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New book documents Albion's top goalscorers.

BHAFC

2023-12-12T06:00:00Z

The grandchildren of 1930s Albion ace Arthur Attwood, Frances Wilson, Kevin Attwood and Leigh Attwood, all from Sussex, launched the book at Patcham, near the bus route he conducted on after his career ended.

Who is your favourite Albion goalscorer of all time?

Zamora, Murray, Ward, Nelson, Napier? Or for much older fans Denis Foreman and Peter Harburn. And way back record-holding Tommy Cook and Charlie Webb terrorised defences.

Our top strikers since the club was formed in 1901 feature in a new book by Sussex author, Phil Dennett, called The Goal Kings of Brighton and Hove Albion. It is the first time such a book has been compiled.

Phil, whose grandfather played Southern League games for the club, has rated all the 29 players who have scored 50 or more first-class goals according to their scoring rate and detailed their personal histories.

And, without giving too much away, readers will discover a few surprises in his book which took him 15 months to research and write, and runs to nearly 300 pages.

Dedications in the book include one to the late Ray Leaney, of Burgess Hill, who died earlier this year after living with leukaemia. Ray, 69, scored more than 500 goals in Mid Sussex League football and hundreds more in Sunday League games and was still playing indoor football just before he died. A donation will be made to a Leukaemia charity from sales of the book.

Phil, 73, from Burgess Hill, said: “Ray never had great ambitions to become a professional footballer like the Albion players featured but he loved playing local football and following the fortunes of Albion. All of the players featured came through small local clubs at one stage of their development, including of course the great Tommy Cook from Cuckfield, for whom Ray also played.”

The book is available to buy at the club superstore at the Amex.