Brighton and Hove Albion - Take Two!
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December 2014
Club News
Simon Rusk has signed a new contract with us so that is great news!
Kazenga LuaLua has signed a new 4 year contract which will run out in 2018
"I am delighted that Kaz has signed a new deal, he will be a big part of my team over the new few years."
Derby County 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Amelia - McLaughlin, Onyewu, Dunk, Chicksen - Holla (Crofts - 66 Minutes), Forster-Caskey - March (Ninis 66 Minutes), Suso (Merida - 66 Minutes), LuaLua - Colunga
Subs Not Used: Greer, Calderon, Baldock, O'Grady
Goalscorers: Adrian Colunga - 9 + 66 Minutes
Man of the Match: Adrian Colunga
Manager Comments: A top of the table clash was the main focus on this match and i was delighted we came away with the win!
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 Millwall
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; Holla - Toko (Mackail-Smith - Half Time); Ninis - Merida (Coquelin - 65 Minutes) - Suso; Baldock (Adriano - 65 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Bruno - LuaLua - McCourt
Goalscorers: Sam Baldock - 41 Minutes, Suso - 81 Minutes, Craig Mackail-Smith - 85
Man of the Match: Suso
Manager Comments: Even though we went in 1-0 at half time I decided to change from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 and I was delighted that it paid off in the second half! A great victory here for us.
Quarter Final
Aston Villa 3-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno - Hughes - Dunk - Chicksen; Crofts (Toko - 59 Minutes) - Stephens (Forster-Caskey - 59 Minnutes) - March - McCourt (LuaLua - 59 Minutes); O'Grady - Colunga
Subs Not Used: Onyewu - Calderon - Mackail-Smith - Baldock
Goalscorers: Chris O'Grady - 73 Minutes, Adrian Colunga - 90 Minutes
Man of the Match:
Manager Comments: Well we are now out of the Capital One Cup but I feel we put up a great fight against Aston Villa and I am very proud of getting to the Quarter Final stage and wish Aston Villa well for the rest of the tournament!
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Bennett; Coquelin - Holla (Ninis - 75 Minutes) - Grealish - Suso; Baldock - Adriano (Colunga - 58 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Stockdale - Calderon - Onyewu - March - Mackail Smith
Goalscorers: Lewis Dunk - 83 Minutes
Man of the Match: Lewis Dunk
Manager Comments: We was very lucky here today, Wolverhampton Wanderers were by far the better team but we managed to come away with the win!
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-1 Reading
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; Calderon - Hughes - Dunk - Chicksen; Holla - Crofts (Forster Caskey - 60 Minutes) - Ninis - March (LuaLua - 60 Minutes); O'Grady - Colunga (Mackail-Smith - 60 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Onyewu, Bennett, Suso, Baldock
Goalscorers: Sotiris Ninis - 1 Minute, Solly March - 55 Minutes, Adrian Colunga - 57 Minutes, Chris O'Grady - 76 Minutes, Lewis Dunk - 86 Minutes
Man of the Match: Sotiris Ninis
Manager Comments: This has been our best match of the season! dominate from start to finish and also delighted that I had 5 different goalscorers in the match! only downfall was not keeping the clean sheet but overall I am delighted
Fulham 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; Bruno - Greer - Onyewu - Bennett; Coquelin (Toko - 63 Minutes) - Merida, Suso - Grealish (McCourt - 63 Minutes; O'Grady (Mackail-Smith - 63 Minutes) - Baldock
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Chicksen - Ninis - Colunga
Goalscorers: Sam Baldock Penalty - 44 Minutes, 45+4 Minutes, 87 Minutes
Man of the Match: Sam Baldock
Manager Comments: Even though we got the late victory, I still don't think it was good that that threw away a 2-0 lead at one stage but on the flip side i was delighted with Baldock's hatrick today! great way to end the year for us!
