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  • Brake: Bring on Swansea!

    Horsham's FA Cup hero Nigel Brake today declared: "Bring Swansea on." Hornets have drawn the League One high-flyers at home after reaching the second round of the FA Cup for the first time in their 126-year history. And Brake - whose stunning long-range

  • Wilkins: Work to do in Cup

    Dean Wilkins has warned his Albion troops they face two tough assignments to reach the potentially lucrative third round of the FA Cup for the second season running. The Seagulls will visit first round giantkillers Torquay United on December 1 if they

  • Sergeant stabbed trying to detain man

    A police sergeant was stabbed today as officers tried to detain a man in a seaside town centre. The injured officer sustained puncture wounds to his arm and a slash across his chest but his stab vest was said to have prevented serious injury. He was

  • Horsham draw League club in FA Cup

    Horsham have been drawn at home to League One Swansea in the second round of the FA Cup. It's a great reward for the Sussex non-leaguers who knocked out Maidenhead 4-1 on Saturday to reach the second round for the first time. Albion will be away to

  • Praise for Lewes in defeat

    Mansfield 3 Lewes 0. Billy Dearden gave Lewes the perfect pick-me-up after his Mansfield side ended their FA Cup dream. Rooks boss Steven King looked a despondent figure as he stood on the pitch at Field Mill at the end of Saturday's first round tie

  • Albion lack killer instinct

    Cheltenham 1 Albion 1. IF Albion are going to turn a season rich in promise into one which is ultimately successful then they must start finding a killer instinct. They should already be through to round two of the FA Cup, rather than relying on an

  • Rye off the bottom

    RYE moved off the bottom of County LEague division one after beating Three Bridges 1-0. Shaun Loft got the only goal and also missed a penalty while Bridges rarely threatened rookie goalkeeper Mark Spicer. Wayne Robinson got an injury-time winner as

  • Beck boost for Bognor

    CARETAKER boss Michael Birmingham praised the bravery of striker Dan Beck as Bognor beat Hayes and Yeading 3-0 at Nyewood Lane to climb out of the Conference south relegation zone for the first time this season. Beck suffered a black eye in a challenge

  • Credit crunch leads to record levels of bankruptcy

    The number of people declaring themselves bankrupt in Brighton and Hove is rocketing - bucking the national trend. The city was today said to be in the grip of a "credit crunch", with self-declared bankruptcies up 15 per cent over just three months.

  • Horsham dedicate cup win to bosses

    Horsham 4 Maidenhead 1. Horsham captain Kevin Hemsley dedicated a famous FA Cup victory to chairman Frank King and manager John Maggs. The Hornets reached the second round proper of the world's most famous knockout competition for the first time in

  • Ref wrecked Borough Cup hopes

    Eastbourne Borough 0 Weymouth 4. ALLAN Tait has accused referee John Hopkins of wrecking Eastbourne Borough's hopes of a place in the second round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history. Hopkins turned down Tait's appeal for a penalty

  • Huge crowds remember Sussex's war dead

    Record crowds huddled under umbrellas to remember war heroes at remembrance day services across Sussex. Four fire engines pulled up alongside Brighton war memorial where onlookers stoically ignored several downpours yesterday and even a dog wore a poppy

  • Mother gatecrashes Remembrance parade

    A weeping mother gatecrashed a parade at a Remembrance Day event today to add a wreath for her dead son - who died in a car crash. Chantelle Lecluse, tagged onto the end of a queue of politicians, representatives from the armed forces, and emergency

  • Argus Appeal to help man who lost everything in fire

    The Argus Appeal has stepped in to help a disabled man left homeless by fire. Sean Jeffrey was left with nothing but the clothes he was wearing after a blaze ripped through his flat at St John's Road in Hove on Wednesday. The fire started in a car-spraying

  • Experts called in after rat infestation at luxury flats

    Rats have infested a block of luxury flats - making nests in the walls and sparking fears over public health. Residents of the Argus Lofts in Robert Street, in the North Laine area of Brighton, have complained of seeing and hearing the animals scurrying