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BRENTFORD - Home, Falmer Years: Prem 21/22-24/25, seasons 11-14 . . C'ship 14/15-16/17, seasons 4-6. no league meetings in seasons between 2011 to 2014, 2017 to 2021. Prem previous encounters home & away: P6 W3 D2 L1 - see Clubs in Archive. Albion V Brentford PL/EFL record @ Amex: W = 3 D = 1 L = 2 manager: Thomas Frank (2018) - P274 W = 41.6% @ July '24 . experience: relative rookie in the Prem but ok EFL stats. Gtec Community Stadium - 17.2k . nickname: Bees . shirt: red & white stripes. Prem/EFL record from 11/12: 9 3 2 L1, 5 9 10 / 9 11 3 3 C, 13 9 16 11 @ 6/12/24. Prem: best - 9th '23, worst - 16th '24 . C'ship: promo - '21, p-os - '15 '20 . L1: promo - '14. 24/25 odds at start: top half 10-3, rel 9-2 . sack TF 20/1 . expected to finish: mid div run in: N'castle (A), Chelsea (H), Arsenal (A), Brighton (H), Forest (A), Man Utd (H), Ipswich (A), Fulham (H), Wolves (A) run in forecast: ?pt > ?pt . max was ? . actual = ? . Po was ? . actual Po = ? Albion v Bees (H) from 17/18: - < - 2-0 3-3 2-1 . . W = 2 D = 1 L = 0 . F7 A4 scorers: Trossard Maupay Mitoma Welbeck Mac Allister Gross Hinshelwood. memorable match: Season11 (H) - Seagulls did what was expected, having plenty of Prem experience by now. note: for away Falmer Years results and reports scroll further below. Season14, 8th Premier League (H) Fri 27/12/24 - 7:30 Brentford stayed up last term after a tough 23/24 campaign. They were R3 knockouts in the EFL Cup and again R3 in the FA Cup. Bees pre-season friendlies; Wimbledon 2-5 (A), Benfica 1-1 (A), Amadora 1-3 (H), Watford 1-1 (A), Wolfsburg 4-4 & 2-1 (H). This 'Boxing Day' Prem fixture held on the follwing Friday nite was the 9th of 19 at home during the second quarter (Q2). The reverse game was 19 Apr '25 in the run-in period (Q4) - see away scroll further below. Last year we'd met here during early Dec '23 when edging a three goal game. We had drawn the away match last season during Apr '24 to begin a disappointing run-in sequence. We finished 11th 48pts, while Br'ford were 16th 39pts. Now we had xpts and they had xpts in the period up to halfway thru. Our Prem record at the Amex versus Bees was; wdw - in the last three seasons to date. We were unbeaten thus far. They were hoping to improve on their previous position. Current home form was; W D L F A tba. Visitors away form was: W D L F A tba. At the moment Brighton were xth, while Brentford were x from 17 games played. In the last three campaigns we'd been 9, 6 & 8 at the halfway stage (Q2). Albion were looking for another win against Bees. B'ford had 7 players on duty at Euro 24 finals in Germany during June. Their boss Thomas Frank had spent around 98m on 7 new talents prior to the big kickoff and before the August window shut, a big expenditure but they sold well too. In the EFL Cup . .... Headline news this week was ... tba * match report: tba day after result stats: ht , goals , poss %-%, on target , off target , corners , fouls , yellows , subs , shape weather: . gate: . MoM: team: 1 Verbruggen 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan 11 Adingra 20 Baleba 10 Enciso 15 Moder 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck subs: bench: 23 Steele 3 Julio 34 Veltman 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood 14 Rutter 17 Minteh 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 33 O'Riley squad: . injured: Prem P18 . W D L . F A . W D L . F A . Pt Po = 1.xxpt/gm . W = % L = % Bees: Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% hfwy: 14 . 06 02 06 . 28 27 01 . 20 11 = 1.42 . 42.8 42.8 start: 10 . 04 01 05 . 19 20 -01 . 13 12 = 1.30 . 40.0 50.0 - Thomas Frank EFL Cup: Ncastle (A) q-f, Sheff Wed 5pen4 1-1 (H) R4, L Orient 3-1 (H) R3, Colchester 0-1 (A) R2 FA Cup: Plymouth (H) R3 Nov: 12th in table, 2pts off 11th at Q1 Season13, 7th Premier League (H) Wed 6/12/23 - W 2-1 ~ Gross, Hinshelwood Brighton beat Brentford 0-2 at Atlanta as part of the PL Summer Series held in America during July '23. Bees also played Fulham L 3-2 and Villa 3-3. They next hosted Lille 0-0 (H) prior to start of the new season. Albion finished 6th (62pts) and the west-London outfit 9th (59pts) last term, giving a 3pts +ve difference. Visitors anticipated another successful top-ten campaign. Our Prem record at the Amex versus Bees was; wd in two seasons to date. There were goals scored in each of those two games too. The west London outfit had spent 56m in the Aug transfer window on 3 buys, plus 2 of undisclosed terms and an on loan. Seagulls current home form was; wlw wdd d - unbeaten in the last five. Going into this early December evening match BHA were 8th and Brentford were 11th from 14 played thus far. Travellers consistent coach Thomas Frank had done a good job again with an injury-hit squad. Based on previous meetings Brighton were now looking for a second victory here against Brentford. * match report: the story of this evening match revolves around stats. For the fifteenth Prem game running Albion failed to keep a clean sheet but again registered goals scored. And scoring one more than Bees got us three points. Visitors took the lead from the penalty spot at their first meaningful attack (27 mins). Seagulls quickly replied when Gross drove in a low strike from a fluid move forwards (31mins). Soon into the second period Hinshelwood headed home from a Gross lofted cross (52mins). It was the teenagers first senior goal - from merely his fourth appearance this term. Moments earlier he had cleared off the line at one of Brentford's rare attacks. Incidentally last week Hinshelwood became the youngest player, at 18yo, to get on the park in a Europa League game. De Zerbi thought he is the 'son of Gross' and has a big future. The youngster got a standing ovation when coming off as RdZ made squad substitutions. The game wasn't a classic, while the atmosphere lacked a full-house style intensity due to rail strikes depleting crowd numbers. But all in all Brighton fans were happy with our performance on a cold & still nite when we dominated against a side basically defending their box. We know football is a funny old game and that anything can happen in an instant. Positives tonight were that BHA came back to claim victory after going behind. Plus some useful displays by young Prem talent developing via more game-time. RdZ revised tactics, changing to a longer ball from back to front. Our pace was quicker than previously versus similar teams who set up to press & block. Roberto thought we shoulda scored more - but doesn't he just love it when a plan sorta comes together. stats: ht 1-1, goals 31,52-27, poss 62%-38%, on target 7-2, off target 11--6, corners 7-3, fouls 10-8, yellows 3-1, subs 5-4, shape 4231-442 weather: cold . gate: 30,760 away 2157 . MoM: Gross - captain marvellous team: 23 Steele 41 Hinshelwood 29 van Hecke 3 Julio 13 Gross 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 40 Buonanotte 9 Pedro subs: 6 Milner 69 (40), 28 Ferguson 69 (9), 34 Veltman 73 (41), 15 Moder 84 (20), 47 Baker-Boaitey 84 (24) bench: 1 Verbruggen 50 Jackson 52 Kavanagh 53 Barrington 55 O'Mahony squad: 14 Lallana . ban: 5 Dunk 8 Dahoud injured: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 7 March 10 Enciso 18 Welbeck 30 Estupinan 31 Fati Prem P15 . W4 D3 L1 . F17 A11 . W3 D1 L3 . F15 A16 . Pt25 Po8 = 1.66pt/gm . W = 46.6% L = 26.6% Bees: Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% total: 38 . 10 09 19 . 56 65 -09 . 39 16 = 1.02 . 26.3 50.0 3qtrs: 29 . 07 05 17 . 41 54 -13 . 26 15 = 0.89 . 24.1 58.6 hfwy: 19 . 05 04 10 . 26 31 -05 . 19 16 = 1.00 . 26.3 52.6 start: 10 . 03 04 03 . 16 12 04 . 13 10 = 1.30 . 30.0 30.0 - T Frank EFL Cup: Arsenal 0-1 (H) R3, Newport 0pen3 1-1 (A) R2 FA Cup: Wolves (A) 1-1 (H) R3 Oct: 10th in table, 1pts off 9th at Q1. Dec: 15th, 2pts from 14th at Q2. Mar: 15th, 3pts off 14th at Q3. May: finished 16th, 1pt from 15th at Q4. 23/24 odds at start: top six 11/1, top half 9-4, bottom half 1-3 . sack TF 20/1 . expected to finish: mid div run in from 30/3/24: Man Utd 1-1 (H), Brighton 0-0 (H), Villa 3-3 (A), Sheff Utd 2-0 (H), Luton 1-5 (A), Everton 1-0 (A), Fulham 0-0 (H), B'mouth 1-2 (A), N'castle 2-4 (H) run in forecast @ 29/3/24: 26pt > 34pts . max was 53 . Actual = 39 . Po was 15th . Actual po = 16th Season12, 6th Premier League (H) Sat 1/4/23 - D 3-3 ~ Mitoma, Welbeck, Mac Allister The Prem returned following another international break. This fixture originally marked completion of the threequarters stage Q3 but earlier postponements set that date back. We hadn't expected to be entertaining Bees again but they'd done much more than just survive last term in the Prem. We'd beaten them here in Dec '21 (season11) tho they went on to hold their own on the road over following months. Like Seagulls, having benefits from a new home had helped their cause for getting and keeping a place among the elite. Both clubs earlier also worked thru lower leagues and the C'ship (see scroll for various FY & WE seasons below) and now needed to cut the mustard with the big boys. It's maybe academic to compare & contrast with last decade's meetings at level two (see seasons 4-6 below), although that particular BHA squad under Chris Hughton did obtain promo to the Prem. Next Graham Potter assembled a group seen fit to compete for top ten places, then Roberto de Zerbi took over and enhanced that squad level this term. So expectation was high as to matching glory days of wins at fortress Amex. Brighton fans asked; 'was it gonna happen?' BHA went to Dubai for their warm-weather camp during the '22 World Cup in December. Since then De Zerbi had improved the wider group by introducing Jan '23 window signings and other PL2 youngsters into match-day squads for Prem game-time education. We had also an FA Cup semi-final apperance at Wembley to come. For the record Albion made a 24m profit in the last year for accounts (turning over a 50m+ loss previously) mainly due to big sales of Prem quality players. And already having reached 40+ points Brighton were not regular bottom-six fodder anymore. *** match report: Albion required assistance from VAR to get one last chance to equalise at the end of ninety minutes. Bees took the lead against run of play with a fierce header (10mins). Then Albion pegged it back via Mitoma's lob from Steele's route-one thru ball (21mins). But visitors hit a second immediately when hosts left the big striker alone for a free pot shot (22mins). Welbeck next restored parity with a header at March's cross (28mins) for the fourth goal and we'd only been playing less than half an hour. On the restart the away outfit netted a third from a f-k routine (49mins) and locals struggled to find another leveller. There were numerous attempts to score (see stats) but also some sloppy finishing that Bees keeper found easy to handle time & time again. At the death Ref went to the monitor and gave handball at an Undav strike. Mac Allister put away the pen and it was even-steven once more (90mins). We'd got out of jail so at least kept the point we'd started with. Football can be a crazy game and you never know what will happen during play. There was one incident when Steele handled a back pass so Ref gave the f-k inside our area. All Albion players made a long wall on the goal line and blocked the shot - you couldn't make it up. De Zerbi said, 'we showed character and patience.' Brighton fans said, 'how did we not win? They were there for taking.' Neutrals said, 'what a thriller.' stats: ht 2-2, goals 21,28,90-10,22,49, poss 73%-27%, on 15-5, off 18-2, corners 14-0, fouls 16-10, yellows 1-1, subs 3-3, shape 4231-532 weather: sunny . gate: 31,483 (away 2499) . MoM: Caicedo - strong & skillful team: 23 Steele 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan 7 March 13 Gross 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck . subs: 20 Enciso 72 (34), 40 Buonanotte 83 (30), 21 Undav 83 (18) bench: 1 Sanchez 4 Webster 29 van Hecke 26 Ayari 27 Gilmour 49 Moran injured: 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento . squad: 2 Lamptey 28 Ferguson Prem: P26 . W7 D3 L4 . F25 A14 . W5 D4 L3 . F24 A20 . Pt43 Po6 = 1.65pt/gm . W = 46.1% L = 26.9% Quatr: Pl . W D L . . F A GD . . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% total: 38 . 15 14 09 . 58 46 12 . 59 09 = 1.55 . 39.4 23.6 - T Frank 3qtrs: 29 . 10 13 06 . 46 38 08 . 43 09 = 1.48 . 34.4 20.6 hfwy: 19 . 