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Charlton - Home, Falmer Years: C'ship 12/13-15/16, Seasons 2-5 . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings. ground: the Valley 27k . nickname: Addicks . shirt: red. EFL record from 11/12: 1 L1, 9 18 12 22 C, 13 / 6 3 L1, 22 C, 7 13 10 16 L1 @ 4/5/24. C'ship: rel - '16 '20 . L1: promo - '12 '19 . p-os - '18. Season7 (H) onwards - not Premier League. Albion v Athletic (H) from 11/12 @ C: - 0-0 3-0 2-2 3-2 - . . W = 2 D = 2 L = 0 For Away Falmer Years results and reports scroll further below. memorable match: Season4 (H) - early in the short spell of Sami Hyypia as a C'ship coach. Season6 - not C'ship. Season5 (H) Championship 5/12/15 - 3-2 ~ Wilson, Zamora, Hemed. A lot had happened since this fixture last term, see below. Sami Hyypia was long gone and Chris Hughton had saved failing Seagulls from the threatened drop during first months of 2015. He had retained a core of players up to the standard and added new signings to boost the squad. And what a difference now - Albion were very much automatic promotion candidates potentially. A record breaking undefeated run from start of the season put Seagulls at top of the table to boot. Mind you, the club had just announced 10million pound losses for 14/15, although these accounting figs were compliant with FL fairplay rules. It was one club, one ambition - infrastructure was in place; squad, stadium, training ground etc, all the team had to do was win 28 games or so. * match report: Albion went two behind inside five minutes and the first half performance was pretty basic to say least. Twice blue & white were caught out from very fast counter attacks and every pass found red and then the net (2 & 5 min). In fact, Stockdale thrice more kept toiling locals in the match with vital stops. Whatever was said at the interval, Albion responded after turn around and upped the ante. New loan signing James Wilson then ran amok and got one back quickly (50min). But the game changed as Ref showed a red card when Zamora looked likely to score (58min). Thus Athletic were forced to defend and try to hold out. With twenty or so minutes remaining, Hughton added Hemed up front as Seagulls rained in crosses on a windy afternoon. Then a little later BHA went to 3 in defence as another loanee, La Parra, came on. These moves proved inspirational as first Zamora (83min) and Hemed (85min) produced the equaliser and winner in two emotion fuelled moments of delight for Brighton players and fans alike. Hughton said, 'I always felt once we scored, we'd have the momentum and it'd just be whether we could get the goals.' Well, he had gotten most other things right since taking Albion from depths up to dizzy heights, so 10 out of 10 again Chris. stats; poss 70%-30%, on target 7-5, off target 9-1, blocks 4-1, corners 11-1, fouls 6-17, o/s 5-1, yellow 3-4, red 0-1. Stockdale, Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Calderon (La Parra), March, Stephens, Kayal, Murphy (Hemed), Wilson (Chicksen), Zamora. Champ's P19 . W11 D8 L0 . F27 A16 . Pt41 Po1 . W = 57.8% L = 0% Season4 (H) 30/8/14 - 2-2 ~ Dunk 2. Quite a few of last seasons team were still at the club, although big names like Ulloa & Upson signed for Prem outfits and '13/14 on-loans Ward, Andrews & Lingard never returned. Albion had now gotten 8-odd new players in since close season, plus 3 on-loan for this coming campaign. Sami Hyypia was employing his offensive modus operandi, which involved wingbacks well forward and the striker supported from a close if narrow m-f. On the big Amex pitch these tactics still appeared to leave some room for individual creatitvity. Latest signings, strikers Adrian Colunga & Sam Baldock had penned 2&4yr deals in this very week for Seagulls. On the day Hyypia resisted the temptation to over-react to selection from his now biggish squad. * match report: Seagulls should have been clear winners (at least on overall stats) but fell behind early and was always playing catch-up. Athletic got rub of the green at their first counter and led (4min). At h-t Crofts was replaced by new signing Gardner to boost midfield power. Around the hour mark LuaLua came on for CMS and Teixeira went to point. Shortly afterwards Dunk levelled with a looped header from a corner (67min). But Addicks hit back again with another break that caught Albion in 6s&7s (75min). Hyypia immediately threw Baldock on for JFC as BHA racked up possession, on/offs, blocked shots, corners and throw-ins unlimited. With many of the 26k crowd heading for exits, Dunk equalised deep into stoppage time with a duplicate header from a chip by LuaLua (90+3). Sami said of Dunk, 'sky is the limit but he needs to keep feet on the ground.' well, perhaps not all the time! SH also said, 'the team showed a lot of character to come back twice.' which is kinda meaning; it was one mistake too many!! Brighton fans were happy with a point anyway - we were too good to be that bad. Stockdale, Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Crofts (Gardner), Holla, Forster-Caskey (Baldock), Teixeira, Mackail-Smith (LuaLua), Colunga. Champ's P5 . W2 D1 L2 . F6 A5 . Pt7 Po13 . W = 40% L = 40% Season3 (H) 12/4/14 - 3-0 ~ Lingard, Ulloa, JFC. The season was reaching its climax and Albion were right in the mix just outside play-off positions prior to this fixture. Kick-off was scheduled for 3.07, with a minutes silence beforehand to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. Brighton fans were in good heart, having seen or heard about midweek