Video highlights - Reading v Brighton - 4 April 2003 (20 mins)

[Goldstone Rapper]

At first glance, it seemed Brighton had little chance of defeating promotion-chasing Reading...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3i8RfVEOf0

Enjoy!

 

[Pinkie Brown]

I remember that night well - I was...erm, off 'sick' from work & stayed well up the back of the stand so as not to get clocked on camera.

Also, this is the game where Kitson flounced at the end, refusing to acknowledge the Brighton Fans.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Does the ref change halfway through that match?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Does the ref change halfway through that match?

Yep.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Does the ref change halfway through that match?

Yes. At half-time. Clive Penton took over from Mike Cowburn.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Yes. At half-time.

Probably just as well as he may have decided to even the game up after his shocking call on the peno just before half time.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Does the ref change halfway through that match?

Forgot about that. Reading Fans were whining for an age afterwards because the forth official was from.....Brighton!

Also the game where BZ nearly took the head off a ball boy when throwing a ball off the pitch.

 

[El Turi]

Great video. All you can hear throughout is our fans as our away support was immense back then.

 

[El Turi]

Forgot about that. Reading Fans were whining for an age afterwards because the forth official was from.....Brighton!

Also the game where BZ nearly took the head off a ball boy when throwing a ball off the pitch.

I remember driving back and the bitter Reading radio reporters calling us Zamora and Hove Albion. They also claimed that the ballboy's favourite player was Zamora until that incident.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Great video. All you can hear throughout is our fans as our away support was immense back then.

Here's a bit more of the Albion supporters at the end...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y02po1fubmE

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I wish the two commentators in that video were still Sky's main choices for football league games.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

That free kick was amazing by Zamora and Brooker. Really enjoyed that season. Coppell had us playing some excellent football. Just a shame our start to the season was so poor and Zamora go injured for 3 months. Still was great to take it to the last game at Grimsby needing a miracle to stay up. Least I got to see Zamora's last goal for the Albion up there.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I was at that game, and it gave us hope that we were going to stay up. Kitson had been taking the mickey all season with his injuries and made Vicente look positively fit . It was good to watch it again, knowing what we know now especially Nicky Forster going on to play for us 5 years later.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

That was a good night. The first goal was superb. Didn't Bobby do the same recently for QPR ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

That was a good night. The first goal was superb. Didn't Bobby do the same recently for QPR ?

Tried to look it up. Couldn't find anything. Anyone?

 

[Sheebo]

Coppell Sidwell Ingarmarson Brooker all involved in that game (3 on our side) - that's where Readin did their scouting. No, i've still not forgiven them.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

A great awayday, fantasic crowd for a Friday night with the game live on Sky.

I really enjoyed being there.

 

[big nuts]

Such a shame we went down with that team and manager. We were playing some seriously good football after new year that season and it was only the ten consecutive defeats under Hinshelwood that took us down.

Would be an interest contest between this side and the current side.

The Best Brighton XI in the past twenty years