07 08 04 . 32 28 04 . 29 08 = 1.52 . 36.8 21.0 start: 10 . 03 04 03 . 18 17 01 . 13 09 = 1.30 . 30.0 30.0 - T Frank EFL Cup: Gillingham 5pen6 1-1 (H) R3 . Colchester 0-2 (A) R2. FA Cup: West Ham 0-1 (H) R3. Oct: 9th in table, 2pts off 6th at Q1. Jan: 8th, 1pt off 7th at halfway stage Q2. Apr: 9th, 4pts above 10th at three quarters stage Q3. May: 9th, 3pts behind 6th at Q4. 22/23 odds at start: top half 9/2, rel 9-4, stay up 2-7 . Sack TF 25/1 . Expected to finish: in mid table. Run in from 8/4/23: Newcastle 1-2 (H), Wolves 2-0 (A), Villa 1-1 (H), Chelsea 0-2 (A), Forest 2-1 (H), Liverpool 1-0 (A), West Ham 2-0 (H), Spurs 1-3 (A), Man City 1-0 (H) Run in forecast @ 7/4/23: 43pt > 56pts . Max was 70 . Actual = 59 . Po was 9th . Actual po = 9th Season11, 5th Premier League (H) Sun 26/12/21 - 2-0 ~ Trossard, Maupay. Deep into our fifth straight term of playing in the Prem we now met Bees here, for their very first time at this elite level, scheduled on Boxing Day evening. We were already well ahead of the Middlesex unit chronologically but needed to prove PL experience counted for much more than just competing on a festive level playing field. Both clubs had previously suffered postponements due to covid outbreaks immediately prior to our Xmas meet & greet. So at this almost halfway stage of the season, before kickoff Albion's record was: W4 D8 L4 = 1.25pt/gm. Brentford were W5 D5 L6 = 1.25pt/gm. Seagulls basic problem was ongoing thru our Prem campaigns, in that we found it hard to score goals. So the fail to score stat always held a regular disadvantage, especially when ranked alongside keeping a clean sheet. If we conceded first then it was a usual case of chasing the game, another one where we were unlikely to win - go to stats info in archive for detailed facts & figs. The exercise today was to reverse a trend and hit the net, more than twice if possible and stop opposition registering a goal - see also players apps/goal records in archive. *** match report: Albion gained a first win since September, scored two good goals and kept a clean sheet to boot. It was a game of two halves, where hosts were better in the opening forty-five minutes, while visitors edged stats in the second period without scoring. Trossard volleyed over the onrushing keeper from Mwepu's chip upfield to send Seagulls soaring (34min). Prior to halftime Maupay drove in a shot to the top corner as blue&white flooded forward in search of a second goal (42min). Bees bossed after turnaround but Sanchez made crucial saves and Cucurella cleared off the line to keep travellers at bay. Welbeck, back from injury, got a run out after the break and Albion also went to 442 from a diamond in midfield. Late in the night Potter added a double swap to bolter midfield as locals hung on to a two goal cushion. Potter was happy, if not exactly merry on this occasion, while Brighton fans felt Xmas had come at last. There was good support from half empty stands on an evening of little public transport available in middle of an ongoing pandemic. But everything is geared to broadcasting rights and money talks at expense of niceities for any attending paying public. The next issue to be faced was whether stadiums would be crowd free into '22 covid winter, with matches played behind closed doors as a year ago. Stats: ht 2-0, goals 34,42, poss 50%-50%, on target 5-6, off target 10-10, corners 6-9, fouls 8-10, yellows 1-3, subs 3-3, shape 433-352 weather: dry . gate: 30,141, away 1805 . MoM: Burn team: 1 Sanchez, 2 Lamptey, 4 Webster, 33 Burn, 3 Cucurella, 12 Mwepu, 14 Lallana (13 Gross 85), 10 Mac Allister (17 Alzate 85), 11 Trossard (18 Welbeck 46), 15 Moder, 9 Maupay . bench: 16 Scherpen, 20 March, 30 Richards, 42 Leonard, 55 Turns, 58 Ferguson. squad: 7 Connolly . injured: 5 Dunk, 34 Veltman, 60 Sarmiento . ban: 8 Bissouma . ill: 24 Duffy. Prem: P17 . W3 D3 L3 . F8 A9 . W2 D5 L1 . F8 A8 . Pt23 Po9 = 1.35pt/gm . W = 29.4% L = 23.5% Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% Total: 38 . 13 07 18 . 48 56 -08. 46 13 = 1.21 . 34.2 47.3 3qtrs: 29 . 08 06 15 . 32 45 -13. 30 15 = 1.03 . 27.5 51.7 Hfwy: 19 . 06 05 08 . 23 26 -03. 23 12 = 1.21 . 31.5 42.1 Start: 10 . 03 03 04 . 12 12 00 . 12 12 = 1.20 . 30.0 40.0 - Thomas Frank. EFL Cup: Chelsea 0-2 (H) q-f, Stoke 1-2 (A) R4, Oldham 7-0 (H) R3, Forest Green 3-1 (H) R2. FA Cup: Everton 4-1 (A) R4 . Port Vale 1-4 (A) R3. Oct: 12th in table and 4pts off seventh spot at Q1. Jan: 12th, 2pts behind 10th at halfway Q2. Out of FA Cup. Mar: 15th, 6pts off 10th at threequarters Q3. May: finished 13th on 46pts, 5pts off top ten. In mid table all term. Seasons 7-10 (1st-4th) not Premier League. BRENTFORD away: Seasn . W D L . F A GD . Pt Po pt/gm %Pt . W% L% 24/25 - 0 1 5 . 4 11 -7 . 1 11 = 0.16 05.8 . 00.0 83.3 - Thomas Frank @ 28/11/24 23/24 - 5 2 12 . 27 31 -04 . 17 16 = 0.89 43.5 . 26.3 63.1 - Thomas Frank 22/23 - 5 7 07 . 23 28 -05 . 22 09 = 1.15 37.2 . 26.3 36.8 - Thomas Frank 21/22 - 6 4 09 . 26 35 -09 . 22 13 = 1.15 47.8 . 31.5 47.3 - Thomas Frank. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. Brentford previous Prem: Prem points: (67, 79, 94 League One, 78, 64, 65, 69, 64, 81 / 87 C'ship), 46, 59, 39 recent managers: Nicky Forster (2011), Uwe Rosler (11-13), Mark Warburton (13-15), Marinus Dijkhuizen (2015), Lee Carsley (2015), Dean Smith (15-18). Sesn . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . . W% L% 23/24 - 10 09 19 . 56 65 -09 . 39 16 = 1.02 . 26.3 50.0 - Thomas Frank @ 20/5/24 Lost half of games but never in serious danger of falling thru trap door from where they came. 22/23 - 15 14 09 . 58 46 12 . 59 09 = 1.55 . 39.4 23.6 - Thomas Frank @ 28/5/23 Improved on last year and chased clubs vying for places in Europe, going close as well. 21/22 - 13 07 18 . 48 56 -08 . 46 13 = 1.21 . 34.2 47.3 - Thomas Frank @ 22/5/22 A creditable completion to their first campaign and always comfortable in mid table. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League 11/12 - 16/17 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. FA Cup: from 11/12 - R2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3 EFL Cup: R1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, s-f, q-f, 3 3 * * * * * Brentford home, Falmer Years - C'ship 14/15 - 16/17, Seasons 4-6. Albion v Bees (H) from 11/12 C'ship: -, -, -, 0-1, 3-0, 0-2 . . W = 1 D = 0 L =2 memorable match: Season4 (H) - the Amex welcome to Chris Hughton in the C'ship. Season6 (H) Championship 10/9/16 - 0-2. Albion had started the campaign well at home, being unbeaten at the Amex and had not lost there since New Years Day. Expectation was very high for another promotion push from the get go but prior to the international break, Seagulls had suffered initial defeat at title favourites Newcastle. The transfer window had closed at end of August and Chris Hughton had missed out on his wish list but did have cover for each position and could rotate the squad as required. On the day, Shane Duffy made a home debut, while recent acquisition Ollie Norwood started in lieu of transfer requesting Dale Stephens. 26k turned up on a wet afternoon. * match report: Albion crashed to defeat, unusually without scoring and were never at the races. It was mostly a ram-raid on visitors goal from kick off but chances came and went. Then Bees broke and their striker stung locals by beating Stockdale on his near stick (29min). Just before the interval Dunk and then Hemed put in headers but these both failed to cross the line. On the hour mark Manu replaced Hemed, who had been on international duty. A few moments later the sub was booked for diving as home fans shouted for a penalty. Then Stephens took over from Norwood but hadn't got into the game when travellers scored a second after Albion failed to clear lines (70min). Skalak got on late and BHA reshuffled with Knockaert behind Murray but in truth Brentford held out without too much difficulty. Hughton said, 'we are going to have to get back to what we do to make sure we get a result.' Brighton fans took losing on the chin but hoped this was a one-off loss and not a sign of being average this term in a very tough division. Stats; h-t 0-1, goals 29, 70, poss 60%-40%, on target 6-7, off target 6-2, corners 7-1, o/s 3-7, fouls 8-12, yellows 4-2, subs 3-3, att 26,338 Stockdale, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Knockaert, Kayal, Norwood (Stephens), Murphy (Skalak), Hemed (Manu), Murray Champ's P6 . W2 D2 L2 . F8 A6 . Pt8 Po13 . W = 33.3% L = 33.3% Season5 (H) 5/2/16 - 3-0 ~ Knockaert, Hemed, Murphy. This fixture went ahead on a Friday night because of tv coverage. It was that one where Champ's clubs played their reverse Xmas game from Boxing Day a little over a month later. But a lot had happened to Albion during those few weeks. For a kick off, Seagulls had slipped from auto promo spots into play-off places and were trying to find winning ways once more. Albion had merely gained one point (at Bees) in a run of 5 defeats (including FA Cup) from 6 games. Visitors now provided the second of three consecutive home contests because of conflict with FA Cup schedules and so there was no better time to rack up those required points. Also the transfer window had closed and Steve Sidwell had signed on loan from Stoke. On a cold & windy evening 24k attended at the Amex. * match report: The final score made it appear that Seagulls had cruised to victory but it was probably more of a case of taking chances at long last. Three front men hit the target, including both wingers. Knockaert was proving to be a good addition to the squad and kept Albion on the front foot from kick off. Then he again ran at opposition, passed wide to Murphy and got into position to open his account at the Amex (27min). This opened the game up but it was BHA who bagged the second just prior to the interval. From a f-k, Kayal crossed from the by line and Hemed rose to nod into the bottom corner (43min). Wilson replaced Zamora for the second period and with twenty minutes left Crofts bolstered midfield at expense of Hemed. Visitors were still in the contest although the back four and keeper were on their game all night long. Sidwell got on when Kayal limped off with ten minutes to go in a match fans could see was a consecutive home win. At the death Murphy broke clear and made goal difference slightly better for his shot on target (90+ min). Chris Hughton was very pleased with the display and Murphy said, 'we know we are a good side, can compete with the best and win tough games like this.' Brighton fans went home happy and the promotion push was definitely on once more. Stats; poss 40%-60%, on target 5-3, off target 6-3, corners 3-6, o/s 5-1, fouls 14-8, yellows 1-1 Stockdale, Bruno, Goldson, Dunk, Ridgewell, Knockaert, Stephens, Kayal (Sidwell), Murphy, Zamora (Wilson), Hemed (Crofts) Champ's P29 . W14 D11 L4 . F37 A28 . Pt53 Po4 . W = 48.2% L = 13.7% Season4 (H) 17/1/15 - L 0-1. Sami Hyypia was history, Nathan Jones had been an Xmas festivities week hero and Chris Hughton a New Year regular guy. This was the first home fixture of 2015 and also domestic initiation for our new manager. Bizarrely it paired Seagulls with Bees again, after that shock FA Cup result at Griffin Park a fortnight previously (see below) in Hughton's first match. CH was seen by majority of supporters as a good replacement for manager - well, according to employer's Bloom & Barber anyway! Expectation was to climb the table and ease relegation fears - after all, Seagulls were now unbeaten in four fixtures. But three had been on travels and home form was weak, the last victory being back in early November. Most matches at the Amex had been tight affairs with the odd goal deciding it. So there had never occured a better time to turn the community stadium into a fortress for rest of the season. The gate was 27k. *** match report: Seagulls nose-dived to defeat and the atmosphere was much less than celebratory at any time. Hughton set up with two holding in m-f and a mobile front three. But early chances came and went without really bothering the opposition defence. And Albion paid a price when lapse defending allowed a snap shot that deflected past Stockdale before the half hour (29min). It was uphill for BHA afterwards and although ahead on stats at the end, couldn't snatch an equaliser. Attacking play forced eight corners and tough tackling thirteen f-k but the overall performance lacked the vital ingredient of clinical finishing. To compound matters, injury forced JFC off before the hour and then Dunk was sent off shortly after for a second bookable when raising hands (62min). Halford immediately subbed and ten minutes later O'Grady injected some muscle to a lightweight front line. The crowd was getting on Ref's back but there was more passion in bollocking officials than in lifting the side to get a point. It was another disturbing afternoon at Falmer and nobody really could see a quick fix for more pain to come in coming weeks. Hughton said, 'I think that's where we are at the moment. We set the team up to be resilient. But you have also got to be a threat and when you get opportunities be more clinical.' Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Holla, Forster-Caskey (Colunga), Ince, March (O'Grady), Mackail-Smith, Baldock (Halford). Champ's P26 . W5 D11 L10 . F27 A33 . Pt26 Po19 . W = 19.2% L = 38.4% Seasons 1-3 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 3 01/2, 5 03/4, 8 06/7, 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Season2 *9/1/01 (H) - League Trophy R2, see away visits below. Withdean era: Albion v Bees 1-2, 1-0, 2-2, 3-0, 1-0 . . . W 3 = D 1 = L = 1 2pen4 2-2 aet EFL Trophy. memorable match: Season11 (H) - goals from names we recall: Murray, Virgo, Forster. see: Season3 for early Falmer stadium background and Seasons 11-12 for later. see: Seasons 5, 8 for club & stadium info. Also Richard Carpenter, Dean Hammond & Gary Hart.