events at Leicester, where Seagulls notched four against promoted league leaders. Home form was not exactly like fortress Amex but nine more points were available beforehand and everyone counted. * match report: In the event Seagulls flew high and sailed past less than mediocre opponents. New attacking impetus, continuing from the Leicester display, put locals one in front early after k-o. Lingard smacked in an effort after LuaLua robbed a defender (11min). From then it was routine to cruise to a useful victory. Ulloa next notched when pouncing on a Lingard thru ball just before half time following a counter attack (43min). Addicks hit the bar and their luck was right out. In the second period Garcia subbed to introduce JFC as playmaker and fiddled around again when Calderon had a run out. But the result was already in the bag when JFC slotted home very late in the day (90+). Lingard said, 'I'm more settled at Brighton now. For the run-in we need to keep the mentality we had against Leicester and Charlton.' Every home fan hoped the team could do just that as we leaped into a p-o slot. Ankergren, Bruno, Greer, Upson, Ward, March (Calderon), Andrews, Stephens, Lingard (Rodriguez), Ulloa, LuaLua (Forster-Caskey). Champ's P42 . W17 D13 L12 . F49 A37 . Pt64 Po6 . W = 40.4% L = 28.5% Season2 (H) 2/4/13 - 0-0. This was the situation in the top-ten before kickoff at the Amex on a Tuesday night after Easter weekend: Cardiff 78pt, Hull 71pt, Watford 67pt, Palace 65pt, Forest 62pt, Albion 60pt, Leicester 59pt, Derby 54pt, Bolton 54pt, Middlesbrough 54pt. You can see it could have been worse for Brighton fans and a win, on an unseasonal cold evening in early April, would cement our p-o credentials during the important run-in. Our cause had been helped when other fancied clubs suffered reversals over the holiday period, so it was up to BHA to bite the bullet at a vital moment. Gus Poyet didn't have too many fitness and injury probs in the squad to cause concern, except for a lack of numbers among front men - CMS & Hoskins had not been replaced by on loan strikers. He went for an attacking line up that included Vicente starting for once and two wingers in a 4123 formation. Bridcutt returned from sickness following his debut for Scotland and Kuszczak was back between posts after calamity by Ankergren in stoppage at Forest. * match report: The match obviously started on level terms and continued all evening with nil-nil being the final result. Yet you would not believe how we didn't net at least once, given Seagulls dominance throughout this one-sided match. Calderon and Buckley both missed chances to put the game out of travellers reach from headers and Ulloa punted wide on more than one occasion. LuaLua and Buckley were flying down flanks aided and abetted by Bridge and Calderon respectively. Kuszczak was largely a spectator but pulled off a couple of late saves when Athletic hit us on the break. He also tipped over a long range punt which appeared destined for the top corner. Gus resisted making any changes to personnel or shape and sat back to wait for the likely breakthrough. In a frantic finish Vicente grazed the bar, while Greer struck an upright. Crosses rained over from each flank but Ulloa was battling a couple of bigguns at the back in the air. A 28k crowd was willing the ball home in a cauldron of vocal encouragement but it was mostly evaporating into dark, cloudless, starlit, frosty night air. We'd all been entertained but later went off to bed feeling slightly frustrated over again failing to get lucky. Kuszczak, Calderon, Greer, Upson, Bridge, David, Bridcutt, Vicente, Buckley, Ulloa, LuaLua. Champ's P40 . W15 D16 L9 . F56 A40 . Pt61 Po6 . W = 37.5% L = 22.5% Season1 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Withdean era: Albion V Athletic 0-2, 1-1 . . . W = 0 D = 1 L = 1 memorable match: Season11 (H) - Falmer was under construction but on the pitch was destruction. see: Seasons 11-12 for clubs & stadium info.
Charlton - Away, Falmer Years: C'ship 12/13-15/16, Seasons 2-5 . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings . '22 EFL Cup Seasons 13 (A) onwards - not Premier League. Season12 (A) EFL Cup R4 Wed 21/12/22 - 4pen3 0-0 FT Albion drew the League One side at the Valley and on paper had a real chance to progress into q-fs of the ongoing annual evening competiton. This was the first proper game of any sort following that pregnant pause of elite football for completion of those Qatar World Cup '22 finals during November & December. Well over a month previously Seagulls had got past Arsenal at theirs in EFLC round three, while Addicks had beaten Stevenage away on penalties. Eight BHA first eleven squad players had come back from their 'winter' WC experience in Arabia. Mac Allister played for Argentina in the final. Sanchez, Trossard, Mitoma, Lampiey, Caicedo, Estupinan and Sarmiento were other participants at various stages. Previously the rest of Seagulls flock had flown off to a similar warm-weather camp in Dubai. So Roberto de Zerbi now had the choice to either field a second eleven, mix & match with rested first teamers or play U21s to try and make up for their EFL Trophy loss there (in stoppage time) at start of November. During early December Addicks sacked their manager after just a few short months in charge at unhappy Valley. According to sources the once elite south London outfit was in turmoil in the boardroom which in turn affected attitudes on the pitch * match report: oooooppppssss! Albion were knocked out in a penalty shootout 