Club Dossier | FHQ Intelligence

Direct answerPartially verified

Brighton & Hove Albion is officially Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, based in Brighton and Hove, England, founded in 1901, latest verified membership scope: Premier League — 2026/27, playing at American Express Stadium. The available canonical archive contains 2 Premier League finishing positions. Current-season record under an approximate season-label window; verification is shown separately as of 2026-09-03.

Club intelligence dossier

Question: “Build an intelligence dossier for brighton.”

Deterministic as-of date: 2026-09-03

Brighton & Hove Albion · club

Confidence

partially verified

5 verified · 59 partially verified · 10 unverified

How this was assessed

74 evidence items resolved: 5 verified, 59 partially verified and 10 unverified. Counts describe coverage; lineage, scope, availability and conflicts determine trust.
10 usable records from 10 independent source groups.
The strongest canonical support is reviewed rather than fully verified.
3 explicit data gaps affect coverage.

Data gaps reported honestly

The canonical profile is partially-verified.

Profile-backed facts are labelled as partially verified until field-level review is complete.

FHQ Intelligence does not project a current manager because no current canonical adapter is available.

Current-tense wording is blocked until fresh canonical evidence is available.

FHQ Intelligence does not project a current squad because no current canonical adapter is available.

Current-tense wording is blocked until fresh canonical evidence is available.

Why this answer?

Evidence contract

Schema: fhq-evidence-packet/v2
Packet fingerprint: packet:b1qo9brdoa8n
Exact requested scope: No narrower scope resolved
Lineage groups: 10

Bounded execution

74 evidence records considered; 74 retained. No packet limit was reached.

Repository snapshots: none declared.

Accepted structured claims

reviewed aliases · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
founded year · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
canonical identity · verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference
competition membership · partially verified · 1 evidence reference

Packet gaps

missing value: The canonical profile is partially-verified.
missing value: FHQ Intelligence does not project a current manager because no current canonical adapter is available.
missing value: FHQ Intelligence does not project a current squad because no current canonical adapter is available.

Intelligence dossier

Brighton & Hove Albion

partially verified

Data freshness

Current-season record under an approximate season-label window; verification is shown separately as of 2026-09-03.

Latest verified scope

Premier League — 2026/27

Official identity: Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
Profile competition label: Premier League
Country: England
City: Brighton and Hove
Founded: 1901
Stadium: American Express Stadium
Capacity: 31872
Aliases: Brighton, Brighton and Hove Albion, BHAFC

The profile label is stored metadata. Present-day competition wording is permitted only when the temporal membership projection supports it.

Canonical profile completeness

Coverage measures presence across 12 recognised canonical profile fields. It is not a measure of football accuracy.

100%

Official namepartially verified

Common namepartially verified

Short namepartially verified

Canonical aliasespartially verified

Countrypartially verified

Citypartially verified

Founded yearpartially verified

Profile competition labelpartially verified

Stadium namepartially verified

Stadium capacitypartially verified

Official websitepartially verified

Source referencespartially verified

Deterministic insight engine

Derived only from identified records

Stored current-season membership

current verified

Stored current-season reviewed membership: Premier League (2026/27).

Method: most recent season-labelled canonical membership record

Current language is limited to the effective season and as-of date.

Cross-repository coverage

historical verified

5 of 6 assessed intelligence categories contain evidence-backed data.

Method: presence check across six declared repository-backed categories

Missing categories: Premier League archive.

Research statement classification

Fact, statistic, relationship or inference — separate from accepted structured claims

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion has 3 reviewed identity alias records.

Scope: as of 2026-09-03 · 3 evidence references

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion was founded in 1901.

Scope: as of 2026-09-03 · 1 evidence reference

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion resolves to canonical club identity cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60.

Scope: as of 2026-09-03 · 2 evidence references

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion has a canonical location record for Brighton and Hove.

Scope: as of 2026-09-03 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2017/18.

Scope: 2017/18 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2018/19.

Scope: 2018/19 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2019/20.

Scope: 2019/20 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2020/21.

Scope: 2020/21 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2021/22.

Scope: 2021/22 · 1 evidence reference

direct facthistorical verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2022/23.

Scope: 2022/23 · 1 evidence reference

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion is recorded in Premier League for 2026/27.

Scope: 2026/27 · 1 evidence reference

direct factcurrent verifiedverified

Brighton & Hove Albion has a canonical stadium record for American Express Stadium.

Scope: as of 2026-09-03 · 1 evidence reference

Showing 12 of 30 classified claims; the full response contract retains every claim.

Canonical Knowledge Graph

Bounded evidence-backed neighbourhood

13 nodes · 20 edges

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2017/18 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2017/18 Premier League

2017/18 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2018/19 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2018/19 Premier League

2018/19 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2019/20 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2019/20 Premier League

2019/20 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2020/21 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2020/21 Premier League

2020/21 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2021/22 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2021/22 Premier League

2021/22 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2022/23 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2022/23 Premier League

2022/23 · partially verified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2023/24 · unverified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2023/24 Premier League

2023/24 · unverified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2024/25 · unverified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2024/25 Premier League

2024/25 · unverified

club competes in competition

Brighton & Hove Albion → Premier League

2026/27 · partially verified

club participated in season

Brighton & Hove Albion → 2026/27 Premier League

2026/27 · partially verified

Limits: depth 1, 18 nodes, 28 edges.

Premier League finishing timeline

Final positions only, sourced from historical competition tables.

