Be it a 50-yard goal or a chin-up gesture on a tough night, both men left their trademark moments at the Amex.

Steve Sidwell, scorer of that classic from halfway at Ashton Gate, is departing Albion this summer after a season ruined by injury.

So too is Liam Rosenior, who told fans to keep chins up on that fateful Friday the 13th in May, 2016, after an injury-ravaged side lost 2-0 at Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off semi-final.

And who pointedly repeated the gesture as he strode on to the stage on Hove Lawns a year ago to receive his promotion-winning medal.

Now it appears the two might not be gone for good if the club have their way.

The same goes for Inigo Calderon, currently weighing up playing offers from India in Spain.

Bobby Zamora is another who the club see as a great role model.

Back at the Amex, club captain Bruno has already been told there would be a role for him should he so wish when his playing days are over.

Albion chief executive Paul Barber let it be known the club wanted Bruno to stay beyond his playing days when the right-back won the Sarah Watts Inspiration Award recently.

It looked significant at the time. Barber does not make such comments lightly.

Now, he has told The Argus his plans and hopes, along with chairman Tony Bloom, go further.

He wants to get respected senior pros involved in what he sees as something akin to the old boot room at Anfield, where wisdom and experience was kept in-house.

It is seen as a key step in establishing Albion as not just a top-tier team but a top-flight club.

Barber told The Argus: “When you have got a club that is still relatively immature as we are at the moment, you need older, wiser heads around in as many positions as you can.

“The likes of Bruno, Calderon, Sidwell, Rosenior are all players who, when they finally decide to hang up their boots, we would love to have as part of the club in some way, shape or form.

“Obviously that depends on their circumstances and what their objectives are and where they see their futures.

“But if you go back to Liverpool and the boot room days, these are the people who can really help build the culture of the club on the football side in a very significant way.

“I genuinely believe those are the type of characters Brighton and Hove Albion needs for its future and its development.

“That’s not just about coaching first teams.

“It’s about instilling disciplines in academy teams, it’s about setting standards, it’s about reflecting the values of the club and the behaviour of the club.

“These guys have served over such a considerable amount of time and they have shown to have all those strong values and beliefs and the way we work very much in their hearts.

“The chairman and I have talked quite a bit about people being kept on by the club or re-hired by the club at some point in the future.

“We think they are the right sort of people to have around.”

Barber does not expect such appointments to be made just yet.

He said: “It really depends on when Liam or when Siddy decide they want to stop playing.

“We would always say to players, ‘Play for as long as you can because once that’s gone, it’s gone’.

“You can coach forever, you can’t play forever.

“My advice is to play for as long as you can or as long as you want to.

“Then we would have that conversation.

“Exactly the same situation with Bruno, exactly the same with Calde.”

Rosenior did some coaching with younger players last season and, like Sidwell, has done a lot of media work.

Calderon already has coaching qualifications equivalent to UEFA A Licence and will get his Pro Licence this summer.

He did scouting work while playing in the Indian league last season, studying footage of teams and players while putting his feet up after training.

Barber said: “Not every player is cut out for coaching or wants to be a coach.

“It might be an ambassadorial type role, it might be working with us in a different way.

“We’ve got a totally open mind on those types of things.

“But the key thing is these are the type of characters you really want to have around in the long term.”

Albion have employed ex-players in the past in roles including management, coaching, the medical team, community and commercial.

But the latest development appears to have a subtle difference in that they have identified people they wish to keep or bring back some time in the future rather than filling a specific existing vacancy.

Barber said: “These are people who have absolutely set standards.

“We would go to any player and say ‘those are the sort of people you should see as your role models’.

“They are great professionals, great characters and, above all, great people.”