Team Competitions
Sky Bet Championship: 1st
Capital One Cup: Knocked Out in Quater Final by Aston Villa
FA Cup: 3rd Round vs Watford
Player Stats
Top Goalscorer: Sam Baldock - 11
Most Assists: Kazenga LuaLua - 6
Most Man of the Matches: Adrian Colunga - 3
Yellow Cards: Nzuzi Toko - 3
Red Cards: Joe Bennett - 2
Top Rating: Lewis Dunk - 7.25
Overall on the season so far
Transfers
I have been very happy with most of my signings this season, took a while for some to settle but the now the team looks like it is on the same page which is great as the entertaining football is played!
SkyBet Championship
To have a 7 point gap at this stage of the season is great as hopefully I can keep that distance or go even further in the second half of the season!
Capital One Cup
I was delighted to get to the Quarter Finals and we held our own against Aston Villa so I can not complain too much about going out as it gave us more time to focus on the league
How The Players Have Performed So Far
My Player of the Season So Far
Lewis Dunk
He has had a great start to the season and has been solid at the back for us, will be future captain of this team for sure and will look to keep hold of him as if he keeps this up i may end up facing bids from other teams
January 2015
3rd Round
Watford 2-5 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4--2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Bennett; Coquelin - Holla - Grealish - Suso; Baldock - Colunga
Subs Not Used: Stockdale - Bruno - Hughes - Merida - Ninis - Forster-Caskey - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Francis Coquelin - 6 Minutes, Adrian Colunga - 20 Minutes, Suso - 32 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 63 Minutes, Jack Grealish - 88 Minutes
Man of the Match: Jack Grealish
Manager Comments: An amazing way to kick off 2015! a great peformance and now we booked our place in the next round!
Charlton Athletic 2-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin (Calderon - 72 Minutes) - Hughes - Dunk - Chicksen; Holla - Coquelin (Crofts - 72 Minutes) - Grealish - Suso; Baldock - Adriano
Subs Not Used: Stockdale - Onyewu - Merida - Ninis - Colunga
Goalscorers: Adriano - 13 + 52 Minutes, Suso - 42 Minutes
Man of the Match: Adriano
Manager Comments: We went 3-0 up and almost threw it away! but we held on and was also delighted to see Adriano score his first goals for the club
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Brentford
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; Calderon - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; Crofts - Forster-Caskey (Holla - 60 Minutes) - Grealish (Ninis - 60 Minutes) - Suso; O'Grady - Colunga (Mackail-Smith - 60 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Bruno - Onyewu - McCourt - Baldock
Goalscorers: Suso - 36 Minutes, Chris O'Grady - 42 Minutes
Man of the Match: Chris O'Grady
Manager Comments: Another win here again today! A solid month so far and lets hope that continues!
Transfer News!
Francis Couqelin and Taye Taiwo have returned to their clubs after being on loan at Brighton:
Sam Peters: With Coquelin, he had his short loan spell here and done a good job but I decided not to renew the loan deal and Taiwo's was ended early as i was not impressed with him and found himself 3rd choice Left Back so better for him to find somewhere else.
4th Round
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-3 Doncaster Rovers
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno - Onyewu - Hughes - Bennett; Crofts - Stephens (Ince - 60 Minutes) - Ninis - McCourt (Grealish - 60 Minutes); Mackail-Smith - Colunga (O'Grady - 60 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Chicksen - Greer - Forster-Caskey - Baldock
Goalscorers: Adrian Colunga Penalty - 11 Minutes, Chris O'Grady - 82 Minutes, Aaron Hughes - 86 Minutes
Man of the Match:
Manager Comments: So we now also have to deal with a replay which is quite lucky for us in the end as we was 3-1 down! It is a game we really should have won
Brighton and Hove Albion 4-2 Ipswich Town
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Bruno (Bennett - Half Time) - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; McLaughlin - Holla - Grealish; Ninis (Forster-Caskey - Half Time) - Merida; Baldock (O'Grady - 62 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Crofts - Suso - Colunga
Goalscorers: Cole Skuse (Own Goal) - 3 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 14 Minutes, Danny Holla (Penalty) - 67 Minutes, Jake Forster-Caskey - 72 Minutes
Man of the Match: Danny Holla
Manager Comments: A great win here today! I changed formation and it worked!