4-3 after failing to score in a drab goalless stalemate. Seagulls flapped at chances that came... and went... and came again... and went.... again and again. De Zerbi inserted pukka subs during a possession-based second half of one way traffic, although no player wearing turquoise away colours actually covered themselves in cup-tie glory for this nightmare during the week before Xmas. Too many very average performances made for a below par team display by visitors up the sharp end. Hosts defended resolutely and put a bit of lower league clog into it. But that by no means takes away from their well executed gameplan to stifle Prem talent with employing 9 men behind the ball. Albion were clueless in the final third and couldn't hit a proverbial barn door from 6 yards, let alone 12 or 18. It was there for taking but time and again our elite outfit failed to convert. Addicks keeper had a great game, as did their back three - yes, 18th in League One. Bigtime charlies from the southcoast looked like a pub team on a Sunday after a liquid lunch. And to think some of those guys had played in the world cup tournament earlier this month. You'd laugh just to hide embarrassment. 6k Brighton fans turned up on away terraces and suffered for 98 minutes then went home feeling like when Harry Kane skied that pen against France. At least England got to the quarter finals. For Albion it was yet another occasion when loyal fans were let down and all that hype of a cup run was just hot air blown away by grit & guts of grassroots football. The break for WC finals merely exposed our squad had been asleep at the wheel. Or more to the point, in front of goal. stats: ht 0-0, goals 0, poss 23%-77%, on 2-6, off 4-12, corners 3-10, fouls 12-8, yellows 1-0, subs 4-4, shape 352-4231 weather: mild . gate: 17,464, away 6314 . MoM: not selected. team: 23 Steele 2 Lamptey 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 13 Gross 7 March 27 Gilmour 14 Lallana 25 Caicedo 20 Enciso 21 Undav. subs: 22 Mitoma 45 20, 11 Trossard 62 14, Estupinan 63 27, 28 Ferguson 79 21 bench: 38 McGill (gk) 29 van Hecke 34 Veltman 19 Sarmiento 59 Moran injured: 4 Webster 18 Welbeck . squad: 1 Sanchez 43 Turns Seasons 7-12 (A) onwards - not Premier League. Athletic v Albion from 11/12 @ C: - 2-2 3-2 0-1 1-3 - . . W = 2 D = 1 L = 1 For Home Falmer Years results & reports scroll further up. memorable match: Season4 (A) - baptism of fire for Chris Hughton in the C'ship. Season6 - not C'ship. Season5 (A) Championship 23/4/16 - w 1-3 - Baldock, Skalak, Hemed. What a difference a year makes! Chris Hughton was already a legend at the Amex for turning things from negative to positive and some!! It was the best season by far for BHA since becoming part of the Championship and Seagulls were a kick in the volt away shirt from reaching an automatic promotion spot. The run-in had produced another unbeaten sequence and Albion continued to go well on the road, since suffering their worst defeat in Wales during mid February. In fact, merely two reversals on travels had helped put a confident squad in a position to now go get the points as visitors. * match report: Albion got off to a great start and took the three points to close on the top two. Baldock netted first from an acute angle but at the break Athletic were still in it (8min). And they equalized soon after turnaround to make it game on again (51min). But SKalak restored Seagulls lead once more with a smart shot (55min). So it appeared to be headed for yet another victory by the odd goal in three until BHA got a penalty in stoppage time - Hemed converted. Hughton put subs on late to keep pressure on the relegated home outfit, whose fans were protesting against the club's owners. Hughton said, 'we are all desperate to get promotion in whatever way that is. We've made the goal difference tighter and have scored them at the right time.' Brighton fans turned up in numbers and went home believing promotion was a distinct possibility if Seagulls could extend the winning run - against previous p-o nemesis Derby at the Amex and then top club Middlesbrough away on the last day. Stats; poss 58%-42%, on target 3-7, off target 9-5, corners 6-6, fouls 16-9 Stockdale, Bruno, Goldson, Dunk, Rosenior (Bong), Knockaert, Stephens, Kayal, Skalak (Murphy), Baldock (Sidwell), Hemed. Champ's P44 . W24 D15 L5 . F70 A40 . Pt87 Po3 . W = 54.5% L = 11.3% Season4 (A) 10/1/15 - W 0-1 ~ Ince. This fixture was Chris Hughton's first in the league as next BHA manager. Under fire Sami Hyypia resigned prior to Xmas with Albion in the bottom three. But asst mgr Nathan Jones successfully oversaw those two critical matches before New Year. Then a lucky victory in the FA Cup at Brentford got Hughton's tenure off to a very useful beginning. The side was now unbeaten in four games and three of those were on the road. The squad this term was radically different to a year ago, where merely Bruno & Calderon figured now, while Agustein was on fringes and Crofts long term injured. Greer & CMS were still around from 2012 but LuaLua was also crocked. Some on loan players signed under the Hyypia, Bloom & Burke regime had returned to parent clubs, including ex-Seagull Elliott Bennett. But Bloom 'released' Burke and so the club were now actively seeking new signings. On the day the away end was sold out and optimism pervaded there for a new dawn. * match report: After the game Chris Hughton said, 'the players have responded very well. The more clean sheets you can have, the more chances you have of winning.' From the