Disability teams in tournament action
Some of Albion’s disability football teams have taken part in exhibition tournaments this October. The Albion Down’s syndrome team travelled to Ballerz in Kent to compete in a tournament hosted by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust. The Seagulls faced off against teams including Charlton, Everton, Fulham, and Norwich in the Down’s Syndrome Football Festival. Alongside
Alison taking the plunge into blind football
Alison, from Worthing, is a relative newcomer to the world of blind football. Alison is visually impaired and plays in the Foundation’s blind football sessions. Before joining the Foundation, she’d never managed to find a sport where she fit in. “I’ve always been visually impaired, and previously I’d only ever played in mainstream sport,” she
Albion teams victorious in pan-disability cup
Two BHAFC Foundation teams lifted trophies at a pan-disability football tournament in London last Sunday (7 July). We sent three teams of youngsters up to the Pan-Disability Gunnersbury Cup in London, hosted by the Brentford Community Trust. Two of our teams – the Under-12s and the Under-16s B Team – were victorious and finished in
How Albion players supported the Foundation in 23/24
Players from across Albion’s men’s and women’s first teams, as well as scholars in the academy, showed their support for the Foundation throughout the 2023/24 season. It all began back in August last year, when players from across the club came together to help us spread the word about our name change (from Albion in
£72k raised for Foundation at Albion golf day
A recent golf day raised around £72,000 for the Foundation. Teams were joined by former Albion players for an 18-hole course at Mannings Heath, a stunning 500-acre estate near Horsham. Dozens of golfers were joined by club legends Glenn Murray and Guy Butters at the event, which was sponsored by Group 1 Brighton BMW. Money