Albion’s right-back position has spoken Spanish for five-and-a-half seasons now.

But was a tough Welshman, a former England international or an Albion “football genius” the best ever for the club in that role?

That could be the question facing fans as they vote for the right-back berth on our all-time Seagulls team.

We are putting together our dream Albion XI from your votes – just as we did ten years ago.

Back in the summer of 2005, right-back was the most keenly contested position.

John Crumplin, the man dubbed “football genius” by the fans he belatedly won over, took top spot with 21% of votes ahead of Gary Stevens and John Gregory.

Stevens was not officially a contender but many fans appeared to vote for him at right-back just to get him into the team.

(As it turned out, incidentally, Stevens got into the side at left-back after narrowly missing out on the right and in central defence).

Gregory’s unfortunate comments about Gareth Barry, involving the beach, Palace Pier and a seagull, were relatively fresh in minds back then. There was a theory that maybe they counted against him as votes were cast.

Whatever the reason, the versatile Crumplin confounded most expectations and took the right-back spot.

So what happens now? Since 2005 we have seen Andrew Whing win player of the season but right-back was a bit of a problem area for a while. Even a couple of raids on the junior ranks at Arsenal failed to offer a solution. Gavin Hoyte or Joe O’Cearuill, anyone?

Then Inigo Calderon turned up on a snowy afternoon at Walsall – and became one of the club’s most popular players in recent years.

Calderon helped the Seagulls win League One with a swagger. But his place on the shortlist was clinched by how he helped Albion settle into the Championship on their first season back.

Again, it was a very tough shortlist to compile. Calderon was a good example as to why. For all of the good stuff mentioned above, he has also been second choice in recent times.

Chilean international Gonzalo Jara Reyes came in on loan in 2011-12 and Bruno has been first choice for the last three seasons.

The former Valencia man has helped the Seagulls to two of their best ever seasons, both in terms of league positions and defensive records.

He has added a first touch and repertoire of passing rarely seen at full-back.

But then Gregory played almost two complete seasons as right-back in the top flight, although he later went on to become better known as a midfielder.

Gregory and Bruno are arguably the two outstanding candidates for the position.

But there have been others who perhaps go below the radar. Which is where the Welshman comes in.

Des Tennant was known as The Tank and was a regular in the No.2 shirt in the early 1950s, when Albion were perennial promotion hopefuls in Division Three South.

Like Calderon and Crumplin, he also filled positions further forward. He chipped in with goals and skippered the side.

Stewart Henderson was a major contributor to the promotion-winning side in the third tier in 1971-72.

Maybe you look back to years when Albion were climbing from third tier to first and recognise the input of Chris Cattlin or Ken Tiler.

Perhaps you base your judgement on those four years in the top flight when, like Gregory, Don Shanks and, more fleetingly, Chris Ramsey patrolled the right of defence.

Shanks did not get a mention in our poll in 2005, which is perhaps strange considering he was a regular in the solid side which got as high as sixth in the first division and eventually secured the club’s best ever finishing position of 13th in the elite.

Ramsey played surprisingly few games. But his 37 appearances included the four wins which secured the Great Escape in 1981 as well as the drawn FA Cup final in 1983.