start Albion were on the front foot and took the match to opposition. Stats showed Seagulls edging Addicks for possession and equalling shots on target or blocked. The one that counted was netted by Ince, rising at the far post to direct a f-k from March home (62min). Ten minutes later Hughton introduced O'Grady & Bruno to keep up pressure going forward as the home unit threw on attackers. At the death Halford appeared to make sure all points went south. Brighton fans would say that like the previous Cup tie in London, BHA had an element of good fortune when opponents squandered chances. But unlike fixtures of the Hyypia interlude, this squad appeared confident, driven, enthusiastic and skillful. Or perhaps that's kinda how it seemed due to a third away win on the bounce in all competitions! Maybe the tide had turned and in truth, Albion had only twice lost by more than one goal. Both those earlier defeats were on the road, where now Brighton was more of a force. Home form needed addressing next and could Hughton work his victory magic just as quickly at the Amex? Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Holla, Ince (Bruno), Forster-Caskey (Halford), March, Mackail-Smith (O'Grady), Baldock. Champ's P25 . W5 D11 L9 . F27 A32 . Pt26 Po19 . W = 20% L = 45% Season3 (A) 26/12/13 - L 3-2 ~ Ulloa 2. It was Boxing Day at the Valley this time around and the pitch was a bog, following a few days of heavy rain on and before Xmas. Albion were on a useful run of form and chasing that p-o pack, with a view to entering top-six positions by end of 2013. Results this season on the road had been very good and another three points was anticipated in London. However, Seagulls record during Yuletide festivities was not consistent and as we all know from years of pre-Amex trials and tribulations, anyone could beat anyone else on any day in the Championship. The squad was up for it, although if you compare to season2 below, there had been a few changes along the way - including a new Head Coach in Oscar Garcia and his assistant, ex-Albion stalwart Nathan Jones. * match report: Brighton bossed the first half hour and duly opened the scoring when Ulloa touched in after Barnes went close (22min). But BHA threw the game away by soft defending and lowly hosts netted three times against a supposed resolute defence. On each occasion poor defensive work was punished in and around the area (32, 58, 75 min) - the last from a direct f-k into the top corner. Garcia withdrew Bruno after 45min and then Andrews as we crashed to defeat (76min). Seagulls hit the post twice prior to a late strike in stoppage from our big front man. Jones said, 'we are disappointed not to win. We had control, got the first goal and enough chances but the most disappointing thing is we didn't go on from there.' Brighton fans who made the trip on a cold, clear but sunny lunchtime also wished they'd gone elsewhere. The Boxing Day hoodoo remained ongoing. Brezovan, Bruno (Calderon), El-Abd, Upson, Ward, Crofts, Bridcutt, Andrews (Agustien), Buckley, Ulloa, David (Barnes). Champ's P22. W8 D8 L6 . F27 A21 . Pt32 Po9 . W = 36.3% L = 27.2% Season2 (A) 8/12/12 - 2-2 ~ Mackail-Smith, LuaLua. The Championship fixture list was something of an enigma for travelling fans these days. For a kick-off there was a fixation by the FL to put Home & Away matches into consecutive pairs. Therefore Brighton fans went to Charlton on the Saturday following humiliating defeat at Palace. Although these particular trips were short, it meant there was gonna be a hellava lot of mileage accumulated during worst of the coming winter months. Anyway it was the price we paid for living in good old Sussex by the sea. Going into this game Gus Poyet had gotten El-Abd and Bridge fit again, which was handy because otherwise we'd no spare defenders - due to injury and suspension. Well over 3k travelled so increased the gate to 19k on a sunny but cold afternoon. *** match report: Against run of play, Athletic opened the scoring from a deep cross that sailed over everyone before going in at the far post (9min). Albion hit back after putting some good moves together when CMS profited from defensive error to notch an equaliser (28m). Following the interval, play continued to be exciting and the atmosphere was electric. Home fans were celebrating 20 years back at the Valley and thought they'd won this contest as time ran out. Albion were dominating but fell behind again to a soft goal (70m). Poyet had introduced LuaLua just beyond the hour and he snatched a point for BHA as Seagulls pressed hard to level. From a f-k his low shot deflected past oppositions wall and caught the keeper cold (75m). Brighton got several chances to win this open game but couldn't turn superior stats on the day into points. Gus Poyet said, 'a point is all right.' Well, perhaps he was left in a good mood, with such a short journey home ahead. Kuszczak, Bruno (Calderon), Greer, El-Abd, Bridge, Hammond, Bridcutt, Dobbie (Barnes), Buckley, Mackail-Smith, Hoskins (LuaLua). Champ's P21 . W8 D8 L5 . F29 A21 . Pt32 Po8 . W = 38.0% L = 23.8% Season1 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Withdean era: Athletic V Albion 1-2, 0-4 . . . W = 2 D = 0 L = 0 memorable match: Season11 (A) - an infrequent victory to date in a mediocre campaign thus far. Noughties last there - 16/10/10 (A) League One. B'fans enjoyed going to the Valley, especially when Albion won. see: Seasons 11-12 for clubs & stadium info.
