Two die-hard Seagulls fans are each laying claim to a unique piece of Albion history.

After the club's last game at its former Goldstone ground home in 1997, supporters invaded the pitch and ripped up clods of earth to keep as souvenirs.

But the location of the centre spot was a mystery until comedian Mark Brailsford decided to find out where it was.

Mark hoped an appeal in The Argus would solve the mystery once and for all.

But two supporters are each convinced he has the treasured turf.

Roy 'Rosca' Scarborough claimed he dug it up after the final match on June 11, 1997, and kept it in a plant pot.

The 62-year-old fan, of Station Road, Hailsham, said: "There was a bit of a pitch invasion after the match and there was already a chap at the centre spot.

"He was scratching away at it with his fingers. I said a man was about to lay a wreath and when he looked round I whipped a trowel out of my pocket, dug it up and put it in my bag.

"It is now in a large flower pot and I was going to give it back to the club when we move to Falmer.

"I keep it outside so it gets the rain but I also water it."

However Paul Hendy, 39, said he was convinced he had the actual spot and showed it to his friends after the pitch invasion.

He said: "I kicked up as much as I could from a lump of clay. There was no grass on it but it had the white chalk.

"It is now in my back garden. I replanted it and there was a nice little area for it to fit in.

"I didn't realise someone else was also claiming to own it."

Lifelong Albion fan Paul, of Annweir Avenue, Lancing, said he had a photo of himself holding a piece of turf at the Goldstone, but not of him removing the centre spot.

Both supporters have been invited to Mark Brailsford's new show about the Albion, And Smith Must Score, at the Komedia in Brighton on Monday.

Mark, 36, said after speaking to both men, he believed they each had a legitimate claim to the centre spot.