Blackpool 4-6 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Walton; McLaughlin - Hughes - Dunk - Bennett; Grealish (Bruno - Half Time) - Crofts - McCourt; Suso (Livaja - 62 Minutes) - Merida; Colunga (Mackail-Smith - 62 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Onyewu - Holla - Ninis - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Fran Merida - 23 + 41 + 58 (Penalty) + 62 Minutes, Lewis Dunk - 31 Minutes, Mirko Livaja - 64 Minutes
Man of the Match: Fran Merida
Manager Comments: Delighted with the win but was very unhappy to concede 4 goals, more so because we went 6-1 up! but i was delighted with Merida's performance today with 4 of the goals which has trebled his goal tally for the season to 6 and also getting an assist today as well! and also a special mention for Livaja who scored his first goal for us today, 2 minutes after coming onto the pitch!
Team Competitions
SkyBet Championship: 1st
Capital One Cup: Knocked Out by Aston Villa
FA Cup: 4th Round Replay vs Doncaster Rovers
Player Stats
Top Goalscorer: Sam Baldock - 13
Most Assists: Danny Holla + Jack Grealish - 9
Most Man Of The Matches: Adrian Colunga + Fran Merida - 3
Yellow Cards: Inigo Calderon + Nzuzi Toko + Adam Chicksen -3
Red Cards: Joe Bennett - 2
Top Rating: Lewis Dunk - 7.23
My Player of the Month
Jack Grealish
He has had a fantastic month here and contributed with goals and assists! a special mention for Merida as well after the performance in the last couple of games
Transfers
I only made one addition to the side and that was Demy de Zeeuw as I felt we needed another experienced midfielder after letting Stephens go as he was struggling to get First Team football, now we can push on for the rest of the season!
February 2015
4th Round Replay
Doncaster Rovers 2-4 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno - Greer - Onyewu - Chicksen; McLaughlin (Guidiala - 61 Minutes) - Forster-Caskey - McCourt; Ninis - Merida (Suso - 61 Minutes); O'Grady (Adriano - 61 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Calderon - Hughes - Holla - Mackail-Smith
Goalscorers: Benjamin Siegrist (Own Goal) - 5 + 19 Minutes, Sotiris Ninis - 28 Minutes, Fran Merida - 56 Minutes
Man of the Match: Sotiris Ninis
Manager Comments: We have made it into the next round finally! it was a great opening 30 Minutes with two own goals by the keeper!
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Nottingham Forest
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Hughes - Dunk - Bennett; Holla (Forster-Caskey - 61 Minutes) - Ince (de Zeeuw - Half Time); Colunga - Suso - Grealish; Baldock (Mackail-Smith - 61 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Bruno - Greer - McCourt - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Suso - 47 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 54 Minutes
Man of the Match: Suso
Manager Comments: A good win here today which keeps our run going at the top!
Cardiff City 4-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; Toko (Holla - 60 Minutes) - Crofts - Suso (Grealish - 60 Minutes) - LuaLua; Mackail-Smith (Baldock - 60 Minutes) - O'Grady
Subs Not Used: Bruno - Onyewu - Merida - Colunga
Goalscorers: Chris O'Grady - 13 + 23 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 69 Minutes
Man of the Match: Federico Macheda
Manager Comments: This was a very close game today and we ended up on the losing side but it was not a bad game played by us
5th Round
Hull City 2-4 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Onyewu - Dunk - Bennett; Grealish - Forster-Caskey - McCourt (LuaLua - 63 Minutes); Suso (Holla - 63 Minutes) - Merida (Colunga - 63 Minutes); Baldock
Subs Not Used: Bruno - Hughes - Crofts - Mackail-Smith
Goalscorers: Fran Merida - 17 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 30 + 52 Minutes, Danny Holla (Penalty) - 90+1 Minutes
Man of the Match: Sam Baldock
Manager Comments: What an amazing victory here today for us and now we have booked our place into the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup where we face the team who we lost to in the Final back in 1983.....Manchester United, Hopefully we will not have a repeat of last time....."Smith Must Score"
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno - Greer - Hughes - Bennett; de Zeeuw (Holla - 61 Minutes) - Crofts - Ninis - Suso (Merida - 61 Minutes); O'Grady - Mackail-Smith (Colunga - 61 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Chicksen - Dunk - McCourt - Baldock
Goalscorers: Sotiris Ninis - 5 + 14 + 81 (Penalty) Minutes
Man of the Match: Sotiris Ninis
Manager Comments: Even though Sheffield Wednesday had more shots than we did today, we were more composed and it was great to see Ninis pick up a hatrick today!
