"Here he is, Jonesy. Just seen it mate. I thought you were bigger than that mate."

"You're not worth that, Palace!"

"Who cares about 50 people wanting to save a couple of weeds and a greenback frog, give the community of Brighton the stadium they deserve."

"To score after 50-odd seconds was unbelievable, but the thing was I didn't know I had scored. They were saying Sammy Morgan hand scored - Sammy was saying he had scored. So we actually stopped on the way home to watch Match of the Day in London and it was proved it was my goal. It was a great feeling. Once you've scored on Match of the Day - especially on your debut - you are made."

"I know Leon Best can be a very good player and he did very well for me both in the Championship and Premier League."

"I guarantee we will get out of this division next season."

"It's the stuff of dreams, the stuff of champions."

"We probably had our success too fast; the solid foundations and right base to progress long-term weren't established, so we have decided to rebuild for the future"

"The Goldstone Ground cannot be developed as a football stadium. The Taylor Report has rightfully dictated comfort and safety standards. All seater modern stadia facility will be available to the Albion - whatever the obstacles! Stop whining."

“You don’t realise how happy you can make people. They forget about everything today. They forget about health problems, about family problems, about financial problems. That’s football.”

"Of course I'm bigger than Brighton - I was bigger than Derby, too."

"Once a seagull, always a seagull."

"Good evening. I've been listening to the Phone In tonight and I just want to know what you meant by I wasn’t good enough for this standard?”

"If David Belotti told me it was Monday, I would check the calendar."

"What a night! So it's my best suit and these are my 20-guinea shoes, but who cares?! We're up!"

"We've looked at a number of very, very good candidates and in Sami, we've appointed someone that is a very, very bright young manager and someone that we're very excited to be working with."

"The first time I played against Liverpool for Brighton at the Goldstone, I got the ball and passed it to Kenny Dalgleish out of habit."

"Go back 20 years and we were homeless, a club going nowhere, and here we are today on the way to the Premier League.”

"Gus Poyet is the worst person I've come across in football. For me, he is a selfish person and very egocentric."

"Forget promotion, just be happy to avoid relegation."