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Charlton - Home, Falmer Years: C'ship 12/13-15/16, Seasons 2-5 . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings. ground: the Valley 27k . nickname: Addicks . shirt: red. EFL record from 11/12: 1 L1, 9 18 12 22 C, 13 / 6 3 L1, 22 C, 7 13 10 16 L1 @ 4/5/24. C'ship: rel - '16 '20 . L1: promo - '12 '19 . p-os - '18. Season7 (H) onwards - not Premier League. Albion v Athletic (H) from 11/12 @ C: - 0-0 3-0 2-2 3-2 - . . W = 2 D = 2 L = 0 For Away Falmer Years results and reports scroll further below. memorable match: Season4 (H) - early in the short spell of Sami Hyypia as a C'ship coach. Season6 - not C'ship. Season5 (H) Championship 5/12/15 - 3-2 ~ Wilson, Zamora, Hemed. A lot had happened since this fixture last term, see below. Sami Hyypia was long gone and Chris Hughton had saved failing Seagulls from the threatened drop during first months of 2015. He had retained a core of players up to the standard and added new signings to boost the squad. And what a difference now - Albion were very much automatic promotion candidates potentially. A record breaking undefeated run from start of the season put Seagulls at top of the table to boot. Mind you, the club had just announced 10million pound losses for 14/15, although these accounting figs were compliant with FL fairplay rules. It was one club, one ambition - infrastructure was in place; squad, stadium, training ground etc, all the team had to do was win 28 games or so. * match report: Albion went two behind inside five minutes and the first half performance was pretty basic to say least. Twice blue & white were caught out from very fast counter attacks and every pass found red and then the net (2 & 5 min). In fact, Stockdale thrice more kept toiling locals in the match with vital stops. Whatever was said at the interval, Albion responded after turn around and upped the ante. New loan signing James Wilson then ran amok and got one back quickly (50min). But the game changed as Ref showed a red card when Zamora looked likely to score (58min). Thus Athletic were forced to defend and try to hold out. With twenty or so minutes remaining, Hughton added Hemed up front as Seagulls rained in crosses on a windy afternoon. Then a little later BHA went to 3 in defence as another loanee, La Parra, came on. These moves proved inspirational as first Zamora (83min) and Hemed (85min) produced the equaliser and winner in two emotion fuelled moments of delight for Brighton players and fans alike. Hughton said, 'I always felt once we scored, we'd have the momentum and it'd just be whether we could get the goals.' Well, he had gotten most other things right since taking Albion from depths up to dizzy heights, so 10 out of 10 again Chris. stats; poss 70%-30%, on target 7-5, off target 9-1, blocks 4-1, corners 11-1, fouls 6-17, o/s 5-1, yellow 3-4, red 0-1. Stockdale, Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Calderon (La Parra), March, Stephens, Kayal, Murphy (Hemed), Wilson (Chicksen), Zamora. Champ's P19 . W11 D8 L0 . F27 A16 . Pt41 Po1 . W = 57.8% L = 0% Season4 (H) 30/8/14 - 2-2 ~ Dunk 2. Quite a few of last seasons team were still at the club, although big names like Ulloa & Upson signed for Prem outfits and '13/14 on-loans Ward, Andrews & Lingard never returned. Albion had now gotten 8-odd new players in since close season, plus 3 on-loan for this coming campaign. Sami Hyypia was employing his offensive modus operandi, which involved wingbacks well forward and the striker supported from a close if narrow m-f. On the big Amex pitch these tactics still appeared to leave some room for individual creatitvity. Latest signings, strikers Adrian Colunga & Sam Baldock had penned 2&4yr deals in this very week for Seagulls. On the day Hyypia resisted the temptation to over-react to selection from his now biggish squad. * match report: Seagulls should have been clear winners (at least on overall stats) but fell behind early and was always playing catch-up. Athletic got rub of the green at their first counter and led (4min). At h-t Crofts was replaced by new signing Gardner to boost midfield power. Around the hour mark LuaLua came on for CMS and Teixeira went to point. Shortly afterwards Dunk levelled with a looped header from a corner (67min). But Addicks hit back again with another break that caught Albion in 6s&7s (75min). Hyypia immediately threw Baldock on for JFC as BHA racked up possession, on/offs, blocked shots, corners and throw-ins unlimited. With many of the 26k crowd heading for exits, Dunk equalised deep into stoppage time with a duplicate header from a chip by LuaLua (90+3). Sami said of Dunk, 'sky is the limit but he needs to keep feet on the ground.' well, perhaps not all the time! SH also said, 'the team showed a lot of character to come back twice.' which is kinda meaning; it was one mistake too many!! Brighton fans were happy with a point anyway - we were too good to be that bad. Stockdale, Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Crofts (Gardner), Holla, Forster-Caskey (Baldock), Teixeira, Mackail-Smith (LuaLua), Colunga. Champ's P5 . W2 D1 L2 . F6 A5 . Pt7 Po13 . W = 40% L = 40% Season3 (H) 12/4/14 - 3-0 ~ Lingard, Ulloa, JFC. The season was reaching its climax and Albion were right in the mix just outside play-off positions prior to this fixture. Kick-off was scheduled for 3.07, with a minutes silence beforehand to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. Brighton fans were in good heart, having seen or heard about midweek events at Leicester, where Seagulls notched four against promoted league leaders. Home