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 Birmingham City
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; Toko (Holla - Half Time) - Forster-Caskey - Grealish - Suso (LuaLua - 61 Minutes); O'Grady - Baldock (Mackail-Smith - 61 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Onyewu - Calderon - Ninis - Colunga
Goalscorers: Chris O'Grady - 32 Minutes, Craig Mackail-Smith - 62 Minutes
Man of the Match: Adam Chicksen
Manager Comments: A great performance here today for us, whole team worked well and sent the fans home happy and was delighted with Mackail-Smith's impact after coming off the bench to score straight away!
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Leeds United
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Hughes - Onyewu - Bennett; March - Crofts (Ince - 61 Minutes) - LuaLua (McCourt - Half Time); Ninis - Merida; Colunga (Mackail-Smith - Half Time)
Subs Not Used: Bruno - Greer - Suso - Baldock
Goalscorers: Sotiris Ninis - 80 Minutes
Man of the Match: Casper Sloth
Manager Comments: This match disappointed me as we had lots of shots but just could not put them away and we also had to come from behind to draw
Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno (Calderon - Half Time) - Greer - Dunk - Chicksen; de Zeeuw - Holla; Grealish - Teixiera (Forster-Caskey - 60 Minutes) - Suso; Baldock (O'Grady - 60 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Crofts - Ninis - Colunga
Goalscorers: Jake Forster-Caskey - 90+2 Minutes
Man of the Match: Jake Forster-Caskey
Manager Comments: We left it till late but we picked up the win to end the month on a high!
Team Competitions
SkyBet Championship: 1st
Capital One Cup: Knocked Out in Quarter Final by Aston Villa
FA Cup: Quarter Final vs Manchester United
Player Stats
Top Goalscorer: Sam Baldock - 17
Most Assists: Danny Holla + Jack Grealish - 9
Most Man of the Matches: Adrian Colunga + Sotiris Ninis + Fran Merida + Suso - 3
Yellow Cards: Inigo Calderon - 5
Red Cards: Joe Bennett - 2
Top Rating: Lewis Dunk - 7.23
My Player of the Month
Sotiris Ninis
He has had a great month here including an amazing 5 goals!
So going into the last 3 months of the season I was at home and I had a phone call
Dad: Hi Sam
Sam Peters: Hi Dad, How are you?
Dad: I am ok Sam, yourself? it was just a quick call to see I am delighted with what you have done with Brighton, we are on course to finally call ourselves a Premiership team.
Sam Peters: Yes I am fine thank you and Yes so am I, It is amazing and I can not wait for it to be confirmed.
- End of Phone Call-
why would Livaja be released by Rubin before a balls even been kicked?! Very, very fishy... you sure you haven't just used FM editor to release him from Rubin...
On this game he was on the Free Transfer list just like players like Tomasz Kuszczak who has gone to Wolves irl but is available on a free transfer, i wouldn't use the editor just due to the fact I wouldn't know where to start, I am happy enough with giving me what the game already gives
March 2015
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 Derby County
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Onyewu - Hughes - Bennett; Crofts (Merida - 61 Minutes) - Toko - McCourt (Ninis - Half Time) - LuaLua; Mackail-Smith (Baldock - 61 Minutes) - Colunga
Subs Not Used: Greer - Calderon - Forster-Caskey - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Craig Mackail-Smith - 12 Minutes, Nzuzi Toko - 42 Minutes
Man of the Match: Nzuzi Toko
Manager Comments: I rested a few players today for the big game against Manchester United and it paid off with a good win to start the month!
