Albion stars past and present will be playing without pressure as their horse tackles a big race at York.
Seagulls Eleven has been entered into the £377,000 Sky Bet City Of York Stakes, which offers some 3pm Saturday sporting entertainment of a different kind this weekend.
Rivals include Tony Bloom’s Lake Forest, who won this contest last year.
But Rosallion is widely seen as the one to beat.
Seagulls Eleven gave owners including James Milner, Lewis Dunk and Jason Steele a huge thrill when landing the Group Three Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood three weeks ago.
Scenes of players celebrating at the training ground in Lancing went viral.
Now trainer Hugo Palmer is ready for a Group One challenge for which Seagulls Eleven is being quoted as a 25-1 outsider.
Palmer said: “He’s got some very enthusiastic owners and they’re playing with house money - he won more than the supplementary fee at Goodwood.
“We’re not protecting a stallion career with him so we thought why not have a go.
“When we decided to do it, we probably weren’t banking on Rosallion being there, but even still, take him out and I think we’re right there with them in the run.”
