During his chat in depth chat with Johnny Cantor to discuss mental health campaign 'Shining a Light on Suicide', former Brighton manager Chris Hughton also reflected on his time as Seagulls boss.
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Hughton was in charge from late 2014 to 2019, taking the club from the Championship relegation zone to promotion to the Premier League in 2017 and two seasons of safety in the top flight.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"I keep myself busy and I'm about and about all the time and I bump into a lot of Brighton supporters," Hughton said.
"For any thoughts that I might have forgotten something, there's always someone who's going to remind me.
"Incredibly proud moment for me in my career. I can remember getting the job and my first recollection was coming into a wonderful training ground, which was only six months old. The team was in the bottom three in the Championship when I took over, but I remember walking into the place and thinking it never felt that way.
"It had just been one of those seasons - the recruitment in the summer had not worked out very well. First and foremost, it was about trying to bring some confidence into the team, trying to get some wins, and trying to finish the season in the best way we could to let us develop the next season.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"As regards memories, I have so many fond ones.
"Promotion is so difficult, such a big effort, so many things you have to get right.
"There wasn't one moment where I thought it's definitely going to happen now but "there is a moment you think you're heading in the right direction and that was after my first season.
"That summer, we had to do a lot of work in recruitment and we had so many good conversation with the head of recruitment and the owner."
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