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BRIGHTON’S lead first team strength and conditioning coach Tom Barnden has left the club after seven years to join Manchester City.

ANDREW CROFTS has been appointed to an innovative Under-23 player-coach role by Brighton.

ASSISTANT manager Paul Trollope and first team coach Paul Nevin have been sacked along with Chris Hughton at Brighton.

BRIGHTON first-team coach Paul Nevin says he is delighted to be invited into the “inner sanctum” of the England team as part of a BAME placement set up by the Football Association.

BRIGHTON Chief Executive Paul Barber says the appointment of Technical Director Dan Ashworth will enable the club to reach the “next level”.

DOZENS of clubs use GPS data. But how exactly is it gathered? And, most importantly of all, how does it impact a manager's decision-making? Will Abbott, Head of Academy Sports Science and S&C at Brighton, told us more.

Will Abbott, Head of Academy Strength and Conditioning at Brighton, gives us the lowdown on pre-season at the Premier League club.

JOHN BARNES does not believe Chris Hughton’s success at Brighton will help the plight of black managers, because he will be “elevated out of blackness”.