'Bring your boots' – Brighton confirm special guest ahead of Tottenham kick-off
Brighton legend back at the Amex Stadium this Sunday
Albion legend Pascal Gross returns to the Amex Stadium this Sunday as the Seagulls take on Tottenham, to say an in-person thank you and farewell to fans ahead of kick-off.
The club legend departed in the summer for boyhood team Borussia Dortmund, after seven years of service at the Amex.
The Germany international will join matchday host Richard Reynolds pitch side at 4.20pm, so please ensure you’re in your seats by then to give him a deserved send off.
Gross was Brighton’s first signing following the club’s promotion to the Premier League in 2018 for a bargain £2.5m from FC Ingolstadt 04. He went on to make 261 appearances, for the Seagulls with 32 goals and 52 assists. Fans on social media reacted by saying, “bring your boots.”
Gross has made a decent start to life at Dortmund and he has the third most progressive passes in the Bundesliga this season with 43 – behind only Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich 49 and Bayer Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka 47.
Brighton will also pay tribute with a minute’s applause immediately prior to kick-off for former Albion manager Barry Lloyd, who passed away last week.
Barry was Albion manager from 1987-1993, overseeing their promotion to the second division in the 1987/88 campaign and leading the club to Wembley for the Division One Play-Off Final in 1991.
An excellent talent spotter, he returned to the club as chief scout in September 2007, a role he fulfilled for a number of seasons until his retirement in June 2021.