Brentford - Away, Falmer Years: Prem 21/22-24/25, seasons 11-14 . . C'ship 14/15-16/17, seasons 4-6 . . FAC '15. Albion record @ Bees: W = 1 D = 2 L = 2 Bees V Albion (A) from 17/18: - < - 0-1 2-0 0-0 . . W = 1 D = 1 L = 1 . F1 A2 scorers: Trossard. memorable match: Season11 (A) - a late summer new experience in western suburbs of the metropolis. note: for home Falmer Years results & reports scroll further up. Season14, 8th Premier League (A) Sat 19/4/25 - tba This reciprocal Apr '25 fixture was the 17th of 19 away, in the run-in period (Q4). The reverse game was 26 Dec '24 for an Amex Xmas in the second quarter (Q2) - see home scroll further above. We had won the home match last season during Dec '23 by the odd goal in three. Last year we'd met during early April '24 when getting a valuable point in SW London. At the halfway stage (Q2) we had xpts and they had xpts. Then at the three-quarters (Q3) stage we had xpts and they had xpts. Now we had xpts and they had xpts. Our Prem record at the Gtec versus Bees was; wld - in the last three seasons to date. On balance an average return. Current away form was; W D L F A tba. Hosts home form was: W D L F A tba. At the moment Brighton were xth, while Brentford were xth from x games played. At the halfway stage we were xth and they were xth. At the three-quarters stage we were xth and they were xth. In the last three campaigns we'd been 9, 6 & 8 at the halfway stage and finished 9, 6 & 11. Albion were looking for more points at Bees. Their boss had so far ... in the January window. In the FA Cup . Headline news this week was ... * match report: tba day after result stats: ht , goals , poss %-%, on target , off target , corners , fouls , yellows , subs , shape weather: . gate: . MoM: team: 1 Verbruggen 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan 11 Adingra 20 Baleba 10 Enciso 15 Moder 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck subs: bench: 23 Steele 3 Julio 34 Veltman 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood 14 Rutter 17 Minteh 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 33 O'Riley squad: . injured: Prem P33 . W D L . F A . W D L . F A . Pt Po = 1.xxpt/gm . W = % L = % Season13, 7th Premier League (A) Wed 3/4/24 - 0-0 The next away match was a regular run-in evening fixture that now fell at beginning of April's busy schedule. In the January transfer window no big business was done across the Prem because of fair play rules & regs. In this week BHA posted a 120+m profit on a turnover of 200+m. We were now starting the final quarter stage (Q4) of 9 games to middle of May. Since joining the elite, Brighton had finished 15, 17, 15, 16, 9, 6, while Brentford were 13, 9. So far hosts habitual home record was; W4 D5 L6 F25 A30 - not a fortress . Our Prem record at the Gtec versus Bees was; wl - in two seasons to date. But it certainly wasn't considered an easy venue to get points. Last year we drew a blank in front of the net as well. Current away form was; W4 D3 L8 F23 A30 - not as good as last term. At the very moment this evening Brighton were 9th, while Brentford were 15th from 29 & 30 played respectively. They had not changed managers during our Prem years - Thomas Frank seemed nailed on in SW London. Based on previous meetings Brighton were looking for a second away win at Brentford. * match report: they say things like; we never looked like scoring. And also sometimes; we could have played until midnight and it would still be goalless. You get the drift. Albion dominated possession as Bees sat deep in the hive - so these were a couple of basic building blocks for nil-nil. The closest BHA got to beating their keeper was when VAR sent Ref to the monitor just prior to halftime. He viewed slo-mo and decided no pen for visitors. After turnaround travellers continued plugging away to open scoring but the only stats not to change at full time were those we'd started with on zero - result, clean sheet and fail to score. London was not a happy hunting ground for Brighton this term with no wins and overall we'd lost half of games on the long road around England. We were now in danger of staying stuck in the mid div due to lack of scoring sufficient goals or outscoring opposition. Too many players were not showing capable of finding the net nor adding the odd goal at intervals. A single score here in our favour would have gained three points and a mention in the papers next day. You do have to bulge the net once for victory but alas this proved beyond the match-day squad tonight. That rare clean sheet seemed the only positive. stats: ht 0-0, goals 0, poss 33%-67%, on target 2-6, off target 3-18, corners 1-5, fouls 9-12, yellows 1-1, subs 4-4, shape 352-4231 weather: mild . gate: 17,024, away 1717 . MoM: Gross - pulled strings. team: 1 Verbruggen 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 3 Julio 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 13 Gross 40 Buonanotte 14 Lallana 9 Pedro subs: 10 Enciso 64 (14), 18 Welbeck 74 (24), 2 Lamptey 74 (40), 15 Moder 86 (34) bench: 23 Steele 30 Estupinan 42 Offiah 44 Peupion 55 O'Mahony squad: 4 Webster 6 Milner 19 Barco 28 Ferguson 31 Fati . injured: 7 March 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 41 Hinshelwood Prem P30 . W7 D6 L1 . F28 A16 . W4 D4 L8 . F23 A30 . Pt43 Po9 = 1.43pt/gm . W = 36.6% L = 30.0% Season12, 6th Premier League (A) Fri 14/10/22 - L 2-0 Albion had hosted Bees behind closed doors at Lancing during pre-season and now visited them for a mid Oct evening kickoff late in this first quarter - so we'd some idea already as to direction of travel at least. One win from one visit in Sept '21 to their new Community Stadium made for positive reading thus far (season11). Old Griffin Park was part of our combined past recollections, as were results there with various squads this century (see away C'ship scroll below). Now Seagulls hoped to fly higher with a pukka Prem group and create successful recent memories. But you can't take anything for granted especially in the Prem (where there are three mini-leagues) and being in the mid-table mix is hardly imagined as mediocre. Also Graham Potter had gone to Chelsea in early September, a little over a month and a bit beforehand and just prior to a lull in fixtures. These were both enforced & scheduled, following postponements for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and then interlude during the international break. Our new head coach Roberto de Zerbi took charge from later in that month. His October baptism of fire at home & away had already been endured but no win recorded as yet. In fact 1pt from our last two away trips, F4 A5, might be reason to think about getting clean sheets on the road for a kickoff. Also, in the week prior to this Friday night contest, Enock Mwepu retired due to future health concerns. Our hosts Bees had spent 30m by start of the season in their bid to replicate last term's final position in mid-table. This was enhanced by a couple of late additions by end of the Aug window. * match report: it all fell apart for RdZ on the night and he got booked to boot during a touchline melee just prior to halftime. Albion were already a goal down by then, having failed to defend an attack which produced hosts first shot on target (22min). RdZ put on a sub from turnaround but the equaliser wouldn't come. And it got worse for sorry Seagulls when Veltman decked a guy in the box - a straightforward pen (64min). More subs turned up, various moves & changes occurred but no away goals scored to affect the result. It appeared as if the squad had taken a step back in time to when we couldn't score for toffee during Potter ball days of hope, kick & rush. Something was amiss, so RdZ needs to address lateral thinking that could turn superior possession & on/off targets into goals. BHA had forever struggled in the Prem to notch consistently and without a prolific striker has to depend on sharing sufficient totals among the first-team squad to keep us in the game. In this campaign thus far quite a few regulars had to step up and contribute from all over the pitch. If not our new head coach would start newer signings, insert those off the bench with less experience and trust in his belief to help 'em hit the net. Without a top marksman at present his mission is to find a way for serial infrequent goal-scorers to get their name talked about, published in papers & lit up on screens. At end of the season the PL concludes a results-driven business and managers are judged. As Micky Adams used to say; 'the table doesn't lie.' stats: ht 1-0, goals 22,64, poss 28%-72%, on 3-7, off 4-14, corners 2-11, fouls 12-15, yellows 3-1, subs 5-3, shape 344-442 weather: mild . gate: 17,016 away 1719 . MoM: ? - no takers. team: 1 Sanchez, 34 Veltman, 5 Dunk, 4 Webster, 7 March, 10 Mac Allister, 25 Caicedo, 30 Estupinan, 13 Gross, 18 Welbeck, 11 Trossard. subs: 14 Lallana (11) 69, 22 Mitoma (30) 45, 21 Undav (13) 69 bench: 23 Steele (gk), 2 Lamptey, 43 Turns, 19 Sarmiento, 20 Enciso, 27 Gilmour injured: 15 Moder . squad: 6 Colwill . retired: 8 Mwepu. P9 . W2 D1 L1 . F6 A3 . W2 D1 L2 . F8 A8 . Pt14 Po7 = 1.55pt/gm . W = 44.4% L = 33.3% Season11, 5th Premier League (A) Sat 11/9/21 - w 0-1 ~ Trossard Following that footy seasonal initial pause in early Prem fixtures, another new experience awaited Seagulls this term. We'd gotten a first visit to the revised west London home-stad location of Bees, for only our second Prem away game. Gone were trips to decrepit Griffin Park, which had been consigned to history of the Championship from formative Falmer campaigns (see seasons 4-6 below). Also with previous travels stuck in lesser Leagues 1&2, from beneath our earlier second tier pinacle, during suburban days of yore based at the old theatre of trees (see Withdean era). Albion had sold White (50m), Jahanbakhsh (5m), Ryan, Propper, Bernardo and Gyokeres, while Izquierdo was let go during the close season. Tau also transferred later. Many fringe players went out on loan as well, including Zeqiri, Walton, Andone, Karbownik, Molumby, Caicedo and Khadra. On Aug deadline day Seagulls signed Spanish wingback Cucurella from La Liga, adding to earlier acquired Enock Mwepu & Kjell Scherpen. Other signings Ab Sima & Kao Mitoma also went out on loan. Meanwhile newly promoted Bees had splashed some Prem-style cash but probably not mega-bucks above 30m. Thomas Frank was a new Prem manager's name to remember for travelling Brighton fans, although he'd assisted Dean Smith, which suggested at least some level of respect due as appropriate on our initial visit there. * match report: Albion snatched victory at the death after it looked like ending goalless. The first half was nothing to write home about as visitors struggled to get into gear. Webster got injured too, so the back five reshuffled. Left wingback Cucurella on debut was getting up to speed ok. Hosts had also missed a few decent chances to go ahead by approach of the interval. For the second period travellers went to 442 but withdrew a striker around the hour mark. As locals ran out of puff Albion upped the ante to dominate later stages via increased midfield numbers. Bees were stung in the very last minute of the ninety and their old super home record went for a proverbial burton to boot. Trossard finished them off with a shot to just inside a post following good work by Mac Allister (90min). It was an example of fine margins in the Prem and as they say in old English; the way the mop flops. Brighton fans couldn't care less really and already understood by now, ins & outs, ups & downs, good & bad days, or deserving or not of this extra tough division. We returned with all the points, which was much better than only one, or even nought on any other occasion. They do say it should even out over the season but since summer's start it was so far so good, as lady luck still smiled upon us into September. Stats: ht 0-0, goal 90, poss 41%-59%, on target 1-2, off target 6-1, blocks 0-1, corners 1-6, crosses 20-12, o/s 0-2, tackles 21-15, fouls 9-12, yellows 3-2, subs 3-3, shape 352-3412. weather: sunny intervals . gate: 16,518, away 1724 . MoM: Trossard - class. team: 1 Sanchez, 34 Veltman, 4 Webster (15 Moder 37), 24 Duffy, 5 Dunk, 3 Cucurella (20 March 82), 8 Bissouma, 14 Lallana, 18 Welbeck (10 Mac Allister 64), 11 Trossard . bench: 23 Steele, 16 Scherpen, 17 Alzate, 27 Locadia, 28 Roberts, 30 Richards. squad: 2 Lamptey, 7 Connolly, 12 Mwepu, 13 Gross . injured: 33 Burn. Prem: P4 . W1 D0 L1 . F2 A2 . W2 D0 L0 . F3 A1 . Pt9 Po4 = 2.25pt/gm . W = 75.0% L = 25.0% Seasons 7-10 (1st-4th) not Premier League. BRENTFORD @ home: Gtec Community Stadium, 17k Seasn . W D L . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm %Pt . W% L% 24/25 - 5 1 0 . 18 11 7 . 16 11 = 2.66 94 1 . 83.3 00.0 - Thomas Frank @ 28/11/24 23/24 - 5 7 07 . 29 34 -05 . 22 16 = 1.15 56.4 . 26.3 36.8 - Thomas Frank 22/23 - 10 7 2 . 35 18 17 . 37 09 = 1.94 62.7 . 52.6 10.5 - Thomas Frank 21/22 - 7 3 09 . 22 21 01 . 24 13 = 1.26 52.1 . 36.8 47.3 - Thomas Frank. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. * * * * * Brentford away, Falmer years 14/15 - 16/17, Seasons 4-6. Bees v Albion (A) from 11/12 C'ship: -, -, -, 3-2, 0-0, 3-3 . . W = 0 D = 2 L = 1 memorable match: Season4 (A) - Sami Hyypia tries his hand at management. Season6 (A) Championship 5/2/17 - 3-3 ~ March, Duffy, Hemed. This was the third match running on the road. Previously BHA reserves got thrashed at Lincoln in FA Cup4 a week beforehand and then the 1st team proper visited Huddersfield on the Thursday evening and got well beat too. That meant Albion had lost their last three away games in all competitions. At end of the January transfer window, Glenn Murray signed permanently from Bournemouth, Fikayo Tomori came in on loan from Chelsea and Chuba Akpom also arrived on loan from Arsenal to boost the group. Dunk was suspended again after his third red card, while Walton had returned from Luton to cover for injured Maenpaa on the bench. Ongoing injuries included Stephens, Bong, Baldock & Rosenior. Also Goldson had been diagnosed with a heart problem that required surgery and was now out for rest of the season. Meanwhile LuaLua, Hunt, Ince & Manu had been sent out on loan to other clubs. * match report: In a bizarre finish, Albion rescued a point to stop the rot from a tough week. Bees were two up by halftime as Seagulls laboured once again to put any sort of a game together. Each goal was preventable - the first coming from an overlap (15min) and second a simple header at a corner (22min), On turnaround Hughton inseted March and his attacking zeal was positive. Around the hour mark against run of play, Ref gave locals a penalty after Huenemeier dived in (57min). But Stockdale saved the spot kick to keep BHA in the contest. Hughton responded by sending on Akpom & Hemed. Five minutes later March drove home a fizzer to the top corner (75min). Then within moments Duffy headed in a Knockaert cross (78min). Albion continued to press for a winner but play was broken up by injury to a red shirt late in the day. Brighton appeared to have lost the fixture after all in stoppage when conceding a third goal to a worldy (90+4). But with just seconds left Knockaert centred for Hemed to head in the equaliser (90+7). Hughton said, 'Credit to the lads. I knew we would have a go and showed great character to get what I thought was a deserved point at the end. It was a tough week after losing and so it was majorly important to get something here.' 1600 singing Brighton fans in the away end could not agree more. Stats; h-t 2-0, goals 15,22,90+4-75,78,90+7, poss 54%-46%, on target 6-5, off target 5-7, corners 7-7, o/s 0-3, fouls 15-9, yellows 2-2, subs 2-3, att 10,433. Stockdale, Bruno, Duffy, Huenemeier, Pocognoli, Knockaert, Sidwell, Norwood, Skalak (March), Murphy (Akpom), Murray (Hemed). Champ's P29 . W18 D7 L4 . F47 A24 . Pt61 Po2 . W = 62% L = 13.7% Season5 (A) 26/12/15 - 0-0. Yes folks it was Boxing Day once more and this year in London we got to go to Bees for a change coz Lions were now in League One. Albion had lost their fabulous unbeaten record the previous week at the Amex and slipped to 3rd in the division. This after carving out a lead at top of the table over most of first half of the campaign - the Xmas fixture being midway thru the season. Chris Hughton had done an incredible job in turning around Seagulls fortunes but BHA were without an away win in six on the long road and needed to put that behind them in more ways than one. The squad was perhaps a little light in quality and waiting for the transfer window to boost several positions - defence, midfield and attack! For a lunchtime k-o the away end was packed in a crowd of merely 12k. * match report: Albion scraped out a goalless draw, which was largely due to Stockdale making great saves & blocks to keep a clean sheet. Up front was a disaster and Hughton withdrew on-loan Man Utd youngster Wilson prior to start of the second half. BHA went to 451 with Crofts sitting and others from m-f in support of Hemed. But with 20mins to go Manu got to run about instead. Then Greer was injured and it was now backs to the wall for sorry Seagulls. Albion's rearguard and back-tracking widemen ensured a point got taken home but in the final third visitors were pretty hopeless. Hughton said, 'when we needed our goalkeeper to make saves he was there. It's a good point after losing last week.' Brighton fans witnessed a sixth consecutive away draw and although unbeaten on the road, realised wins were more important if impetus from 2015 was to be continued way beyond New Year. Stats; poss 59%-41%, on target 4-3, off target 8-1, blocked 8-0, corners 10-1, fouls 8-14, o/s 1-6, yellow 1-3, Stockdale, Bruno, Greer (Goldson), Dunk, Calderon, La Parra, Kayal, Stephens, Murphy, Wilson (Crofts), Hemed (Manu). Champ's P23 . W11 D11 L1 . F31 A23 . Pt44 Po4 . W = 47.8% L = 4.3% Season4 (A) 3/1/15 FAC R3 - w 0-2 ~ Dunk, O'Grady. When the draw for this New Year third round tie was made, Bees were ball no.8 & Albion no.9 - from 64 initial club combos. As the pot dwindled to the last dozen pairings, fickle finger of fate selected those consecutive single numbers - a feat not without long odds at this stage. And so the question on Brighton fans lips was not, why them... but what next! For comparison, Brentford were due at the Amex later in the month as well. The facts were that before Xmas Sami Hyypia resigned as coach. First responses were; that there was a much greater focus on league fixtures from now on and did it really matter this term about the Cup? And of course begged the question; which players would be selected to represent BHA? In the week prior, Chris Hughton was confirmed as BHA manager, although we assumed Nathan Jones had a big input in team selection. On the day a useful turnout of BHA fans got along more in hope than anything. * match report: Brighton rode all that bad luck had in 2014 but this time opposition just could not put the ball in our net. On stats the home side came out in front for possession, on/off targets and corners. But Seagulls were well clear with fouls, offsides and yellow cards! As early as the second minute Bees could have opened the scoring but somehow every chance went begging and Stockdale did his bit too when called upon. At the break Albion were just about holding on and Chris Hughton made a double change with twenty minutes left to up the ante. A replay was the last thing most fans wanted at this stage of the season. Visitors got a grip and posed more of a threat as the home unit faded. With two minutes left Albion gained a f-k and March put the ball over for Dunk to rise and flick it in (88min). Then O'Grady showed some class to find space and round the keeper - to seal a hard fought victory (90min). Chris Hughton said, 'I learned today they have terrific resilience. We had a young midfield that had to dig deep and I was delighted. We have some good passers of the ball too and I want to encourage that.' So with luck and a fair wind, Albion yet again went into the fourth round hat. Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Chicksen, Holla, Ince, Teixeira (Halford), Baldock, Mackail-Smith (O'Grady), March. Season4 (A) Championship 13/9/14 - L 3-2 ~ Greer, Holla. Going into this first Championship fixture at Braemar Road, between old lower league rivals in days of yore, there had been a short interlude in very busy early-season action at this level due to the international break. But it had given Albion manager Sami Hyypia a week or two to find spare time for getting his newly assembled squad up to speed. During August and right up to closing of the transfer window, a number of signings by chairman Tony Bloom& head of ops David Burke boosted the player pool to fill all shirt numbers from 2 thru 31. The brand new no.7 was now Adrian Colunga and no.9 became Sam Baldock - both quality strikers with an eye for getting goals. Furthermore wonder-kid Joao Teixeira had come down on loan via Liverpool and Gary Gardner & Joe Bennett were both borrowed from Villa. * match report: The first goal went to the home outfit despite a promising start by visitors. But Albion were constantly vulnerable to fast counter attacks and just after hiitng the post from Crofts drive, Bees sped up the other end and netted (18min). Just after the half hour they went two up when again sloppy defending allowed penetration (32min). Then Holla's corner saw Greer bag one (39min) and he might have had another on h-t but Ref blew for a foul. Hyypia subbed Dunk at the break and any thoughts of an equaliser evaporated when a third went in after turn around (55min). But Holla smashed a solo effort around the hour mark as Seagulls chased the game again (61min). Hyppia then immediately threw on LuaLua and later CMS as he tried to turn weak defensive tactics into all out attack. At the death even Stockdale was up front and tried to get on the end of one. BHA got beat in an open game where wingbacks were left exposed to quick breaks and c-d was not covered either by m-f dropping in. Hyppia said, 'on too many occasions we were off target going forward and not tight enough at the back.' You can say that again Sami... Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk (Hughes), Bennett, Crofts, Holla, Gardener, Colunga (LuaLua), Teixeira (Mackail-Smith), Baldock. Champ's P6 . W2 D1 L3 . F8 A8 . Pt7 Po17 . W = 33.3% L = 50% Seasons 1-3 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 3 01/2, 5 03/4, 8 06/7, 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Season2 00/1 (H) - League Trophy R2. Withdean era: Bees v Albion 4-0, 4-0, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1 . . . W 1 = D 1 = L = 3 (4pen2 2-2 aet EFL Trophy R2). memorable match: Season5 (A) - second of two heavy defeats there and a wake up call in southwest London. Noughties last there - 8/3/11 (A) League One. We met five time at L1 during that decade going to Griffin Park and at last got a win. see: Seasons 3, 5, 8 for club & stadium info. Also Steve Coppell, Dick Knight. see: Seasons 11-12 for Wendy House stories. 9/1/01 EFL Trophy . see Season2 for stadium background k'od on penalties in a 'home' tie played there coz Withdean was waterlogged.
