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Connolly back in the Brighton fold after personal issue is 'resolved'

Having missed the win over Burnley, the Ireland forward is available again ahead of Saturday’s Premier League fixture with Watford.

IRELAND INTERNATIONAL AARON Connolly is back available for Brighton, having missed the opening Premier League weekend for personal reasons. 

The Seagulls earned a 2-1 win over Burnley on Saturday, with Shane Duffy putting in a man-of-the-match performance on his first league start for the club in over a year. 

21-year-old Galway native Connolly was not in the matchday squad, but manager Graham Potter has revealed that he will return to the fold for this Saturday’s meeting with newly-promoted Watford as his personal issue has been “resolved”. 

Brighton are missing the injured Dan Burn, Tariq Lamptey and Danny Welbeck as well as Joel Veltman (close contact to a Covid-19 case), however.

Connolly will be hoping to kick on this season after scoring two goals and providing one assist in 17 appearances last term.

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:16 PM

    This is turning into a bit of a farce now. I don’t think it is a good use of cabinet meeting time.

    Rename the stadium Supervalu Pair UiCaoimh, problem solved. Now where is my minsterial pension.

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:22 PM

    @Joe O’Regan: mehole will sort ya

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:25 PM

    @Joe O’Regan: Well said. The Sportsground in Galway is also to be renamed Dexcom Park. There’s not a word about that and rightly so.

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:36 PM

    @Richard Ford: other than the article 3 below this one Rich is it?!

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:57 PM

    @Joe Kennedy: Through the chair a point of clarification Joe. There’s no controversy about the renaming of the Sportsground.

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    Jan 16th 2024, 10:18 PM

    @Richard Ford: haha…..not yet anyway! Completely different situation in fairness though, given that the Sportsground isn’t currently named after any important historical rugby figure.

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    Jan 16th 2024, 9:17 PM

    Supervalu Pairc UiCaoimh even.

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