2024/25

Position 8

2025/26

Position 8

Evidence ledger

74 resolved items

No raw provider payloads or local file paths

alias registry

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical alias registry

3 reviewed identity alias records support club-name resolution.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: aliases
Provenance reference: cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2019/20.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2019/20
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2019/20

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2020/21.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2020/21
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2020/21

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2017/18.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2017/18
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2017/18

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season membership

unverified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2024/25.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2024/25
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2024/25

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season membership

unverified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2023/24.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2023/24
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2023/24

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2022/23.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2022/23
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2022/23

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2021/22.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2021/22
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2021/22

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2026/27.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2026/27
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2026/27

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season membership

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical season membership registry

Canonical membership records Brighton & Hove Albion in premier-league for 2018/19.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2018/19
Field: competition membership
Provenance reference: membership:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2018/19

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Canonical stadium fields for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: stadium.name, stadium.capacity

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Canonical country and city fields for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: countryName, city

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Brighton & Hove Albion's canonical identity and profile fields.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: identity

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Founded year recorded for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: foundedYear

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Competition label stored in the canonical profile for Brighton & Hove Albion; temporal membership records determine whether current language is safe.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: currentCompetition

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canonical club profile

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical club profile

Official and common names for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: officialName

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2023-24; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2023
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2023-24
Provenance reference: 003b8ea8bb10942bccc8e4a23a739851682ef17af858f72debfd0a67dfe179c7

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2017-18; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2017
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2017-18
Provenance reference: 249fd3ef5427ffe47687dc5422e81b753f7f8298bbc26cef11de6d4ee7f7d4e7

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2022-23; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2022
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2022-23
Provenance reference: 222447eb873f7993cad0049df0c5dc79f161dae597d556029f78fac7fa43bd41

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2021-22; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2021
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2021-22
Provenance reference: 4aa2236419bdc54720e4c983523b8828e51e0fad50743dc2b9b3b53586e4208d

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field provenance

unverified

Canonical api-football provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for provider.rawImport; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2024
Field: provider.rawImport
Provenance reference: 53eb467d669c5857ba680f918a5bf7fed0c377c23bcf76237ad134709a36ed6d

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2024-25; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2024
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2024-25
Provenance reference: 170eb0ee2fd152f61e56fa8abebaf1fa0e5ea15cbec53303641bd9e1d668223d

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2020-21; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2020
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2020-21
Provenance reference: b886e2b29c037516492c31f07b0bcda48a9350ccce12f932636ab0d07254964b

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field provenance

verified

Canonical manual-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for sources[]; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: sources[]
Provenance reference: cgc_8124a0227bf90001

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2019-20; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2019
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2019-20
Provenance reference: ec9fc8a46dfb057cdf2677010d4b4469d14e02eb251f91198afd7e7a6b0e21bb

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for historicalMemberships.premier-league.2018-19; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2018
Field: historicalMemberships.premier-league.2018-19
Provenance reference: 4ffac53cda6201dfd2dc6f9264350416dd6d64349d2e3425937869989df53910

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field provenance

partially verified

Canonical provider-reference provenance

Provenance metadata is recorded for sources[]; raw provider payloads and local paths are not exposed.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2024
Field: sources[]
Provenance reference: cgc_cc080d12a130284b

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historical competition table

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical historical table

Premier League 2024/25 final-league table with 20 clubs.

Season: 2024/25
Field: final standings
Provenance reference: pl-2425-official-tables, pl-2425-official-final-day

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historical competition table

partially verified

FootyUpdatesHQ canonical historical table

Premier League 2025/26 final-league table with 20 clubs.

Season: 2025/26
Field: final standings
Provenance reference: pl-2526-official-tables, pl-2526-official-title

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alias registry

partially verified

Reviewed identity alias: BHAFC

Supports the reviewed aliases fact projected from canonical-club-aliases.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: reviewed-aliases
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-club-aliases:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:bhafc

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alias registry

verified

Reviewed identity alias: brighton

Supports the reviewed aliases fact projected from canonical-club-aliases.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: reviewed-aliases
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-club-aliases:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:brighton

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alias registry

verified

Reviewed identity alias: Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club

Supports the reviewed aliases fact projected from canonical-club-aliases.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: reviewed-aliases
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-club-aliases:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:brighton and hove albion

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canonical club profile

verified

Canonical club entity registry

Supports the canonical identity fact projected from canonical-club-entities.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: canonical-identity
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-club-entities:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60

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canonical club profile

partially verified

Canonical club profile

Supports the founded year fact projected from canonical-club-profiles.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Field: founded-year, canonical-identity, location, stadium
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-club-profiles:brighton

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2017/18

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2017/18
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2017/18

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2018/19

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2018/19
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2018/19

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2019/20

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2019/20
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2019/20

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2020/21

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2020/21
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2020/21

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2021/22

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2021/22
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2021/22

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2022/23

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2022/23
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: historical verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2022/23

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season membership

unverified

Premier League membership — 2023/24

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2023/24
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: insufficient data · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2023/24

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season membership

unverified

Premier League membership — 2024/25

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2024/25
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: insufficient data · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2024/25

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season membership

partially verified

Premier League membership — 2026/27

Supports the competition membership fact projected from canonical-season-memberships.

Entity: Brighton & Hove Albion
Season: 2026/27
Field: competition-membership
Freshness: current verified · as of 2026-09-03
Provenance reference: canonical-season-memberships:cgc_8f84691ceadf2c60:premier-league:2026/27

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field provenance

partially verified