brightonmark1234
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Worse than the 5-0?
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Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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F***ing hell, what a question. It's like asking which was worse, the day you lost your right leg in a tiger shark accident, or had the left one chopped off by machete-wielding lunatic.
The 5-0 was bad enough, and I wasn't actually there. So must be last night for me, as I witnessed the ten-minute horror flick first hand.
The 5-0 was bad enough, and I wasn't actually there. So must be last night for me, as I witnessed the ten-minute horror flick first hand.
People are voting last night because it's fresh in the mind, this is just the morning after. We were 1 up and the second half was a tense afair. When it was 1-1 after 80 minutes, that was a fair scoreline at that time, it's nothing to be embarrassed about. After that, they had the momentum and played better than us - whoopy do. Although that was the most important game of the season for me, I can cope with it no problem. I'm still delighted to be playing championship footy in a fantastic stadium, and one result doesn't change that.
Can someone go round and check this guy out? He might be suicidal.
Your team ain't THAT bad. Just probably a bit oveawed on the night.
Behind Enemy Lines
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Last night was very, very disappointing but not in the same league as the 5 nil. That was one of the all time days of doom as a Brighton fan. Plus the context is completely different now ( no ground, no money then etc etc) and our outlook, despite last night, is much, much brighter. Absolutely no contest.
janee
Fur half
5-0 for me! It was my birthday and was grief stricken after a death in the family. Last night was bad but not the same at all.
No brainer,last night palace put there name into our club history as the 1st club to beat us in a league game at the Amex.It sounds like Gus and Calderon have been throwing hanbags at each other, Gus throws a hissy fit drops Calderon,then hey ho shit defence ,3-1 to palace.They obviously thought there pride came before the Rivalry between us and palace
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
last night was possibly the worst Albion experience of my life, waiting for the bus this morning I thought I was going to burst into tears*, I got pissed last night, made an arsehole of me self in the ground (luckily, it wasn't me usual seat, so i'll just be labelled 'an over dramatic plastic') If i'd seen Gus or any of the players last night I would have given them my season ticket and told them to "shove it up their arse", luckily I didn't, but this hurt me, it hurt me a lot and i'm a 44 year old grown man FFS! Thanks for listening.
*just for the record the last time I cried at the match, I was twelve and we had just beaten Newcastle and secured promotion to the top flight (although when we won the FA Cup semi final I was a bit older then so I had to claim the old "something in my eye" line!)
*just for the record the last time I cried at the match, I was twelve and we had just beaten Newcastle and secured promotion to the top flight (although when we won the FA Cup semi final I was a bit older then so I had to claim the old "something in my eye" line!)
That is a very good point. When future generations look back the 5-0 WILL be seen as just 'one of those things' given the circumstances of the club at the time. Some hoary old grandads might say how bad it was to be there that day, but the younger ones I think will be more concerned with the fact that Palace were the first team EVER to win a league game at the Amex - and boy have they gone on about it ever since.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
The 5-0, I was there, it was far worse...
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
They can go on about being the third team to beat the Albion at the Amex for as long as they like as far as I'm concerned. I'm only pissed off that they beat us at all!
You think it was a nightmare because of the football. I had been to the funeral of a close friend THAT morning. So losing 1-0 or 5-0 was pretty immaterial
but only the SIXTH club to win there......
1 - BHA reserves
2 - Tottenham H
3 - BHA
4 - Liverpool
5 - Leeds
6 - Palace
Shooting Star
Well-known member
I was only 10 when the 5-0 defeat happened, and whilst I was a season ticket holder then at Withdean, I don't actually remember it.
But last night surely has to be worse. The expectation for us to win was enormous. We've finally turned the corner as a club. New stadium, finally have some money, fantastic manager and challenging at the top of the Championship playing beautiful football. We needed to prove this against Palace. Last night was the antithesis of that. The manner in which we lost was frankly disgraceful. I am incredibly, incredibly disappointed. We will surely beat Palace many times in the future at the Amex, but we will never get the opportunity to beat them 'for the first time' at our home turf.
But last night surely has to be worse. The expectation for us to win was enormous. We've finally turned the corner as a club. New stadium, finally have some money, fantastic manager and challenging at the top of the Championship playing beautiful football. We needed to prove this against Palace. Last night was the antithesis of that. The manner in which we lost was frankly disgraceful. I am incredibly, incredibly disappointed. We will surely beat Palace many times in the future at the Amex, but we will never get the opportunity to beat them 'for the first time' at our home turf.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Last nite. As people have said realistically we were expected to lose in 02 and we had ten men. The fact that those ***** (bar noone) and i use that word with precision - ***** wearing the stripes yesterday is completely and utterly unforgivable.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Leeds didn't win.
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
he left at half time
drew
Drew
Last night was the worst by a long way because of the expectation. Having said that, I left selhurst when the 5th goal went in and I left last night when the 3rd goal went in so I saw more of last night's match!!!!!
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Certainly the same. As you say in 2002 we KNEW we weren't very good, simply getting into the Championship had been an achievement given the fact we were playing at Withdean and were also fighting the planning battle. The best we were hoping for was that we'd be competitive and maybe we could sneak a win against the run of play. Ok, in fact we got battered but the defeat itself wasn't a total surprise.
Long before last night there'd been talk of a seismic change in the Brighton/Palace relationship, how we were going to be the big team, how our crowds and our stadium were going to eclipse theirs. Last night was simply meant to be the rubber-stamping of this change and we were going to win easily. Instead it confirmed that they're still the top dogs (as they have been for the last 30 years) and the revolution has been postponed.
Football, gotta love it haven't you?
Agreed. I think there has been a seismic change in the relationship, and I felt no result would change that. However I didn't see that spineless perfromance coming. Sometimes it is best just to laugh.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Last night was worse but on a positive note around 50% of our supporters would not know the significance of the loss