form was not exactly like fortress Amex but nine more points were available beforehand and everyone counted. * match report: In the event Seagulls flew high and sailed past less than mediocre opponents. New attacking impetus, continuing from the Leicester display, put locals one in front early after k-o. Lingard smacked in an effort after LuaLua robbed a defender (11min). From then it was routine to cruise to a useful victory. Ulloa next notched when pouncing on a Lingard thru ball just before half time following a counter attack (43min). Addicks hit the bar and their luck was right out. In the second period Garcia subbed to introduce JFC as playmaker and fiddled around again when Calderon had a run out. But the result was already in the bag when JFC slotted home very late in the day (90+). Lingard said, 'I'm more settled at Brighton now. For the run-in we need to keep the mentality we had against Leicester and Charlton.' Every home fan hoped the team could do just that as we leaped into a p-o slot. Ankergren, Bruno, Greer, Upson, Ward, March (Calderon), Andrews, Stephens, Lingard (Rodriguez), Ulloa, LuaLua (Forster-Caskey). Champ's P42 . W17 D13 L12 . F49 A37 . Pt64 Po6 . W = 40.4% L = 28.5% Season2 (H) 2/4/13 - 0-0. This was the situation in the top-ten before kickoff at the Amex on a Tuesday night after Easter weekend: Cardiff 78pt, Hull 71pt, Watford 67pt, Palace 65pt, Forest 62pt, Albion 60pt, Leicester 59pt, Derby 54pt, Bolton 54pt, Middlesbrough 54pt. You can see it could have been worse for Brighton fans and a win, on an unseasonal cold evening in early April, would cement our p-o credentials during the important run-in. Our cause had been helped when other fancied clubs suffered reversals over the holiday period, so it was up to BHA to bite the bullet at a vital moment. Gus Poyet didn't have too many fitness and injury probs in the squad to cause concern, except for a lack of numbers among front men - CMS & Hoskins had not been replaced by on loan strikers. He went for an attacking line up that included Vicente starting for once and two wingers in a 4123 formation. Bridcutt returned from sickness following his debut for Scotland and Kuszczak was back between posts after calamity by Ankergren in stoppage at Forest. * match report: The match obviously started on level terms and continued all evening with nil-nil being the final result. Yet you would not believe how we didn't net at least once, given Seagulls dominance throughout this one-sided match. Calderon and Buckley both missed chances to put the game out of travellers reach from headers and Ulloa punted wide on more than one occasion. LuaLua and Buckley were flying down flanks aided and abetted by Bridge and Calderon respectively. Kuszczak was largely a spectator but pulled off a couple of late saves when Athletic hit us on the break. He also tipped over a long range punt which appeared destined for the top corner. Gus resisted making any changes to personnel or shape and sat back to wait for the likely breakthrough. In a frantic finish Vicente grazed the bar, while Greer struck an upright. Crosses rained over from each flank but Ulloa was battling a couple of bigguns at the back in the air. A 28k crowd was willing the ball home in a cauldron of vocal encouragement but it was mostly evaporating into dark, cloudless, starlit, frosty night air. We'd all been entertained but later went off to bed feeling slightly frustrated over again failing to get lucky. Kuszczak, Calderon, Greer, Upson, Bridge, David, Bridcutt, Vicente, Buckley, Ulloa, LuaLua. Champ's P40 . W15 D16 L9 . F56 A40 . Pt61 Po6 . W = 37.5% L = 22.5% Season1 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Withdean era: Albion V Athletic 0-2, 1-1 . . . W = 0 D = 1 L = 1 memorable match: Season11 (H) - Falmer was under construction but on the pitch was destruction. see: Seasons 11-12 for clubs & stadium info.
Charlton - Away, Falmer Years: C'ship 12/13-15/16, Seasons 2-5 . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings . '22 EFL Cup Seasons 13 (A) onwards - not Premier League. Season12 (A) EFL Cup R4 Wed 21/12/22 - 4pen3 0-0 FT Albion drew the League One side at the Valley and on paper had a real chance to progress into q-fs of the ongoing annual evening competiton. This was the first proper game of any sort following that pregnant pause of elite football for completion of those Qatar World Cup '22 finals during November & December. Well over a month previously Seagulls had got past Arsenal at theirs in EFLC round three, while Addicks had beaten Stevenage away on penalties. Eight BHA first eleven squad players had come back from their 'winter' WC experience in Arabia. Mac Allister played for Argentina in the final. Sanchez, Trossard, Mitoma, Lampiey, Caicedo, Estupinan and Sarmiento were other participants at various stages. Previously the rest of Seagulls flock had flown off to a similar warm-weather camp in Dubai. So Roberto de Zerbi now had the choice to either field a second eleven, mix & match with rested first teamers or play U21s to try and make up for their EFL Trophy loss there (in stoppage time) at start of November. During early December Addicks sacked their manager after just a few short months in charge at unhappy Valley. According to sources the once elite south London outfit was in turmoil in the boardroom which in turn affected attitudes on the pitch * match report: oooooppppssss! Albion were knocked out in a penalty shootout 4-3 after failing to score in a drab goalless stalemate. Seagulls flapped at