Quarter Final
Manchester United 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Bennett; Holla - Crofts - Grealish - Suso; Mackail-Smith - Baldock
Subs Not Used: Stockdale - Onyewu - Calderon - Toko - March - O'Grady - Colunga
Goalscorers: Craig Mackail-Smith - 3 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 11 Minutes
Man of the Match: Andrew Crofts
Manager Comments: WOW! what a great win here today! I am delighted that we managed to knock Manchester United out of the cup and now we move onto the Semi Finals!
Brighton and Hove Albion 4-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Hughes - Dunk - Chicksen; Toko - Forster-Caskey (de Zeeuw - Half Time) - Suso (McCourt - 63 Minutes) - LuaLua; O'Grady - Baldock (Colunga - 63 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: McLaughlin - Onyewu - Ninis - Mackail-Smith
Goalscorers: Chris O'Grady - 16 Minutes, Kazenga LuaLua - 27 + 90 Minutes, Lewis Dunk - 45 Minutes
Man of the Match: Kazenga LuaLua
Manager Comments: A great victory here today over a tough Wolves side and to go in 3-0 up at Half Time was great
Millwall 1-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; McLaughlin - Greer - Onyewu - Bennett; Holla - Ince (Teixiera - 67 Minutes) - Ninis - Grealish (McCourt - 67 Minutes); Mackail-Smith - Colunga (Baldock - 67 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Chicksen - Crofts - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Jack Grealish - 62 Minutes, Joao Teixiera - 78 Minutes, Sam Baldock - 87 Minutes
Man of the Match: Joao Teixiera
Manager Comments: I was delighted with my team today especially as we did go 1-0 down, Teixiera made a great impact from the bench with scoring and assisting Baldock's goal to seal the win
Blackburn Rovers 4-5 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Onyewu - Dunk - Chicksen; Grealish - Toko - LuaLua (McCourt - 61 Minutes); Suso - Merida (March - 61 Minutes); Baldock (Mackail-Smith - 61 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Bruno - Holla - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Jack Grealish - 29 Minutes, Nzuzi Toko - 42 Minutes, Craig Mackail-Smith - 62 Minutes, Solly March - 65 Minutes, Suso - 80 Minutes
Man of the Match: Jordan Rhodes
Manager Comments: Wow! what an entertaining match today, was end to end stuff all game and it was great for the fans watching today and I was delighted to come away with the win today
Reading 1-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Bruno - Hughes - Dunk - Bennett; Crofts - Forster-Caskey (Holla - 61 Minutes); Ninis - Teixiera (Merida - 61 Minutes) - LuaLua (McCourt - 61 Minutes); O'Grady
Subs Not Used: Greer - Chicksen - de Zeeuw - Colunga
Goalscorers: Chris O'Grady - 18 + 62 Minutes, Kazenga LuaLua - 36 Minutes
Man of the Match: Chris O'Grady
Manager Comments: A great way to end the month with a win, it has been amazing by my club
MAJOR NEWS!
Brighton and Hove Albion have secured their promotion to the Premiership!
Samuel Peters: I am delighted to have secured the promotion
Overall Comments: We managed to secure the promotion today and also a massive win against Manchester United to take us into the Semi Final of the FA Cup, Could we end up in a Cup Final this season?
Team Competitions
SkyBet Championship: 1st - Promoted!
Capital One Cup: Knocked Out in Quarter Final by Aston Villa
FA Cup: Semi Final Vs Chelsea
Player Stats
Top Goalscorer: Sam Baldock - 19
Most Assists: Suso - 12
Most Man of the Matches: Adrian Colunga + Fran Merida + Sotiris Ninis + Suso - 3
Yellow Cards: Inigo Calderon - 6
Red Cards: Joe Bennett - 2
Top Rating: Lewis Dunk - 7.24
My Player of the Month
Kazenga LuaLua
He has had a great month here for us scoring some vital goals and making assists as well, top work by the lad!