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BRENTFORD - Home, Falmer Years: Prem 21/22-24/25, seasons 11-14 . . C'ship 14/15-16/17, seasons 4-6. no league meetings in seasons between 2011 to 2014, 2017 to 2021. Prem previous encounters home & away: P6 W3 D2 L1 - see Clubs in Archive. Albion V Brentford PL/EFL record @ Amex: W = 3 D = 1 L = 2 manager: Thomas Frank (2018) - P274 W = 41.6% @ July '24 . experience: relative rookie in the Prem but ok EFL stats. Gtec Community Stadium - 17.2k . nickname: Bees . shirt: red & white stripes. Prem/EFL record from 11/12: 9 3 2 L1, 5 9 10 / 9 11 3 3 C, 13 9 16 11 @ 6/12/24. Prem: best - 9th '23, worst - 16th '24 . C'ship: promo - '21, p-os - '15 '20 . L1: promo - '14. 24/25 odds at start: top half 10-3, rel 9-2 . sack TF 20/1 . expected to finish: mid div run in: N'castle (A), Chelsea (H), Arsenal (A), Brighton (H), Forest (A), Man Utd (H), Ipswich (A), Fulham (H), Wolves (A) run in forecast: ?pt > ?pt . max was ? . actual = ? . Po was ? . actual Po = ? Albion v Bees (H) from 17/18: - < - 2-0 3-3 2-1 . . W = 2 D = 1 L = 0 . F7 A4 scorers: Trossard Maupay Mitoma Welbeck Mac Allister Gross Hinshelwood. memorable match: Season11 (H) - Seagulls did what was expected, having plenty of Prem experience by now. note: for away Falmer Years results and reports scroll further below. Season14, 8th Premier League (H) Fri 27/12/24 - 7:30 Brentford stayed up last term after a tough 23/24 campaign. They were R3 knockouts in the EFL Cup and again R3 in the FA Cup. Bees pre-season friendlies; Wimbledon 2-5 (A), Benfica 1-1 (A), Amadora 1-3 (H), Watford 1-1 (A), Wolfsburg 4-4 & 2-1 (H). This 'Boxing Day' Prem fixture held on the follwing Friday nite was the 9th of 19 at home during the second quarter (Q2). The reverse game was 19 Apr '25 in the run-in period (Q4) - see away scroll further below. Last year we'd met here during early Dec '23 when edging a three goal game. We had drawn the away match last season during Apr '24 to begin a disappointing run-in sequence. We finished 11th 48pts, while Br'ford were 16th 39pts. Now we had xpts and they had xpts in the period up to halfway thru. Our Prem record at the Amex versus Bees was; wdw - in the last three seasons to date. We were unbeaten thus far. They were hoping to improve on their previous position. Current home form was; W D L F A tba. Visitors away form was: W D L F A tba. At the moment Brighton were xth, while Brentford were x from 17 games played. In the last three campaigns we'd been 9, 6 & 8 at the halfway stage (Q2). Albion were looking for another win against Bees. B'ford had 7 players on duty at Euro 24 finals in Germany during June. Their boss Thomas Frank had spent around 98m on 7 new talents prior to the big kickoff and before the August window shut, a big expenditure but they sold well too. In the EFL Cup . .... Headline news this week was ... tba * match report: tba day after result stats: ht , goals , poss %-%, on target , off target , corners , fouls , yellows , subs , shape weather: . gate: . MoM: team: 1 Verbruggen 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan 11 Adingra 20 Baleba 10 Enciso 15 Moder 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck subs: bench: 23 Steele 3 Julio 34 Veltman 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood 14 Rutter 17 Minteh 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 33 O'Riley squad: . injured: Prem P18 . W D L . F A . W D L . F A . Pt Po = 1.xxpt/gm . W = % L = % Bees: Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% hfwy: 14 . 06 02 06 . 28 27 01 . 20 11 = 1.42 . 42.8 42.8 start: 10 . 04 01 05 . 19 20 -01 . 13 12 = 1.30 . 40.0 50.0 - Thomas Frank EFL Cup: Ncastle (A) q-f, Sheff Wed 5pen4 1-1 (H) R4, L Orient 3-1 (H) R3, Colchester 0-1 (A) R2 FA Cup: Plymouth (H) R3 Nov: 12th in table, 2pts off 11th at Q1 Season13, 7th Premier League (H) Wed 6/12/23 - W 2-1 ~ Gross, Hinshelwood Brighton beat Brentford 0-2 at Atlanta as part of the PL Summer Series held in America during July '23. Bees also played Fulham L 3-2 and Villa 3-3. They next hosted Lille 0-0 (H) prior to start of the new season. Albion finished 6th (62pts) and the west-London outfit 9th (59pts) last term, giving a 3pts +ve difference. Visitors anticipated another successful top-ten campaign. Our Prem record at the Amex versus Bees was; wd in two seasons to date. There were goals scored in each of those two games too. The west London outfit had spent 56m in the Aug transfer window on 3 buys, plus 2 of undisclosed terms and an on loan. Seagulls current home form was; wlw wdd d - unbeaten in the last five. Going into this early December evening match BHA were 8th and Brentford were 11th from 14 played thus far. Travellers consistent coach Thomas Frank had done a good job again with an injury-hit squad. Based on previous meetings Brighton were now looking for a second victory here against Brentford. * match report: the story of this evening match revolves around stats. For the fifteenth Prem game running Albion failed to keep a clean sheet but again registered goals scored. And scoring one more than Bees got us three points. Visitors took the lead from the penalty spot at their first meaningful attack (27 mins). Seagulls quickly replied when Gross drove in a low strike from a fluid move forwards (31mins). Soon into the second period Hinshelwood headed home from a Gross lofted cross (52mins). It was the teenagers first senior goal - from merely his fourth appearance this term. Moments earlier he had cleared off the line at one of Brentford's rare attacks. Incidentally last week Hinshelwood became the youngest player, at 18yo, to get on the park in a Europa League game. De Zerbi thought he is the 'son of Gross' and has a big future. The youngster got a standing ovation when coming off as RdZ made squad substitutions. The game wasn't a classic, while the atmosphere lacked a full-house style intensity due to rail strikes depleting crowd numbers. But all in all Brighton fans were happy with our performance on a cold & still nite when we dominated against a side basically defending their box. We know football is a funny old game and that anything can happen in an instant. Positives tonight were that BHA came back to claim victory after going behind. Plus some useful displays by young Prem talent developing via more game-time. RdZ revised tactics, changing to a longer ball from back to front. Our pace was quicker than previously versus similar teams who set up to press & block. Roberto thought we shoulda scored more - but doesn't he just love it when a plan sorta comes together. stats: ht 1-1, goals 31,52-27, poss 62%-38%, on target 7-2, off target 11--6, corners 7-3, fouls 10-8, yellows 3-1, subs 5-4, shape 4231-442 weather: cold . gate: 30,760 away 2157 . MoM: Gross - captain marvellous team: 23 Steele 41 Hinshelwood 29 van Hecke 3 Julio 13 Gross 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 40 Buonanotte 9 Pedro subs: 6 Milner 69 (40), 28 Ferguson 69 (9), 34 Veltman 73 (41), 15 Moder 84 (20), 47 Baker-Boaitey 84 (24) bench: 1 Verbruggen 50 Jackson 52 Kavanagh 53 Barrington 55 O'Mahony squad: 14 Lallana . ban: 5 Dunk 8 Dahoud injured: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 7 March 10 Enciso 18 Welbeck 30 Estupinan 31 Fati Prem P15 . W4 D3 L1 . F17 A11 . W3 D1 L3 . F15 A16 . Pt25 Po8 = 1.66pt/gm . W = 46.6% L = 26.6% Bees: Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% total: 38 . 10 09 19 . 56 65 -09 . 39 16 = 1.02 . 26.3 50.0 3qtrs: 29 . 07 05 17 . 41 54 -13 . 26 15 = 0.89 . 24.1 58.6 hfwy: 19 . 05 04 10 . 26 31 -05 . 19 16 = 1.00 . 26.3 52.6 start: 10 . 03 04 03 . 16 12 04 . 13 10 = 1.30 . 30.0 30.0 - T Frank EFL Cup: Arsenal 0-1 (H) R3, Newport 0pen3 1-1 (A) R2 FA Cup: Wolves (A) 1-1 (H) R3 Oct: 10th in table, 1pts off 9th at Q1. Dec: 15th, 2pts from 14th at Q2. Mar: 15th, 3pts off 14th at Q3. May: finished 16th, 1pt from 15th at Q4. 23/24 odds at start: top six 11/1, top half 9-4, bottom half 1-3 . sack TF 20/1 . expected to finish: mid div run in from 30/3/24: Man Utd 1-1 (H), Brighton 0-0 (H), Villa 3-3 (A), Sheff Utd 2-0 (H), Luton 1-5 (A), Everton 1-0 (A), Fulham 0-0 (H), B'mouth 1-2 (A), N'castle 2-4 (H) run in forecast @ 29/3/24: 26pt > 34pts . max was 53 . Actual = 39 . Po was 15th . Actual po = 16th Season12, 6th Premier League (H) Sat 1/4/23 - D 3-3 ~ Mitoma, Welbeck, Mac Allister The Prem returned following another international break. This fixture originally marked completion of the threequarters stage Q3 but earlier postponements set that date back. We hadn't expected to be entertaining Bees again but they'd done much more than just survive last term in the Prem. We'd beaten them here in Dec '21 (season11) tho they went on to hold their own on the road over following months. Like Seagulls, having benefits from a new home had helped their cause for getting and keeping a place among the elite. Both clubs earlier also worked thru lower leagues and the C'ship (see scroll for various FY & WE seasons below) and now needed to cut the mustard with the big boys. It's maybe academic to compare & contrast with last decade's meetings at level two (see seasons 4-6 below), although that particular BHA squad under Chris Hughton did obtain promo to the Prem. Next Graham Potter assembled a group seen fit to compete for top ten places, then Roberto de Zerbi took over and enhanced that squad level this term. So expectation was high as to matching glory days of wins at fortress Amex. Brighton fans asked; 'was it gonna happen?' BHA went to Dubai for their warm-weather camp during the '22 World Cup in December. Since then De Zerbi had improved the wider group by introducing Jan '23 window signings and other PL2 youngsters into match-day squads for Prem game-time education. We had also an FA Cup semi-final apperance at Wembley to come. For the record Albion made a 24m profit in the last year for accounts (turning over a 50m+ loss previously) mainly due to big sales of Prem quality players. And already having reached 40+ points Brighton were not regular bottom-six fodder anymore. *** match report: Albion required assistance from VAR to get one last chance to equalise at the end of ninety minutes. Bees took the lead against run of play with a fierce header (10mins). Then Albion pegged it back via Mitoma's lob from Steele's route-one thru ball (21mins). But visitors hit a second immediately when hosts left the big striker alone for a free pot shot (22mins). Welbeck next restored parity with a header at March's cross (28mins) for the fourth goal and we'd only been playing less than half an hour. On the restart the away outfit netted a third from a f-k routine (49mins) and locals struggled to find another leveller. There were numerous attempts to score (see stats) but also some sloppy finishing that Bees keeper found easy to handle time & time again. At the death Ref went to the monitor and gave handball at an Undav strike. Mac Allister put away the pen and it was even-steven once more (90mins). We'd got out of jail so at least kept the point we'd started with. Football can be a crazy game and you never know what will happen during play. There was one incident when Steele handled a back pass so Ref gave the f-k inside our area. All Albion players made a long wall on the goal line and blocked the shot - you couldn't make it up. De Zerbi said, 'we showed character and patience.' Brighton fans said, 'how did we not win? They were there for taking.' Neutrals said, 'what a thriller.' stats: ht 2-2, goals 21,28,90-10,22,49, poss 73%-27%, on 15-5, off 18-2, corners 14-0, fouls 16-10, yellows 1-1, subs 3-3, shape 4231-532 weather: sunny . gate: 31,483 (away 2499) . MoM: Caicedo - strong & skillful team: 23 Steele 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan 7 March 13 Gross 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck . subs: 20 Enciso 72 (34), 40 Buonanotte 83 (30), 21 Undav 83 (18) bench: 1 Sanchez 4 Webster 29 van Hecke 26 Ayari 27 Gilmour 49 Moran injured: 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento . squad: 2 Lamptey 28 Ferguson Prem: P26 . W7 D3 L4 . F25 A14 . W5 D4 L3 . F24 A20 . Pt43 Po6 = 1.65pt/gm . W = 46.1% L = 26.9% Quatr: Pl . W D L . . F A GD . . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% total: 38 . 15 14 09 . 58 46 12 . 59 09 = 1.55 . 39.4 23.6 - T Frank 3qtrs: 29 . 10 13 06 . 46 38 08 . 43 09 = 1.48 . 34.4 20.6 hfwy: 19 . 