[Albion] Is tonight the 3rd biggest game in our clubs history after Hereford and the FA Cup Final?..

[oldboyroy]

Hereford was the most important game in our history.
Tonight is probably the biggest game and stage that we have been on.

Yes, couldn't agree more. Spot on with this.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Not sure the Wigan game was bigger. Brighton had been in the top flight before, albeit with a different name. But tonight is proper unchartered territory. In fact *some* people might say it could define the season...

I would say:
Hereford (most important and 'big' in a different way)
Cup final(s)
Tonight

 

[nicko31]

Unchartered territory, the game gets bigger again next week if we are still in it after tonight.

Still have to pinch myself, Ajax, Marseille, Roma WTF is happening to us?

 

[Pavilionaire]

No, but it's the biggest game overseas in our club history, a record held by the Battle of Longford Town for 22 years until this season.

 

[Baldrick]

The 1910 FA Charity shield was a big game where the champions of the northern Football League played the champions of the Southern League League (for teams south of Birmingham)

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Unchartered territory, the game gets bigger again next week if we are still in it after tonight.

Still have to pinch myself, Ajax, Marseille, Roma WTF is happening to us?

And bigger again for the quarter final, if we manage to get through to tie

 

[Bry Nylon]

Tonight is probably the biggest game and stage that we have been on.

Really?

Back in 1983 the FA Cup Final was a fixture that virtually stopped the entire nation plus drew global audiences of millions.

Yes, tonight is huge for us - but I don't see how a (first leg) Round of 16 game in the Europa league even remotely compares with an FA Cup Final at Wembley vs Manchester United. Still, all about opinions I suppose.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

And bigger again for the quarter final, if we manage to get through to tie

I was going to say, you can't know, as the other two games are in the past and the results known. When we get to the Final in Dublin, these ties will count as mere stepping stones

 

[Bodian]

Surprised to see people claiming this is bigger than the FA Cup Final. Perhaps due to current perceptions of that competition. If you judge it by the standards of the time, it's like saying that reaching the last 16 of the UEFA Cup in 1983 would have been bigger than reaching the FA Cup Final. Not even close.

It's a very big match, but the Cup Final would have been watched by billions all over the world. A bigger stage, a bigger opponent in terms of worldwide reputation and a bigger prize.

And anyone our age, whether Brighton / Man Utd fans, still mention and recall it. No-one except those involved will remember who was in the UEFA Cup Final that year.

 

[Insel affe]

No, Next Thursday will be.

 

[portlock seagull]

No, Next Thursday will be.

That’s not history. See definition of the word history.

 

[Insel affe]

That’s not history. See definition of the word history.

Neither is tonight history.

That’s not history. See definition of the word history.

Neither is tonight history, but my previous comment is now history, but tonight is still not history therefore making my original comment relevant surely

 

[jcdenton08]

Next Thursday won’t matter a jot if we are crushed 4 or 5-0 tonight. Let’s worry about that later

 

[nwgull]

Not sure the Wigan game was bigger. Brighton had been in the top flight before, albeit with a different name. But tonight is proper unchartered territory. In fact *some* people might say it could define the season...

I would say:
Hereford (most important and 'big' in a different way)
Cup final(s)
Tonight

I agree, but more because even if we'd lost the Wigan game we still only needed one win in our next 3 games or for Hudds to have not got 13 points from their 5 remaining games - the fat lady was already singing as far as top 2 was concerned. That diminishes the bigness of it a bit, great occasion as it was.

 

[portlock seagull]

Neither is tonight history.

Neither is tonight history, but my previous comment is now history, but tonight is still not history therefore making my original comment relevant surely

You are both wrong in other words!

 

[Jim in the West]

I think to qualify as BIG a match needs to either have some serious downside if lost, or amazing upside if won.
On those criteria, Hereford was clearly the biggest (existential downside), and 83 Cup Final second biggest (upside clearly huge).
In the case of the Wigan game, although historic, if we'd lost there were still three matches after it - and in fact even though we only got one point from those three matches, we were still easily promoted.
Personally, whilst today's game is huge, I think both matches v Marseille were bigger - the first one because we announced our place in Europe, and the second because qualifying as group winners was amazing. I also think there's a good case to argue that the match v Stockport in 09/10 was bigger (as highlighted by Paris).

 

[Coldeanseagull]

It's probably the biggest this season so far

 

[HangletonGull]

All 3 games are different context

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Probably the 91 playoff final should be in there, that was to get into the premier league. Took us another 26 years to achieve that.

Certainly one of the most glamorous games in our history tonight.

 

[GT49er]

No.


We could lose this and still be a League club next season.