Club News
Samuel Peters: I am delighted to have picked up the Manager of the Month Award but this is more for the players who have been amazing this month and also in securing promotion!
End of Season 2014-2015
Brighton and Hove Albion 0-0 Norwich City
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Calderon - Onyewu - Dunk - Bennett; Toko (Holla - 64 Minutes) - de Zeeuw (Forster-Caskey - 64 Minutes); Grealish - Suso - March; Baldock (Colunga - 64 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: McLaughlin - Ince - Ninis - Mackail-Smith
Goalscorers:
Man of the Match: Ryan Bennett
Manager Comments: Not one of our best games today, had chances but could just not put them away
Rotherham United 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Ince - Hughes - Bennett (McCourt - Half Time); Holla - Teixiera (Monakana - 60 Minutes) - Ninis - LuaLua; O'Grady - Colunga (Mackail-Smith - 60 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Greer - Calderon - Toko - Baldock
Goalscorers: Danny Holla (Penalty) - 20 Minutes, Chris O'Grady - 28 Minutes
Man of the Match: Chris O'Grady
Manager Comments: Went down 1-0 early on which was a shock for us but I was delighted with the players who managed to turn it around for us! This game also was the end for Rotherham as their relegation from the Championship has been confirmed, I was also delighted to have given Monakana his debut in a Brighton shirt! i feel he can add extra quality.
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 AFC Bournemouth
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Greer - Dunk - Bennett; Grealish - Forster-Caskey - LuaLua (McCourt - 66 Minutes); Suso - March (Toko - Half Time); Mackail-Smith (O'Grady - Half Time)
Subs Not Used: Onyewu - Chicksen - Holla - Ninis
Goalscorers: Jake Forster-Caskey - 9 + 66 Minutes, Lewis Dunk - 16 Minutes
Man of the Match: Tokelo Rantie
Manager Comments: Well we went 3-0 up so I thought we would win this comfortably but Bournemouth put up a great fight and I am happy we kept hold of the lead
Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Huddersfield Town
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Calderon - Hughes - Onyewu - Bennett; de Zeeuw - Teixiera (Schofield - 59 Minutes); Monakana (Guidiala - 59 Minutes) - Ninis - McCourt; Mackail-Smith (O'Grady - 59 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Ince - Chicksen - Crofts - LuaLua
Goalscorers: Joao Teixiera - 2 Minutes
Man of the Match: Joao Teixiera
Manager Comments: I am not too down about the loss today as the title is already secured and as we also have a big FA Cup tie against Chelsea, I decided to make some changed so others could be fresh for that match but still felt we may get something but was not meant to be, I also gave a debut to 15 year old Stephen Scofield, he is one for the future and can develop well
Semi Final
Chelsea 1-3 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Amelia; McLaughlin - Greer - Dunk - Bennett; Holla - Crofts; Grealish - Suso - LuaLua; - Baldock (O'Grady - 63 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Calderon - Hughes - Ince - Ninis - Mackail-Smith - O'Grady
Goalscorers: Kazenga LuaLua - 43 Minutes, Chris O'Grady - 64 + 72 Minutes
Man of the Match: Chris O'Grady
Manager Comments: WE DONE IT! We have made the FA Cup FINAL! what an amazing effort by my players this year!
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-2-3-1) Starting 11: Amelia; Calderon - Onyewu - Dunk - Chicksen; Toko - Forster-Caskey; March - Teixiera (Ninis - Half Time) - McCourt (LuaLua - Half Time); O'Grady (Colunga - 65 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Bennett - Ince - Baldock
Goalscorers: Kazenga LuaLua - 59 Minutes
Man of the Match: Ali Al-Habsi
Manager Comments: Another game without a win here, the players have started their holidays early I think!
