What a shame Chris English seeks to balance his concern about the handcuffing of the accused 78-year-old Dennis Halford against the legitimate battle of Brighton and Hove Albion to secure its future.

To label the Seagulls fight as pathetic seems to show the same heartlessness the authorities showed Mr Halford.

I wonder if this is the same Chris English who was part of the sports reporting team at the now-defunct Radio Brighton alongside such Albion enthusiasts as Des Lynam, Neil Coppendale, John Henty and Peter Brackley.

If so, he should know that whatever division Brighton play in, the fight will go on because true supporters stick with their team through thick and thin.

-Roger Hudson, Eastbourne