chances that came... and went... and came again... and went.... again and again. De Zerbi inserted pukka subs during a possession-based second half of one way traffic, although no player wearing turquoise away colours actually covered themselves in cup-tie glory for this nightmare during the week before Xmas. Too many very average performances made for a below par team display by visitors up the sharp end. Hosts defended resolutely and put a bit of lower league clog into it. But that by no means takes away from their well executed gameplan to stifle Prem talent with employing 9 men behind the ball. Albion were clueless in the final third and couldn't hit a proverbial barn door from 6 yards, let alone 12 or 18. It was there for taking but time and again our elite outfit failed to convert. Addicks keeper had a great game, as did their back three - yes, 18th in League One. Bigtime charlies from the southcoast looked like a pub team on a Sunday after a liquid lunch. And to think some of those guys had played in the world cup tournament earlier this month. You'd laugh just to hide embarrassment. 6k Brighton fans turned up on away terraces and suffered for 98 minutes then went home feeling like when Harry Kane skied that pen against France. At least England got to the quarter finals. For Albion it was yet another occasion when loyal fans were let down and all that hype of a cup run was just hot air blown away by grit & guts of grassroots football. The break for WC finals merely exposed our squad had been asleep at the wheel. Or more to the point, in front of goal. stats: ht 0-0, goals 0, poss 23%-77%, on 2-6, off 4-12, corners 3-10, fouls 12-8, yellows 1-0, subs 4-4, shape 352-4231 weather: mild . gate: 17,464, away 6314 . MoM: not selected. team: 23 Steele 2 Lamptey 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 13 Gross 7 March 27 Gilmour 14 Lallana 25 Caicedo 20 Enciso 21 Undav. subs: 22 Mitoma 45 20, 11 Trossard 62 14, Estupinan 63 27, 28 Ferguson 79 21 bench: 38 McGill (gk) 29 van Hecke 34 Veltman 19 Sarmiento 59 Moran injured: 4 Webster 18 Welbeck . squad: 1 Sanchez 43 Turns Seasons 7-12 (A) onwards - not Premier League. Athletic v Albion from 11/12 @ C: - 2-2 3-2 0-1 1-3 - . . W = 2 D = 1 L = 1 For Home Falmer Years results & reports scroll further up. memorable match: Season4 (A) - baptism of fire for Chris Hughton in the C'ship. Season6 - not C'ship. Season5 (A) Championship 23/4/16 - w 1-3 - Baldock, Skalak, Hemed. What a difference a year makes! Chris Hughton was already a legend at the Amex for turning things from negative to positive and some!! It was the best season by far for BHA since becoming part of the Championship and Seagulls were a kick in the volt away shirt from reaching an automatic promotion spot. The run-in had produced another unbeaten sequence and Albion continued to go well on the road, since suffering their worst defeat in Wales during mid February. In fact, merely two reversals on travels had helped put a confident squad in a position to now go get the points as visitors. * match report: Albion got off to a great start and took the three points to close on the top two. Baldock netted first from an acute angle but at the break Athletic were still in it (8min). And they equalized soon after turnaround to make it game on again (51min). But SKalak restored Seagulls lead once more with a smart shot (55min). So it appeared to be headed for yet another victory by the odd goal in three until BHA got a penalty in stoppage time - Hemed converted. Hughton put subs on late to keep pressure on the relegated home outfit, whose fans were protesting against the club's owners. Hughton said, 'we are all desperate to get promotion in whatever way that is. We've made the goal difference tighter and have scored them at the right time.' Brighton fans turned up in numbers and went home believing promotion was a distinct possibility if Seagulls could extend the winning run - against previous p-o nemesis Derby at the Amex and then top club Middlesbrough away on the last day. Stats; poss 58%-42%, on target 3-7, off target 9-5, corners 6-6, fouls 16-9 Stockdale, Bruno, Goldson, Dunk, Rosenior (Bong), Knockaert, Stephens, Kayal, Skalak (Murphy), Baldock (Sidwell), Hemed. Champ's P44 . W24 D15 L5 . F70 A40 . Pt87 Po3 . W = 54.5% L = 11.3% Season4 (A) 10/1/15 - W 0-1 ~ Ince. This fixture was Chris Hughton's first in the league as next BHA manager. Under fire Sami Hyypia resigned prior to Xmas with Albion in the bottom three. But asst mgr Nathan Jones successfully oversaw those two critical matches before New Year. Then a lucky victory in the FA Cup at Brentford got Hughton's tenure off to a very useful beginning. The side was now unbeaten in four games and three of those were on the road. The squad this term was radically different to a year ago, where merely Bruno & Calderon figured now, while Agustein was on fringes and Crofts long term injured. Greer & CMS were still around from 2012 but LuaLua was also crocked. Some on loan players signed under the Hyypia, Bloom & Burke regime had returned to parent clubs, including ex-Seagull Elliott Bennett. But Bloom 'released' Burke and so the club were now actively seeking new signings. On the day the away end was sold out and optimism pervaded there for a new dawn. * match report: After the game Chris Hughton said, 'the players have responded very well. The more clean sheets you can have, the more chances you have of winning.' From the start Albion were on the front foot and took the match to opposition. Stats