' Alex Revell and Craig Noone '

' Cardiff City duo Alex Revell and Craig Noone prepare to face former club at Amex Stadium '

1 OCT 2015


BY TERRY PHILLIPS


Striker Revell was with the Seagulls for two years from 2006 while Noone was signed from Brighton by former City manager Malky Mackay


Alex Revell and Craig Noone both return to face one of their former clubs when Cardiff City take on Championship leaders Brighton at the Amex Stadium in Sussex on Saturday.

Striker Revell was with the Seagulls for two years from 2006 and didn’t play for Brighton at their new home, but he scored there for Rotherham in a 1-1 draw last season.

Noone was signed from Brighton by former City manager Malky Mackay, who spent more then £1m on the winger after having a number of earlier offers rejected.



Scouser Noone said after one Mackay offer was turned down: “When I heard that I had to pinch myself that I am worth over a million pounds.



“That is a bit of a dream. To be worth over a million and the chairman not wanting to sell shows how much they want me here and how much I am liked here.

“We are both on the same sort of level (Albion and Cardiff), wanting the same things, but it’s just a matter of timing when we do it.

“Cardiff might push for it now but, we are hoping to get into the play-offs but we still need to prove things in this league.”



Brighton manager Gus Poyet badly wanted to keep Noone, but he made the switch more than three years ago.


He had scored 13 goals in more than 100 appearances, while Noone, now under contract with Cardiff until 2018, has fired 13 goals in just over 100 matches for the Bluebirds.

Brighton spent £8,000 on signing Revell from Ryman League Braintree during 2006 and he made 71 appearances, scoring 18 goals in the days before Russell Slade became the club’s manager in 2009.

He scored a first professional hat-trick for Brighton against Bournemouth at the Withdean, but he moved on to Southend in 2008 and has since played for Swindon, Wycombe, Orient, where he played under Slade, Rotherham and Cardiff.

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Now Revell, whose Cardiff contract runs until 2017, is on his way back to Brighton and, like Noone, looks certain to be in the matchday squad.

IMHO Revell should not be anywhere near the first team squad.

IMHO Revell should not be anywhere near the first team squad.

agree , hes a hard worker buyt hes not good enough for championship