Pop-up display exploring history of 'Soaring Seagulls'

'Soaring Seagulls' will feature objects associated with Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club from the Royal Pavilion and Museums’ collections, across two display cases.

Highlights include mementoes from the club’s promotion to the old First Division in 1979, a football shirt from the 1983 FA Cup Final against Manchester United (pictured), and the emotive painting ‘Saturday Afternoon’ (1953) by Frederick Yates, depicting the club’s old Goldstone Ground which was sold in the 1990s.

The display will also include items like programmes, memorabilia and newspaper cuttings representing how far the club has come since it faced relegation 20 years ago, rising up through the divisions and establishing a new home at the American Express Community Stadium at Falmer.

The display will run until Sunday, September 3 2017, overlapping with the start of the new Premier League season.

Dan Robertson, local history curator at Brighton Museum, said: “Royal Pavilion and Museums are keen to celebrate Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club’s promotion to the Premier League, and congratulate them on their achievement. We wish the fans and everyone associated with the club all the best for next season - up the Albion!”

Soaring Seagulls takes place at the North Balcony, First Floor, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.