showed Seagulls edging Addicks for possession and equalling shots on target or blocked. The one that counted was netted by Ince, rising at the far post to direct a f-k from March home (62min). Ten minutes later Hughton introduced O'Grady & Bruno to keep up pressure going forward as the home unit threw on attackers. At the death Halford appeared to make sure all points went south. Brighton fans would say that like the previous Cup tie in London, BHA had an element of good fortune when opponents squandered chances. But unlike fixtures of the Hyypia interlude, this squad appeared confident, driven, enthusiastic and skillful. Or perhaps that's kinda how it seemed due to a third away win on the bounce in all competitions! Maybe the tide had turned and in truth, Albion had only twice lost by more than one goal. Both those earlier defeats were on the road, where now Brighton was more of a force. Home form needed addressing next and could Hughton work his victory magic just as quickly at the Amex? Stockdale, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Bennett, Holla, Ince (Bruno), Forster-Caskey (Halford), March, Mackail-Smith (O'Grady), Baldock. Champ's P25 . W5 D11 L9 . F27 A32 . Pt26 Po19 . W = 20% L = 45% Season3 (A) 26/12/13 - L 3-2 ~ Ulloa 2. It was Boxing Day at the Valley this time around and the pitch was a bog, following a few days of heavy rain on and before Xmas. Albion were on a useful run of form and chasing that p-o pack, with a view to entering top-six positions by end of 2013. Results this season on the road had been very good and another three points was anticipated in London. However, Seagulls record during Yuletide festivities was not consistent and as we all know from years of pre-Amex trials and tribulations, anyone could beat anyone else on any day in the Championship. The squad was up for it, although if you compare to season2 below, there had been a few changes along the way - including a new Head Coach in Oscar Garcia and his assistant, ex-Albion stalwart Nathan Jones. * match report: Brighton bossed the first half hour and duly opened the scoring when Ulloa touched in after Barnes went close (22min). But BHA threw the game away by soft defending and lowly hosts netted three times against a supposed resolute defence. On each occasion poor defensive work was punished in and around the area (32, 58, 75 min) - the last from a direct f-k into the top corner. Garcia withdrew Bruno after 45min and then Andrews as we crashed to defeat (76min). Seagulls hit the post twice prior to a late strike in stoppage from our big front man. Jones said, 'we are disappointed not to win. We had control, got the first goal and enough chances but the most disappointing thing is we didn't go on from there.' Brighton fans who made the trip on a cold, clear but sunny lunchtime also wished they'd gone elsewhere. The Boxing Day hoodoo remained ongoing. Brezovan, Bruno (Calderon), El-Abd, Upson, Ward, Crofts, Bridcutt, Andrews (Agustien), Buckley, Ulloa, David (Barnes). Champ's P22. W8 D8 L6 . F27 A21 . Pt32 Po9 . W = 36.3% L = 27.2% Season2 (A) 8/12/12 - 2-2 ~ Mackail-Smith, LuaLua. The Championship fixture list was something of an enigma for travelling fans these days. For a kick-off there was a fixation by the FL to put Home & Away matches into consecutive pairs. Therefore Brighton fans went to Charlton on the Saturday following humiliating defeat at Palace. Although these particular trips were short, it meant there was gonna be a hellava lot of mileage accumulated during worst of the coming winter months. Anyway it was the price we paid for living in good old Sussex by the sea. Going into this game Gus Poyet had gotten El-Abd and Bridge fit again, which was handy because otherwise we'd no spare defenders - due to injury and suspension. Well over 3k travelled so increased the gate to 19k on a sunny but cold afternoon. *** match report: Against run of play, Athletic opened the scoring from a deep cross that sailed over everyone before going in at the far post (9min). Albion hit back after putting some good moves together when CMS profited from defensive error to notch an equaliser (28m). Following the interval, play continued to be exciting and the atmosphere was electric. Home fans were celebrating 20 years back at the Valley and thought they'd won this contest as time ran out. Albion were dominating but fell behind again to a soft goal (70m). Poyet had introduced LuaLua just beyond the hour and he snatched a point for BHA as Seagulls pressed hard to level. From a f-k his low shot deflected past oppositions wall and caught the keeper cold (75m). Brighton got several chances to win this open game but couldn't turn superior stats on the day into points. Gus Poyet said, 'a point is all right.' Well, perhaps he was left in a good mood, with such a short journey home ahead. Kuszczak, Bruno (Calderon), Greer, El-Abd, Bridge, Hammond, Bridcutt, Dobbie (Barnes), Buckley, Mackail-Smith, Hoskins (LuaLua). Champ's P21 . W8 D8 L5 . F29 A21 . Pt32 Po8 . W = 38.0% L = 23.8% Season1 - not C'ship. * * * * * Withdean Era: 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 - Seasons 11 09/10, 12 10/11 - League One. Withdean era: Athletic V Albion 1-2, 0-4 . . . W = 2 D = 0 L = 0 memorable match: Season11 (A) - an infrequent victory to date in a mediocre campaign thus far. Noughties last there - 16/10/10 (A) League One. B'fans enjoyed going to the Valley, especially when Albion won. see: Seasons 11-12 for clubs & stadium info.
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