First man from Hastings to play in top flight English football.

The club bounced back to ensure top flight football at the start of the 1950s.

High praise indeed from one of top flight football's most senior figures.

But two years later they were relegated and have so far not played top flight football again.

Top flight football should have come back to The Valley.

He would not play top flight football again, though, as he promptly retired in the summer of 1982.

Next chance for top flight football came in 1932/1933 season.

However, the stadium hosted a few top flight football matches in the 2008-09 season.

In the 2011-12 season, Berger played top flight football for the first time.

Nobody even thought it would take 40 years for Polonia to come back to top flight football.