07 08 04 . 32 28 04 . 29 08 = 1.52 . 36.8 21.0 start: 10 . 03 04 03 . 18 17 01 . 13 09 = 1.30 . 30.0 30.0 - T Frank EFL Cup: Gillingham 5pen6 1-1 (H) R3 . Colchester 0-2 (A) R2. FA Cup: West Ham 0-1 (H) R3. Oct: 9th in table, 2pts off 6th at Q1. Jan: 8th, 1pt off 7th at halfway stage Q2. Apr: 9th, 4pts above 10th at three quarters stage Q3. May: 9th, 3pts behind 6th at Q4. 22/23 odds at start: top half 9/2, rel 9-4, stay up 2-7 . Sack TF 25/1 . Expected to finish: in mid table. Run in from 8/4/23: Newcastle 1-2 (H), Wolves 2-0 (A), Villa 1-1 (H), Chelsea 0-2 (A), Forest 2-1 (H), Liverpool 1-0 (A), West Ham 2-0 (H), Spurs 1-3 (A), Man City 1-0 (H) Run in forecast @ 7/4/23: 43pt > 56pts . Max was 70 . Actual = 59 . Po was 9th . Actual po = 9th Season11, 5th Premier League (H) Sun 26/12/21 - 2-0 ~ Trossard, Maupay. Deep into our fifth straight term of playing in the Prem we now met Bees here, for their very first time at this elite level, scheduled on Boxing Day evening. We were already well ahead of the Middlesex unit chronologically but needed to prove PL experience counted for much more than just competing on a festive level playing field. Both clubs had previously suffered postponements due to covid outbreaks immediately prior to our Xmas meet & greet. So at this almost halfway stage of the season, before kickoff Albion's record was: W4 D8 L4 = 1.25pt/gm. Brentford were W5 D5 L6 = 1.25pt/gm. Seagulls basic problem was ongoing thru our Prem campaigns, in that we found it hard to score goals. So the fail to score stat always held a regular disadvantage, especially when ranked alongside keeping a clean sheet. If we conceded first then it was a usual case of chasing the game, another one where we were unlikely to win - go to stats info in archive for detailed facts & figs. The exercise today was to reverse a trend and hit the net, more than twice if possible and stop opposition registering a goal - see also players apps/goal records in archive. *** match report: Albion gained a first win since September, scored two good goals and kept a clean sheet to boot. It was a game of two halves, where hosts were better in the opening forty-five minutes, while visitors edged stats in the second period without scoring. Trossard volleyed over the onrushing keeper from Mwepu's chip upfield to send Seagulls soaring (34min). Prior to halftime Maupay drove in a shot to the top corner as blue&white flooded forward in search of a second goal (42min). Bees bossed after turnaround but Sanchez made crucial saves and Cucurella cleared off the line to keep travellers at bay. Welbeck, back from injury, got a run out after the break and Albion also went to 442 from a diamond in midfield. Late in the night Potter added a double swap to bolter midfield as locals hung on to a two goal cushion. Potter was happy, if not exactly merry on this occasion, while Brighton fans felt Xmas had come at last. There was good support from half empty stands on an evening of little public transport available in middle of an ongoing pandemic. But everything is geared to broadcasting rights and money talks at expense of niceities for any attending paying public. The next issue to be faced was whether stadiums would be crowd free into '22 covid winter, with matches played behind closed doors as a year ago. Stats: ht 2-0, goals 34,42, poss 50%-50%, on target 5-6, off target 10-10, corners 6-9, fouls 8-10, yellows 1-3, subs 3-3, shape 433-352 weather: dry . gate: 30,141, away 1805 . MoM: Burn team: 1 Sanchez, 2 Lamptey, 4 Webster, 33 Burn, 3 Cucurella, 12 Mwepu, 14 Lallana (13 Gross 85), 10 Mac Allister (17 Alzate 85), 11 Trossard (18 Welbeck 46), 15 Moder, 9 Maupay . bench: 16 Scherpen, 20 March, 30 Richards, 42 Leonard, 55 Turns, 58 Ferguson. squad: 7 Connolly . injured: 5 Dunk, 34 Veltman, 60 Sarmiento . ban: 8 Bissouma . ill: 24 Duffy. Prem: P17 . W3 D3 L3 . F8 A9 . W2 D5 L1 . F8 A8 . Pt23 Po9 = 1.35pt/gm . W = 29.4% L = 23.5% Quatr: Pl . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . W% L% Total: 38 . 13 07 18 . 48 56 -08. 46 13 = 1.21 . 34.2 47.3 3qtrs: 29 . 08 06 15 . 32 45 -13. 30 15 = 1.03 . 27.5 51.7 Hfwy: 19 . 06 05 08 . 23 26 -03. 23 12 = 1.21 . 31.5 42.1 Start: 10 . 03 03 04 . 12 12 00 . 12 12 = 1.20 . 30.0 40.0 - Thomas Frank. EFL Cup: Chelsea 0-2 (H) q-f, Stoke 1-2 (A) R4, Oldham 7-0 (H) R3, Forest Green 3-1 (H) R2. FA Cup: Everton 4-1 (A) R4 . Port Vale 1-4 (A) R3. Oct: 12th in table and 4pts off seventh spot at Q1. Jan: 12th, 2pts behind 10th at halfway Q2. Out of FA Cup. Mar: 15th, 6pts off 10th at threequarters Q3. May: finished 13th on 46pts, 5pts off top ten. In mid table all term. Seasons 7-10 (1st-4th) not Premier League. BRENTFORD away: Seasn . W D L . F A GD . Pt Po pt/gm %Pt . W% L% 24/25 - 0 1 5 . 4 11 -7 . 1 11 = 0.16 05.8 . 00.0 83.3 - Thomas Frank @ 28/11/24 23/24 - 5 2 12 . 27 31 -04 . 17 16 = 0.89 43.5 . 26.3 63.1 - Thomas Frank 22/23 - 5 7 07 . 23 28 -05 . 22 09 = 1.15 37.2 . 26.3 36.8 - Thomas Frank 21/22 - 6 4 09 . 26 35 -09 . 22 13 = 1.15 47.8 . 31.5 47.3 - Thomas Frank. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. Brentford previous Prem: Prem points: (67, 79, 94 League One, 78, 64, 65, 69, 64, 81 / 87 C'ship), 46, 59, 39 recent managers: Nicky Forster (2011), Uwe Rosler (11-13), Mark Warburton (13-15), Marinus Dijkhuizen (2015), Lee Carsley (2015), Dean Smith (15-18). Sesn . W D L . . . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm . . W% L% 23/24 - 10 09 19 . 56 65 -09 . 39 16 = 1.02 . 26.3 50.0 - Thomas Frank @ 20/5/24 Lost half of games but never in serious danger of falling thru trap door from where they came. 22/23 - 15 14 09 . 58 46 12 . 59 09 = 1.55 . 39.4 23.6 - Thomas Frank @ 28/5/23 Improved on last year and chased clubs vying for places in Europe, going close as well. 21/22 - 13 07 18 . 48 56 -08 . 46 13 = 1.21 . 34.2 47.3 - Thomas Frank @ 22/5/22 A creditable completion to their first campaign and always comfortable in mid table. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League 11/12 - 16/17 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. FA Cup: from 11/12 - R2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3 EFL Cup: R1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, s-f, q-f, 3 3 * * * * * Brentford home, Falmer Years - C'ship 14/15 - 16/17, Seasons 4-6. Albion v Bees (H) from 11/12 C'ship: -, -, -, 0-1, 3-0, 0-2 . . W = 1 D = 0 L =2 memorable match: Season4 (H) - the Amex welcome to Chris Hughton in the C'ship. Season6 (H) Championship 10/9/16 - 0-2. Albion had started the campaign well at home, being unbeaten at the Amex and had not lost there since New Years Day. Expectation was very high for another promotion push from the get go but prior to the international break, Seagulls had suffered initial defeat at title favourites Newcastle. The transfer window had closed at end of August and Chris Hughton had missed out on his wish list but did have cover for each position and could rotate the squad as required. On the day, Shane Duffy made a home debut, while recent acquisition Ollie Norwood started in lieu of transfer requesting Dale Stephens. 26k turned up on a wet afternoon. * match report: Albion crashed to defeat, unusually without scoring and were never at the races. It was mostly a ram-raid on visitors goal from kick off but chances came and went. Then Bees broke and their striker stung locals by beating Stockdale on his near stick (29min). Just before the interval Dunk and then Hemed put in headers but these both failed to cross the line. On the hour mark Manu replaced Hemed, who had been on international duty. A few moments later the sub was booked for diving as home fans shouted for a penalty. Then Stephens took over from Norwood but hadn't got into the game when travellers scored a second after Albion failed to clear lines (70min). Skalak got on late and BHA reshuffled with Knockaert behind Murray but in truth Brentford held out without too much difficulty. Hughton said, 'we are going to have to get back to what we do to make sure we get a result.' Brighton fans took losing on the chin but hoped this was a one-off loss and not a sign of being average this term in a very tough division. Stats; h-t 0-1, goals 29, 70, poss 60%-40%, on target 6-7, off target 6-2, corners 7-1, o/s 3-7, fouls 8-12, yellows 4-2, subs 3-3, att 26,338 Stockdale, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Knockaert, Kayal, Norwood (Stephens), Murphy (Skalak), Hemed (Manu), Murray Champ's P6 . W2 D2 L2 . F8 A6 . Pt8 Po13 . W = 33.3% L = 33.3% Season5 (H) 5/2/16 - 3-0 ~ Knockaert, Hemed, Murphy. This fixture went ahead on a Friday night because of tv coverage. It was that one where Champ's clubs played their reverse Xmas game from Boxing Day a little over a month later. But a lot had happened to Albion during those few weeks. For a kick off, Seagulls had slipped from auto promo spots into play-off places and were trying to find winning ways once more. Albion had merely gained one point (at Bees) in a run of 5 defeats (including FA Cup) from 6 games. Visitors now provided the second of three consecutive home contests because of conflict with FA Cup schedules and so there was no better time to rack up those required points. Also the transfer window had closed and Steve Sidwell had signed on loan from Stoke. On a cold & windy evening 24k attended at the Amex. * match report: The final score made it appear that Seagulls had cruised to victory but it was probably more of a case of taking chances at long last. Three front men hit the target, including both wingers. Knockaert was proving to be a good addition to the squad and kept Albion on the front foot from kick off. Then he again ran at opposition, passed wide to Murphy and got into position to open his account at the Amex (27min). This opened the game up but it was BHA who bagged the second just prior to the interval. From a f-k, Kayal crossed from the by line and Hemed rose to nod into the bottom corner (43min). Wilson replaced Zamora for the second period and with twenty minutes left Crofts bolstered midfield at expense of Hemed. Visitors were still in the contest although the back four and keeper were on their game all night long. Sidwell got on when Kayal limped off with ten minutes to go in a match fans could see was a consecutive home win. At the death Murphy broke clear and made goal difference slightly better for his shot on target (90+ min). Chris Hughton was very pleased with the display and Murphy said, 'we know we are a good side, can compete with the best and win tough games like this.' Brighton fans went home happy and the promotion push was definitely on once more. Stats; poss 40%-60%, on target 5-3, off target 6-3, corners 3-6, o/s 5-1, fouls 14-8, yellows 1-1 Stockdale, Bruno, Goldson, Dunk, Ridgewell, Knockaert, Stephens, Kayal (Sidwell), Murphy, Zamora (Wilson), Hemed (Crofts) Champ's P29 . W14 D11 L4 . F37 A28 . Pt53 Po4 . W = 48.2% L = 13.7% Season4 (H) 17/1/15 - L 0-1. Sami Hyypia was history, Nathan Jones had been an Xmas festivities week hero and Chris Hughton a New Year regular guy. This was the first home fixture of 2015 and also domestic initiation for our new manager. Bizarrely it paired Seagulls with Bees again, after that shock FA Cup result at Griffin Park a fortnight previously (see below) in Hughton's first match. CH was seen by majority of supporters as a good replacement for manager - well, according to employer's Bloom & Barber anyway! Expectation was to climb the table and ease relegation fears - after all, Seagulls were now unbeaten in four fixtures. But three had been on travels and home form was weak, the last victory being back in early November. Most matches at the Amex had been tight affairs with the odd goal deciding it. So there had never occured a better time to turn the community stadium into a fortress for rest of the season. The gate was 27k. *** match report: Seagulls nose-dived to defeat and the atmosphere was much less than celebratory at any time. Hughton set up with two holding in m-f and a mobile front three. But early chances came and went without really bothering the opposition defence. And Albion paid a price when lapse defending allowed a snap shot that deflected past Stockdale before the half hour (29min). It was uphill for BHA afterwards and although ahead on stats at the end, couldn't snatch an equaliser. Attacking play forced eight corners and tough tackling thirteen f-k but the overall performance lacked the vital ingredient of clinical finishing. To compound matters, injury forced JFC off before the hour and then Dunk was sent off shortly after for a second bookable when raising hands (62min). Halford immediately subbed and ten minutes later O'Grady injected some muscle to a lightweight front line. The crowd was getting on Ref's back but there was more passion in bollocking officials than in lifting the side to get a point. It was another disturbing afternoon at Falmer and nobody really could see a quick fix for more pain to come in coming weeks. Hughton said, 'I think that's where we are at the moment. We set the team up to be resilient. But you have also got to be a threat and when you get opportunities be more clinical.' Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Holla, Forster-Caskey (Colunga), Ince, March (O'Grady), Mackail-Smith, Baldock (Halford). Champ's P26 . W5 D11 L10 . F27 A33 . Pt26 Po19 . W = 19.2% L = 38.4% Seasons 1-3 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 3 01/2, 5 03/4, 8 06/7, 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Season2 *9/1/01 (H) - League Trophy R2, see away visits below. Withdean era: Albion v Bees 1-2, 1-0, 2-2, 3-0, 1-0 . . . W 3 = D 1 = L = 1 2pen4 2-2 aet EFL Trophy. memorable match: Season11 (H) - goals from names we recall: Murray, Virgo, Forster. see: Season3 for early Falmer stadium background and Seasons 11-12 for later. see: Seasons 5, 8 for club & stadium info. Also Richard Carpenter, Dean Hammond & Gary Hart.
