{"id":410262,"date":"2017-08-08T08:31:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T08:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/meet-chris-hughton-the-first-ghanaian-coach-in-the-epl\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T08:31:33","slug":"meet-chris-hughton-the-first-ghanaian-coach-in-the-epl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/meet-chris-hughton-the-first-ghanaian-coach-in-the-epl\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Chris Hughton, the first Ghanaian coach in the EPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  8 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-08-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/91653275.295.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Hughton Gh,\" title=\"Chris Hughton Gh,\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Coach Christopher William Gerard Hughton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1502181093_979_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">For the first time, a Ghanaian born named Chris Hughton will manage newly promoted English Premier League side Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C. as they stage their comeback to the top flight after three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of Chris Hughton, Brighton &amp; Hove Albion sealed promotion to the Premier League for this season after increasing their lead at the top of the Championship to seven points with a 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic at a jubilant Amex Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Albion missed out on automatic promotion on goal difference in the final game of last season, but after sealing the promotion to the 2017\/18 Premier League season Chris Hughton was quoted saying that it wasn\u2019t really necessary.<\/p>\n<p>A dramatic end to the 1996-97 campaign saw Albion recover from being 13 points adrift of safety at one stage to beat the drop on the final day, with Robbie Reinelt netting a historic effort against Hereford.<\/p>\n<p>Having clambered their way back up the ladder, Chris Hughton\u2019s side can now start preparing themselves for a standing among English football\u2019s elite once more.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/55283910.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher William Gerard Hughton was born on 11 December 1958 in Forest Gate, then part of Essex, now part of London, to a Ghanaian postman, Willie Hughton, and his Irish wife Christine n\u00e9e Bourke.<\/p>\n<p>Having an African background Chris qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland as the son of an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, becoming the first mixed-race player to represent the country. He played 53 matches for the Irish National team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/19368379.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><br \/><b>Chris Hughton in 1981, Ajax vs Spurs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>He began his football career with Tottenham Hotspur as a left back and made his debut against Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Tottenham\u2019s 1980\u2019s class, he won both the 1981 FA Cup and the 1982 FA Cup, the 1984 UEFA Cup and was runner-up in the 1982 League Cup and the 1987 FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/37314304.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><br \/><b>Chris Hughton went viral on Social media after it was reported that he looks like former US President Barack Obama<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chris Hughton later made a switch to West Ham United where he helped them qualify to Division Two then moved to Brentford before hanging his boots.<\/p>\n<p>On 31 December 2014, Hughton was announced as the new man in charge of Championship side Brighton &amp; Hove Albion on a three-and-a-half-year contract. 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