Brighton signing was once arrested against the club just weeks before joining the Seagulls
One defender signed for Brighton just months after an incident-packed trip to the Sussex coast.
01.12.25, 08:50 Updated 22.05.26, 14:52 3 Minute Read
Charlie Parker-Turner
For most people, first impressions are crucial when meeting a potential new employer, unless your name is Chris Hutchings. The bricklayer-turned-footballer managed to join the very team he was playing against when he landed himself in hot water with the police just three months prior. He spent four years with the Seagulls, leaving the club on this day in 1987. Let’s take a look at his unique story and where it all began…
On the 3rd of September 1983, Brighton faced Chelsea at the Goldstone ground in what would turn out to be a very bleak day for the Seagulls. Football was a different world back then, and the hooligans of Chelsea were up for the occasion.
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