Brentford - Away, Falmer Years: Prem 21/22-24/25, seasons 11-14 . . C'ship 14/15-16/17, seasons 4-6 . . FAC '15. Albion record @ Bees: W = 1 D = 2 L = 2 Bees V Albion (A) from 17/18: - < - 0-1 2-0 0-0 . . W = 1 D = 1 L = 1 . F1 A2 scorers: Trossard. memorable match: Season11 (A) - a late summer new experience in western suburbs of the metropolis. note: for home Falmer Years results & reports scroll further up. Season14, 8th Premier League (A) Sat 19/4/25 - tba This reciprocal Apr '25 fixture was the 17th of 19 away, in the run-in period (Q4). The reverse game was 26 Dec '24 for an Amex Xmas in the second quarter (Q2) - see home scroll further above. We had won the home match last season during Dec '23 by the odd goal in three. Last year we'd met during early April '24 when getting a valuable point in SW London. At the halfway stage (Q2) we had xpts and they had xpts. Then at the three-quarters (Q3) stage we had xpts and they had xpts. Now we had xpts and they had xpts. Our Prem record at the Gtec versus Bees was; wld - in the last three seasons to date. On balance an average return. Current away form was; W D L F A tba. Hosts home form was: W D L F A tba. At the moment Brighton were xth, while Brentford were xth from x games played. At the halfway stage we were xth and they were xth. At the three-quarters stage we were xth and they were xth. In the last three campaigns we'd been 9, 6 & 8 at the halfway stage and finished 9, 6 & 11. Albion were looking for more points at Bees. Their boss had so far ... in the January window. In the FA Cup . Headline news this week was ... * match report: tba day after result stats: ht , goals , poss %-%, on target , off target , corners , fouls , yellows , subs , shape weather: . gate: . MoM: team: 1 Verbruggen 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan 11 Adingra 20 Baleba 10 Enciso 15 Moder 22 Mitoma 18 Welbeck subs: bench: 23 Steele 3 Julio 34 Veltman 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood 14 Rutter 17 Minteh 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 33 O'Riley squad: . injured: Prem P33 . W D L . F A . W D L . F A . Pt Po = 1.xxpt/gm . W = % L = % Season13, 7th Premier League (A) Wed 3/4/24 - 0-0 The next away match was a regular run-in evening fixture that now fell at beginning of April's busy schedule. In the January transfer window no big business was done across the Prem because of fair play rules & regs. In this week BHA posted a 120+m profit on a turnover of 200+m. We were now starting the final quarter stage (Q4) of 9 games to middle of May. Since joining the elite, Brighton had finished 15, 17, 15, 16, 9, 6, while Brentford were 13, 9. So far hosts habitual home record was; W4 D5 L6 F25 A30 - not a fortress . Our Prem record at the Gtec versus Bees was; wl - in two seasons to date. But it certainly wasn't considered an easy venue to get points. Last year we drew a blank in front of the net as well. Current away form was; W4 D3 L8 F23 A30 - not as good as last term. At the very moment this evening Brighton were 9th, while Brentford were 15th from 29 & 30 played respectively. They had not changed managers during our Prem years - Thomas Frank seemed nailed on in SW London. Based on previous meetings Brighton were looking for a second away win at Brentford. * match report: they say things like; we never looked like scoring. And also sometimes; we could have played until midnight and it would still be goalless. You get the drift. Albion dominated possession as Bees sat deep in the hive - so these were a couple of basic building blocks for nil-nil. The closest BHA got to beating their keeper was when VAR sent Ref to the monitor just prior to halftime. He viewed slo-mo and decided no pen for visitors. After turnaround travellers continued plugging away to open scoring but the only stats not to change at full time were those we'd started with on zero - result, clean sheet and fail to score. London was not a happy hunting ground for Brighton this term with no wins and overall we'd lost half of games on the long road around England. We were now in danger of staying stuck in the mid div due to lack of scoring sufficient goals or outscoring opposition. Too many players were not showing capable of finding the net nor adding the odd goal at intervals. A single score here in our favour would have gained three points and a mention in the papers next day. You do have to bulge the net once for victory but alas this proved beyond the match-day squad tonight. That rare clean sheet seemed the only positive. stats: ht 0-0, goals 0, poss 33%-67%, on target 2-6, off target 3-18, corners 1-5, fouls 9-12, yellows 1-1, subs 4-4, shape 352-4231 weather: mild . gate: 17,024, away 1717 . MoM: Gross - pulled strings. team: 1 Verbruggen 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 3 Julio 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 13 Gross 40 Buonanotte 14 Lallana 9 Pedro subs: 10 Enciso 64 (14), 18 Welbeck 74 (24), 2 Lamptey 74 (40), 15 Moder 86 (34) bench: 23 Steele 30 Estupinan 42 Offiah 44 Peupion 55 O'Mahony squad: 4 Webster 6 Milner 19 Barco 28 Ferguson 31 Fati . injured: 7 March 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 41 Hinshelwood Prem P30 . W7 D6 L1 . F28 A16 . W4 D4 L8 . F23 A30 . Pt43 Po9 = 1.43pt/gm . W = 36.6% L = 30.0% Season12, 6th Premier League (A) Fri 14/10/22 - L 2-0 Albion had hosted Bees behind closed doors at Lancing during pre-season and now visited them for a mid Oct evening kickoff late in this first quarter - so we'd some idea already as to direction of travel at least. One win from one visit in Sept '21 to their new Community Stadium made for positive reading thus far (season11). Old Griffin Park was part of our combined past recollections, as were results there with various squads this century (see away C'ship scroll below). Now Seagulls hoped to fly higher with a pukka Prem group and create successful recent memories. But you can't take anything for granted especially in the Prem (where there are three mini-leagues) and being in the mid-table mix is hardly imagined as mediocre. Also Graham Potter had gone to Chelsea in early September, a little over a month and a bit beforehand and just prior to a lull in fixtures. These were both enforced & scheduled, following postponements for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and then interlude during the international break. Our new head coach Roberto de Zerbi took charge from later in that month. His October baptism of fire at home & away had already been endured but no win recorded as yet. In fact 1pt from our last two away trips, F4 A5, might be reason to think about getting clean sheets on the road for a kickoff. Also, in the week prior to this Friday night contest, Enock Mwepu retired due to future health concerns. Our hosts Bees had spent 30m by start of the season in their bid to replicate last term's final position in mid-table. This was enhanced by a couple of late additions by end of the Aug window. * match report: it all fell apart for RdZ on the night and he got booked to boot during a touchline melee just prior to halftime. Albion were already a goal down by then, having failed to defend an attack which produced hosts first shot on target (22min). RdZ put on a sub from turnaround but the equaliser wouldn't come. And it got worse for sorry Seagulls when Veltman decked a guy in the box - a straightforward pen (64min). More subs turned up, various moves & changes occurred but no away goals scored to affect the result. It appeared as if the squad had taken a step back in time to when we couldn't score for toffee during Potter ball days of hope, kick & rush. Something was amiss, so RdZ needs to address lateral thinking that could turn superior possession & on/off targets into goals. BHA had forever struggled in the Prem to notch consistently and without a prolific striker has to depend on sharing sufficient totals among the first-team squad to keep us in the game. In this campaign thus far quite a few regulars had to step up and contribute from all over the pitch. If not our new head coach would start newer signings, insert those off the bench with less experience and trust in his belief to help 'em hit the net. Without a top marksman at present his mission is to find a way for serial infrequent goal-scorers to get their name talked about, published in papers & lit up on screens. At end of the season the PL concludes a results-driven business and managers are judged. As Micky Adams used to say; 'the table doesn't lie.' stats: ht 1-0, goals 22,64, poss 28%-72%, on 3-7, off 4-14, corners 2-11, fouls 12-15, yellows 3-1, subs 5-3, shape 344-442 weather: mild . gate: 17,016 away 1719 . MoM: ? - no takers. team: 1 Sanchez, 34 Veltman, 5 Dunk, 4 Webster, 7 March, 10 Mac Allister, 25 Caicedo, 30 Estupinan, 13 Gross, 18 Welbeck, 11 Trossard. subs: 14 Lallana (11) 69, 22 Mitoma (30) 45, 21 Undav (13) 69 bench: 23 Steele (gk), 2 Lamptey, 43 Turns, 19 Sarmiento, 20 Enciso, 27 Gilmour injured: 15 Moder . squad: 6 Colwill . retired: 8 Mwepu. P9 . W2 D1 L1 . F6 A3 . W2 D1 L2 . F8 A8 . Pt14 Po7 = 1.55pt/gm . W = 44.4% L = 33.3% Season11, 5th Premier League (A) Sat 11/9/21 - w 0-1 ~ Trossard Following that footy seasonal initial pause in early Prem fixtures, another new experience awaited Seagulls this term. We'd gotten a first visit to the revised west London home-stad location of Bees, for only our second Prem away game. Gone were trips to decrepit Griffin Park, which had been consigned to history of the Championship from formative Falmer campaigns (see seasons 4-6 below). Also with previous travels stuck in lesser Leagues 1&2, from beneath our earlier second tier pinacle, during suburban days of yore based at the old theatre of trees (see Withdean era). Albion had sold White (50m), Jahanbakhsh (5m), Ryan, Propper, Bernardo and Gyokeres, while Izquierdo was let go during the close season. Tau also transferred later. Many fringe players went out on loan as well, including Zeqiri, Walton, Andone, Karbownik, Molumby, Caicedo and Khadra. On Aug deadline day Seagulls signed Spanish wingback Cucurella from La Liga, adding to earlier acquired Enock Mwepu & Kjell Scherpen. Other signings Ab Sima & Kao Mitoma also went out on loan. Meanwhile newly promoted Bees had splashed some Prem-style cash but probably not mega-bucks above 30m. Thomas Frank was a new Prem manager's name to remember for travelling Brighton fans, although he'd assisted Dean Smith, which suggested at least some level of respect due as appropriate on our initial visit there. * match report: Albion snatched victory at the death after it looked like ending goalless. The first half was nothing to write home about as visitors struggled to get into gear. Webster got injured too, so the back five reshuffled. Left wingback Cucurella on debut was getting up to speed ok. Hosts had also missed a few decent chances to go ahead by approach of the interval. For the second period travellers went to 442 but withdrew a striker around the hour mark. As locals ran out of puff Albion upped the ante to dominate later stages via increased midfield numbers. Bees were stung in the very last minute of the ninety and their old super home record went for a proverbial burton to boot. Trossard finished them off with a shot to just inside a post following good work by Mac Allister (90min). It was an example of fine margins in the Prem and as they say in old English; the way the mop flops. Brighton fans couldn't care less really and already understood by now, ins & outs, ups & downs, good & bad days, or deserving or not of this extra tough division. We returned with all the points, which was much better than only one, or even nought on any other occasion. They do say it should even out over the season but since summer's start it was so far so good, as lady luck still smiled upon us into September. Stats: ht 0-0, goal 90, poss 41%-59%, on target 1-2, off target 6-1, blocks 0-1, corners 1-6, crosses 20-12, o/s 0-2, tackles 21-15, fouls 9-12, yellows 3-2, subs 3-3, shape 352-3412. weather: sunny intervals . gate: 16,518, away 1724 . MoM: Trossard - class. team: 1 Sanchez, 34 Veltman, 4 Webster (15 Moder 37), 24 Duffy, 5 Dunk, 3 Cucurella (20 March 82), 8 Bissouma, 14 Lallana, 18 Welbeck (10 Mac Allister 64), 11 Trossard . bench: 23 Steele, 16 Scherpen, 17 Alzate, 27 Locadia, 28 Roberts, 30 Richards. squad: 2 Lamptey, 7 Connolly, 12 Mwepu, 13 Gross . injured: 33 Burn. Prem: P4 . W1 D0 L1 . F2 A2 . W2 D0 L0 . F3 A1 . Pt9 Po4 = 2.25pt/gm . W = 75.0% L = 25.0% Seasons 7-10 (1st-4th) not Premier League. BRENTFORD @ home: Gtec Community Stadium, 17k Seasn . W D L . F A GD . . Pt Po pt/gm %Pt . W% L% 24/25 - 5 1 0 . 