BRIGHTON DISPLAY RECOUNTS CLUB'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

A gallery display at Brighton's Royal Pavilion recounts the local football club's fight for survival 30 years ago. It presents the campaign through the creative work that accompanied efforts to keep Brighton alive. People credited with saving the club contribute to the account of that period. The display places their efforts within a 30-year history that begins with the club facing extinction.

That history includes a dispute involving an owner, a newspaper exposé and court cases. It also includes a goal identified as important to the club's survival. The account follows Brighton through a later play-off success. These episodes cover both the campaign surrounding the club and events on the pitch. Tony Bloom also appears in the story, alongside people whose mathematical work forms part of the account of Brighton's development.

The 30-year account describes Brighton's eventual rise to a position it calls high-flying. Its starting point remains the campaign to preserve the club when its future was in doubt. The Royal Pavilion setting brings the story into a public gallery in Brighton. The contributions from people involved in saving the club give visitors their account of the campaign and the events that followed.