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===Football=== [[File:Amex Stadium Pitch panorama - geograph.org.uk - 2859086.jpg|thumb|Falmer Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club]] [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club]] is the city's professional association football team. After playing at the [[Goldstone Ground]] for 95 years, the club spent 2 years ground-sharing 70 miles away at [[Gillingham F.C.]] before returning to the town as tenants of the [[Withdean Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Withdean years |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/club/history/club-history/the-withdean-years |website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion |access-date=5 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604224332/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/club/history/club-history/the-withdean-years |url-status=live}}</ref> At the start of the 2011β12 season the club moved permanently to Falmer Stadium, a Premier League level stadium colloquially known as [[Falmer Stadium|'the Amex']]. Notable achievements include winning promotion to the [[Football League First Division]] in 1979 and staying there for four seasons. They reached the [[1983 FA Cup Final]] drawing 2β2 with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] before losing in the replay 5 days later. The [[2017β18 Premier League|2017β18 football season]] saw Brighton's debut in the Premier League after a win against [[Wigan Athletic]] guaranteed automatic promotion to the top flight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39549523 |title=Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic |date=17 April 2017 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518152541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39549523 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Whitehawk F.C.|Whitehawk Football Club]] is a semi-professional association football club based in [[Whitehawk|a suburb in east Brighton]].<ref name="Whiehawk">{{cite news |title=Whitehawk abandon Brighton City name change after fan opposition |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35400360 |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2016 |language=en-gb |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604224123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35400360 |url-status=live}}</ref> They play in the [[Isthmian League]] Premier Division.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Games are played at [[The Enclosed Ground]],<ref name="Whiehawk" /> which is set into the South Downs close to [[Brighton Marina]].
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