18 11 7 . 16 11 = 2.66 94 1 . 83.3 00.0 - Thomas Frank @ 28/11/24 23/24 - 5 7 07 . 29 34 -05 . 22 16 = 1.15 56.4 . 26.3 36.8 - Thomas Frank 22/23 - 10 7 2 . 35 18 17 . 37 09 = 1.94 62.7 . 52.6 10.5 - Thomas Frank 21/22 - 7 3 09 . 22 21 01 . 24 13 = 1.26 52.1 . 36.8 47.3 - Thomas Frank. 17/18 - 20/21 not Premier League - see below Seasons 4-6. * * * * * Brentford away, Falmer years 14/15 - 16/17, Seasons 4-6. Bees v Albion (A) from 11/12 C'ship: -, -, -, 3-2, 0-0, 3-3 . . W = 0 D = 2 L = 1 memorable match: Season4 (A) - Sami Hyypia tries his hand at management. Season6 (A) Championship 5/2/17 - 3-3 ~ March, Duffy, Hemed. This was the third match running on the road. Previously BHA reserves got thrashed at Lincoln in FA Cup4 a week beforehand and then the 1st team proper visited Huddersfield on the Thursday evening and got well beat too. That meant Albion had lost their last three away games in all competitions. At end of the January transfer window, Glenn Murray signed permanently from Bournemouth, Fikayo Tomori came in on loan from Chelsea and Chuba Akpom also arrived on loan from Arsenal to boost the group. Dunk was suspended again after his third red card, while Walton had returned from Luton to cover for injured Maenpaa on the bench. Ongoing injuries included Stephens, Bong, Baldock & Rosenior. Also Goldson had been diagnosed with a heart problem that required surgery and was now out for rest of the season. Meanwhile LuaLua, Hunt, Ince & Manu had been sent out on loan to other clubs. * match report: In a bizarre finish, Albion rescued a point to stop the rot from a tough week. Bees were two up by halftime as Seagulls laboured once again to put any sort of a game together. Each goal was preventable - the first coming from an overlap (15min) and second a simple header at a corner (22min), On turnaround Hughton inseted March and his attacking zeal was positive. Around the hour mark against run of play, Ref gave locals a penalty after Huenemeier dived in (57min). But Stockdale saved the spot kick to keep BHA in the contest. Hughton responded by sending on Akpom & Hemed. Five minutes later March drove home a fizzer to the top corner (75min). Then within moments Duffy headed in a Knockaert cross (78min). Albion continued to press for a winner but play was broken up by injury to a red shirt late in the day. Brighton appeared to have lost the fixture after all in stoppage when conceding a third goal to a worldy (90+4). But with just seconds left Knockaert centred for Hemed to head in the equaliser (90+7). Hughton said, 'Credit to the lads. I knew we would have a go and showed great character to get what I thought was a deserved point at the end. It was a tough week after losing and so it was majorly important to get something here.' 1600 singing Brighton fans in the away end could not agree more. Stats; h-t 2-0, goals 15,22,90+4-75,78,90+7, poss 54%-46%, on target 6-5, off target 5-7, corners 7-7, o/s 0-3, fouls 15-9, yellows 2-2, subs 2-3, att 10,433. Stockdale, Bruno, Duffy, Huenemeier, Pocognoli, Knockaert, Sidwell, Norwood, Skalak (March), Murphy (Akpom), Murray (Hemed). Champ's P29 . W18 D7 L4 . F47 A24 . Pt61 Po2 . W = 62% L = 13.7% Season5 (A) 26/12/15 - 0-0. Yes folks it was Boxing Day once more and this year in London we got to go to Bees for a change coz Lions were now in League One. Albion had lost their fabulous unbeaten record the previous week at the Amex and slipped to 3rd in the division. This after carving out a lead at top of the table over most of first half of the campaign - the Xmas fixture being midway thru the season. Chris Hughton had done an incredible job in turning around Seagulls fortunes but BHA were without an away win in six on the long road and needed to put that behind them in more ways than one. The squad was perhaps a little light in quality and waiting for the transfer window to boost several positions - defence, midfield and attack! For a lunchtime k-o the away end was packed in a crowd of merely 12k. * match report: Albion scraped out a goalless draw, which was largely due to Stockdale making great saves & blocks to keep a clean sheet. Up front was a disaster and Hughton withdrew on-loan Man Utd youngster Wilson prior to start of the second half. BHA went to 451 with Crofts sitting and others from m-f in support of Hemed. But with 20mins to go Manu got to run about instead. Then Greer was injured and it was now backs to the wall for sorry Seagulls. Albion's rearguard and back-tracking widemen ensured a point got taken home but in the final third visitors were pretty hopeless. Hughton said, 'when we needed our goalkeeper to make saves he was there. It's a good point after losing last week.' Brighton fans witnessed a sixth consecutive away draw and although unbeaten on the road, realised wins were more important if impetus from 2015 was to be continued way beyond New Year. Stats; poss 59%-41%, on target 4-3, off target 8-1, blocked 8-0, corners 10-1, fouls 8-14, o/s 1-6, yellow 1-3, Stockdale, Bruno, Greer (Goldson), Dunk, Calderon, La Parra, Kayal, Stephens, Murphy, Wilson (Crofts), Hemed (Manu). Champ's P23 . W11 D11 L1 . F31 A23 . Pt44 Po4 . W = 47.8% L = 4.3% Season4 (A) 3/1/15 FAC R3 - w 0-2 ~ Dunk, O'Grady. When the draw for this New Year third round tie was made, Bees were ball no.8 & Albion no.9 - from 64 initial club combos. As the pot dwindled to the last dozen pairings, fickle finger of fate selected those consecutive single numbers - a feat not without long odds at this stage. And so the question on Brighton fans lips was not, why them... but what next! For comparison, Brentford were due at the Amex later in the month as well. The facts were that before Xmas Sami Hyypia resigned as coach. First responses were; that there was a much greater focus on league fixtures from now on and did it really matter this term about the Cup? And of course begged the question; which players would be selected to represent BHA? In the week prior, Chris Hughton was confirmed as BHA manager, although we assumed Nathan Jones had a big input in team selection. On the day a useful turnout of BHA fans got along more in hope than anything. * match report: Brighton rode all that bad luck had in 2014 but this time opposition just could not put the ball in our net. On stats the home side came out in front for possession, on/off targets and corners. But Seagulls were well clear with fouls, offsides and yellow cards! As early as the second minute Bees could have opened the scoring but somehow every chance went begging and Stockdale did his bit too when called upon. At the break Albion were just about holding on and Chris Hughton made a double change with twenty minutes left to up the ante. A replay was the last thing most fans wanted at this stage of the season. Visitors got a grip and posed more of a threat as the home unit faded. With two minutes left Albion gained a f-k and March put the ball over for Dunk to rise and flick it in (88min). Then O'Grady showed some class to find space and round the keeper - to seal a hard fought victory (90min). Chris Hughton said, 'I learned today they have terrific resilience. We had a young midfield that had to dig deep and I was delighted. We have some good passers of the ball too and I want to encourage that.' So with luck and a fair wind, Albion yet again went into the fourth round hat. Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Chicksen, Holla, Ince, Teixeira (Halford), Baldock, Mackail-Smith (O'Grady), March. Season4 (A) Championship 13/9/14 - L 3-2 ~ Greer, Holla. Going into this first Championship fixture at Braemar Road, between old lower league rivals in days of yore, there had been a short interlude in very busy early-season action at this level due to the international break. But it had given Albion manager Sami Hyypia a week or two to find spare time for getting his newly assembled squad up to speed. During August and right up to closing of the transfer window, a number of signings by chairman Tony Bloom& head of ops David Burke boosted the player pool to fill all shirt numbers from 2 thru 31. The brand new no.7 was now Adrian Colunga and no.9 became Sam Baldock - both quality strikers with an eye for getting goals. Furthermore wonder-kid Joao Teixeira had come down on loan via Liverpool and Gary Gardner & Joe Bennett were both borrowed from Villa. * match report: The first goal went to the home outfit despite a promising start by visitors. But Albion were constantly vulnerable to fast counter attacks and just after hiitng the post from Crofts drive, Bees sped up the other end and netted (18min). Just after the half hour they went two up when again sloppy defending allowed penetration (32min). Then Holla's corner saw Greer bag one (39min) and he might have had another on h-t but Ref blew for a foul. Hyypia subbed Dunk at the break and any thoughts of an equaliser evaporated when a third went in after turn around (55min). But Holla smashed a solo effort around the hour mark as Seagulls chased the game again (61min). Hyppia then immediately threw on LuaLua and later CMS as he tried to turn weak defensive tactics into all out attack. At the death even Stockdale was up front and tried to get on the end of one. BHA got beat in an open game where wingbacks were left exposed to quick breaks and c-d was not covered either by m-f dropping in. Hyppia said, 'on too many occasions we were off target going forward and not tight enough at the back.' You can say that again Sami... Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk (Hughes), Bennett, Crofts, Holla, Gardener, Colunga (LuaLua), Teixeira (Mackail-Smith), Baldock. Champ's P6 . W2 D1 L3 . F8 A8 . Pt7 Po17 . W = 33.3% L = 50% Seasons 1-3 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 3 01/2, 5 03/4, 8 06/7, 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Season2 00/1 (H) - League Trophy R2. Withdean era: Bees v Albion 4-0, 4-0, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1 . . . W 1 = D 1 = L = 3 (4pen2 2-2 aet EFL Trophy R2). memorable match: Season5 (A) - second of two heavy defeats there and a wake up call in southwest London. Noughties last there - 8/3/11 (A) League One. We met five time at L1 during that decade going to Griffin Park and at last got a win. see: Seasons 3, 5, 8 for club & stadium info. Also Steve Coppell, Dick Knight. see: Seasons 11-12 for Wendy House stories. 9/1/01 EFL Trophy . see Season2 for stadium background k'od on penalties in a 'home' tie played there coz Withdean was waterlogged.
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