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Ten go in end-of-season clearout
11:20pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
Albion have released long-serving trio Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart and Guy Butters.
They are among TEN players not offered new contracts after the Seagulls narrowly missed out on the League One play-offs.
Paul Reid has also been released, along with David Martot, Sam Rents, Shane McFaul, Sonny Cobbs, Lloyd Skinner and Chris Winterton.
Five others have been offered new deals. The list of players retained surprisingly includes Doug Loft and Scott Chamberlain.
Mayo was told his 12-year career with the Seagulls is over just hours before jetting off with team-mates last night for an end-of-season break to Spain.
The left-back made his 410th appearance for the club as a late substitute in last Saturday's closing 1-0 home defeat by champions Swansea after starting the season with a testimonial against Reading at Withdean.
The versatile Hart, who made 378 appearances in ten years, will no longer be an Albion player when he returns for his testimonial at Withdean in July.
Veteran centre half Butters, currently on a coaching course, played more than 200 games in six years with the club.
Boss Dean Wilkins said: "It's never easy making these decisions, particularly players who have served the club so well for a number of years, but we have given each individual very careful consideration.
"It is the nature of the game that to be competitive we have to make tough decisions. It may sound like hollow words but I would like to thank each of the players for their professionalism and service and wish them well for the future."
Loft has been offered another year following his first League start of the season in the Swansea defeat. Chamberlain has been awarded a six-month contract, despite making only one substitute appearance for the first team in two years.
Goalkeeper John Sullivan, rookie striker Sam Gargan and utility player Wes Fogden have all been offered a year.
Adam Hinshelwood, who has been plagued by knee problems, will be given a chance to prove his fitness.
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Clive Rawlings, SW France says...
8:29am Wed 7 May 08
Couldn't Wilkins have slipped in his assistants on the list as well??
Lastly, why did he pay for McFaul ???
sad seagull, says...
12:21pm Wed 7 May 08
for everything you have done for our club you will all be missed
i hope you find clubs soon
please DW replace these legends with some first class players
matt, worthing says...
1:42pm Wed 7 May 08
me, brighton says...
1:57pm Wed 7 May 08
poop, preston vil says...
2:51pm Wed 7 May 08
me wrote:are we forgetting that
why would we want gillespie? we have loft!! why richards when we have......... ah hope the move is done or ipswich will make you pay for off loading three full backs! lets hope richards does not get injured! the reason mayo was here for ten years is left backs are hard to find, club are skint cant see gillespie sign for less than half a million
we have doug loft,
he will be the answer
to our preyers,surely there is more dead wood still to go.
lady seagull, brighton says...
3:44pm Wed 7 May 08
Lost Profits, Epsom says...
3:54pm Wed 7 May 08
Fun-lovin, Hove says...
12:14am Thu 8 May 08
Chris, Brighton says...
7:23pm Thu 8 May 08
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