West Ham face Brighton this weekend, below are 10 facts about the Hammers’ opponents this weekend: 1. Brighton were the only professional team in Sussex for 91 years between 1920 and 2011 until Crawley Town promotion to the League in 2011. 2. The club was founded in 1901 at the Seven Stars Public House in Brighton. One of the pub’s former attractions was a 26 stone pianist named Fingers Calders who apparently had a nine-inch moustache – not sure what …
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Ten Things you didn’t know about – Brighton

