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[Albion] Brighton and Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace ****official Match Thread****







Bring back Bryan wade!!

I wanna caravan for me ma
Jun 28, 2010
4,403
Hassocks
Yes Rowley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Que sera sera.................. :)
 


chucky1973

New member
Nov 3, 2010
8,829
Crawley
No captial O in the Official on the title.......................feel thats a negative vibe.
 




Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick
Play off results at Brighton
None

Head-to-head
• Both teams enter this second leg all-square, having played out a goalless draw in the first leg at Selhurst Park on Friday night.
• Only one win separates these clubs after 97 meetings over 93 years; Brighton have won 37, Crystal Palace 36 with 24 drawn.
• Brighton won this season's equivalent league fixture 3-0 in March, with a double from Leonardo Ulloa either side of half-time, in addition to a fabulous strike from David Lopez.
• The Eagles are looking for a first goal in three matches against their arch rivals.
• The winners will play Watford at Wembley on Monday, 27 May for a place in the Premier League.
Brighton
• Brighton go into this clash on a 10-match unbeaten run, after winning five and drawing five since defeat at Barnsley on 12 March.
• They are looking for a third successive victory on home soil, and have not lost in nine games in front of their home supporters subsequent to Arsenal's visit in the FA Cup on 26 January (W6, D3).
• Fourth place in the Championship table was their highest finish since relegation from the top-flight in 1983.
• The club finishing two places below the automatic promotion spots has been the least successful in the play-offs, winning promotion to the top division on only three occasions, the last being Charlton in 1998.
• Brighton were the draw specialists of the second tier (18 of 46), and boasted the meanest defence, shipping just 43 goals.
• This is Brighton's third adventure in the play-offs; they failed to go up to the top-flight through them in 1991, and were promoted to the second tier in 2004 via this route.
• This is the first play-off campaign of Gus Poyet's managerial career.
• Brighton are hoping to book a first ever visit to the new Wembley.
Crystal Palace
• Friday's first leg was Crystal Palace's fourth draw in an unbeaten last five, but they've only won one of their last 11 in all competitions.
• They have never gone into the second leg of a play-off semi-final all square.
• The Eagles have not won away from home since a 1-0 victory over Derby at Pride Park on 1 March, and have only scored one game in their five subsequent matches on the road (D2 L3).
• At fifth, Palace finished in their highest position in five seasons, immediately below Brighton with three fewer points, an equal number of victories (19) and four more goals.
• This is Palace's seventh play-off campaign; all in the second tier. Only Ipswich have been involved in an equal number at this level.
• Palace have been promoted to the top-flight via the play-offs on three occasions in 1989, 1997 and 2004.
• This is the fifth play-off campaign of Ian Holloway's managerial career. He famously took Blackpool up to the Premier League through them in May 2010, but failed to get Bristol Rovers past the semi-finals in 1998, and lost in the final with QPR at the Millennium Stadium in 2003 and with Blackpool at the new Wembley in 2012.
• The Eagles are also trying to qualify for a first ever trip to the new Wembley.
 




smeariestbat

New member
May 5, 2012
1,731
everest stats not on page 1 :nono:

edit: i have now changed view to 40 posts a page, thanks for info :thumbsup:
 
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KZNSeagull

Well-known member
Nov 26, 2007
21,094
Wolsingham, County Durham
Nice one Rowley.

Quietly confident about tonight. Play like we have been recently and we will win. What would be really good is if we blast them away in the first half hour and then we can enjoy the rest of the game, but we are Brighton, so penalties it is then!
 








Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,952
Surrey
Where's the capital in And? :eek: were loose

No captial O in the Official on the title.......................feel thats a negative vibe.

Well I'm confident. When we battered Palace 3-0, I swear even KLL (who was on fire) may have misplaced a pass or two. Similarly, Rowley has done the basics well here. Sure, not perfect but SOLID.

2-0 to us. :ascarf:
 








glasfryn

cleaning up cat sick
Nov 29, 2005
20,261
somewhere in Eastbourne
feeling very calm at the moment but come this afternoon will be bricking it
WE WILL WIN
2-0
I feel it in my water
 


Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick




Dec 16, 2010
3,613
Over there
00:40 :eek: you left it late there Rowley, any schmuck could have snuck in and cursed this whole show

Ha ha, sorry about that D.F.P, the kids were calling out last night as I was putting it together, so was later than usual. Anyway not many other nutters up that time on a Sunday night, so it was pretty safe for me to do it.
Just as a side note, as I was cycling to work this morning a coach sped past me this a.m with "I go to Wembley, interested?" written on the back.
An omen?
 


spring hall convert

Well-known member
Nov 3, 2009
9,608
Brighton
So Wurzel's not a playoff specialist then ....

• This is the fifth play-off campaign of Ian Holloway's managerial career. He famously took Blackpool up to the Premier League through them in May 2010, but failed to get Bristol Rovers past the semi-finals in 1998, and lost in the final with QPR at the Millennium Stadium in 2003 and with Blackpool at the new Wembley in 2012.
 


Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,009
East Wales
Leaving Crickhowell shortly....very, very excited.

:albion2:
 






SULLY COULDNT SHOOT

Loyal2Family+Albion!
Sep 28, 2004
11,344
Izmir, Southern Turkey
So much going on here today that Ive had no time to worry. In fact worrying more after yesterday that my stream might let me down. Lost most of the first half yesterday but hopefully will be on SS1 not SS2 tonight.

We should win, we are ready win we just have to go out there and do it!! Please let it be over by half-time so we can relax.
 




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