaced with the red Admiral shirt, this was because it was considered too close to the home kit.

  • 1994 - 1995

    Matchworn away shirt.

  • 1995 - 1997

    Matchworn away shirt.

  • 1997

    Matchworn away shirt from the very beginning of the season as the Sandtex logo is printed onto a white flock panel that has been heat applied to the shirt. This shirt was only used for one game, away at Swansea in August 1997. After then the shirts had the Sandtex logo screen printed in white direct to the shirt. This version was never available for fans to buy.

  • 1997 - 1998

    Matchworn away shirt.

  • 1997 - 1998

    Official replica away shirt.

  • 1998

    Matchworn shirt. There is no sponsor on this shirt, I believe it was used in pre-season games and perhaps was planned to be used in the league, however, Donatello became the shirt sponsor in time for beginning of the season.

  • 1998 - 1999

    Matchworn shirt, with the all new Shield badge which replaced the circular badge that had been in use in various guises since the 1970s. Also, the new shirt sponsor, Donatello.

  • 1998 - 1999

    Matchworn shirt? This is an odd one, it has the number and nameset for Gary Hart on the back, in black. We didn't have player names on our shirts for this season, and the numbers were always in white. Where did I get this shirt? Well, I got it directly from Gary Hart, it's signed by him too, but he couldn't remember why it has his name on it, and why the details are black!

  • 1998 - 1999

    Official replica shirt.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Official replica shirt, my wife bought this for me as my Christmas present in 1999.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Matchworn by The People’s Player, Rod Thomas. As this shirt has the blue Nationwide League sleeve patches this would have been used in the 1999-2000 season, in the following season the patches changed to white.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Matchworn shirt of the legend that is Gary Hart. This shirt is from the 2001 - 2002 season, note the league winning commemorative print and the white Nationwide sleeve patches.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Matchworn shirt used by the reserve team or youth team. Note the alternate shirt sponsor.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Matchworn shirt used by the reserve team or youth team. Note the alternate shirt sponsor.

  • 1999 - 2002

    Matchworn shirt used by the reserve team or youth team. Note the alternate shirt sponsor.

  • 2002 - 2004

    Matchworn Gary Hart away shirt.

  • 2002 - 2004

    Official replica away shirt. I won this shirt in the raffle at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, at the Clubs 2002 Christmas Dinner. It's been signed in gold ink by the squad, including Bobby Zamora and Steve Coppell who was the manager at the time of the party.

  • 2002 - 2003

    Matchworn third shirt. Worn by Dan Marney, he only played for the club 11 times I believe. A rarely used away shirt from a rarely used player. Note the Skint logo is coloured in white on this match shirt, which is different from the replica version of this shirt

  • 2002 - 2003

    Matchworn third shirt. Note the different colour fill on the Skint logo. This particular shirt was probably matchworn by a reserve or youth team.

  • 2002 - 2003

    Matchworn away shirt, as worn by the reserve of youth teams, note the alternate sponsor.

  • 2002 - 2003

    Matchworn away shirt, as worn by the reserve of youth teams, note the alternate sponsor.

  • 2002

    Prototype shirt. The shirt has the feint outline of the SKINT logo, that appears to have been removed, the shirt is in mint condition, so it’s definitely not worn off.

  • 2003 - 2005

    Matchworn shirt used by Nathan Jones. This is one of the "Alive & Kicking" shirts the club sold after matches to raise funds for the running of the club.

  • 2003 - 2005

    Official replica shirt. This was signed for me by midfielder Alexis Nicholas during the warm up at the away game at Crewe Alexandra, we lost!

  • 2003 - 2005

    Match prepared shirt for the Nationwide League Division Two playoff final at the Millenium Stadium in May 2004. This is the away shirt prepared in readiness in case we had to play in away colours. In the end we played Bristol City and wore the home kit.

  • 2003 - 2005

    Matchworn shirt used by the reserve or youth team, note the alternate sponsor logo.

  • 2003 - 2005

    Matchworn shirt used by the reserve or youth team, note the alternate sponsor logo.

  • 2003 - 2005

    Unsponsored shirt, no number on the back.

  • 2004 - 2006

    Matchworn shirt used by Gary Hart. This shirt was originally used as a promotion for the Fatboy Slim album, Palookaville. The Withdean Stadium was renamed Palookaville for one game, against Sheffield United on 2nd October 2004, and this shirt was worn. The shirt was such a hit with fans that it became the away/third shirt for the next year and a half.

  • 2004 - 2006

    Official replica, I bought it the same day it was released.

  • 2004

    One-off Prototype shirt. This is the option shirt as presented to Fatboy Slim, he chose the dark blue version, as far as I know this is the only one of these shirts in existence.

  • 2005 - 2007

    Matchworn shirt used by Gary Hart.

  • 2005 - 2007

    Official replica shirt.

  • 2005

    Matchworn shirt used by Kerry Mayo. This shirt was worn only once in the game away at Crystal Palace on 18 October, Paul McShane scored the only goal in the 1-0 win. Note the commemorative embroidery, showing only the game details, compare with the embroidery on the official replica shirt.

  • 2005

    Official replica shirt. This shirt was worn only once in the game away at Crystal Palace on 18 October, this shirt is signed by Paul McShane scorer of the only goal in the 1-0 win. Note the commemorative embroidery, showing the game details and the final score, compare with the embroidery on the matchworn shirt.