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 Watford
(4-4-2) Starting 11: Stockdale; McLaughlin - Greer - Hughes - Bennett; Ince - Crofts (Holla - Half Time) - Suso - Grealish; Mackail-Smith (Colunga - 63 Minutes) - Baldock (Adriano - 63 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Onyewu - Calderon - Ninis - LuaLua
Goalscorers: Sam Baldock - 13 + 27 Minutes
Man of the Match: Sam Baldock
Manager Comments: Considering this was our last home game of the season, I was delighted that we got a great win with Stockdale also saving a penalty during the match was grear and then we presented the Championship trophy to the home fans!
Middlesbrough 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
(4-3-2-1) Starting 11: Stockdale; Calderon - Wheeler - Dunk - Chicksen; Grealish - Ince (de Zeeuw - 63 Minutes) - March; Suso - Merida (Livaja - 63 Minutes); Colunga (Adriano - 63 Minutes)
Subs Not Used: Hughes - Bennett - Ninis - Baldock
Goalscorers: Solly March - 43 Minutes, Jack Grealish - 82 Minutes
Man of the Match: Jelle Vossen
Manager Comments: So the last game of the season ended in a draw but it was a great match to be a part of
Overall Comments: So this signals the end of the Season in the Championship and what a season it has been! I did not expect to win the league at the start of the season but now we have made it to the Premiership! only game that is left now is the FA Cup Final but that will be a separate post and who are we against?....Well you will find out in the next post!
Team Competitons
SkyBet Championship: CHAMPIONS
Capital One Cup: Knocked Out in the Quarter Final by Aston Villa
FA Cup: FINAL!
Player Stats and Player Awards will be done at the end of the FA Cup Final post!
Welcome to Wembley and welcome to the FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final will be contested in an All Championship final so one of these clubs will be in European football next season, Brighton will be playing Premiership football next season whereas Fulham finished 12th in the Championship
Brighton will be without Lewis Dunk + Sam Baldock + Ryan McLaughlin + Joe Bennett + Jack Grealish + Bruno + Paddy McCourt after they all picked up injuries which will be a major loss for them!!!
Fulham are managed by Sami Hyypia! so that will make it an interesting battle
AND HERE ARE THE LINEUPS!
4-4-2
Goalkeeper: David Stockdale
Right Back: Inigo Calderon
Center Back: Gordon Greer (C)
Center Back: Aaron Hughes
Left Back: Adam Chicksen
Center Midfield: Danny Holla
Center Midfield: Jake Forster-Caskey
Right Attacking Midfield: Solly March
Left Attacking Midfield: Suso
Center Forward: Chris O'Grady
Center Forward: Craig Mackail-Smith
Subs Bench
Oguchi Onyewu
Rohan Ince
Andrew Crofts
Joao Teixiera
Sotiris Ninis
Adriano
Adrian Colunga
4-1-2-3
Goalkeeper: Gabor Kiraly
Right Back: Elsad Zverotic
Center Back: Fernando Amorebieta
Center Back: Dan Burn
Left Back: Kostas Stafylidis
Defensive Mifielder: Scott Parker
Center Midfield: Emerson Hyndman
Center Midfield: Chris David
Attacking Midfield Center Right: Patrick Roberts
Attacking Midfield Center Left: Bryan Ruiz
Center Forward: Cauley Woodrow
Subs Bench
Jesse Joronen
Nikolay Bodurov
George Williams
Hugo Rodallega
Jay Tabb
Sean Kavanagh
Adil Chihi
KICK OFF!
13 Minutes: Fulham take a corner and its whiped in and its headed away by Hughes with Greer and Woodrow with Greer managing to head it away but only to Roberts who hits it on the volley and SCORES!! What a goal to open the FA Cup Final with! Fulham take the lead
Patrick Roberts with an amaing goal, Its Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Fulham
32 Minutes: Danny Holla with the Free Kick and the keeper could only parry it and OGrady runs in and SCORES! Brighton have Equalised!
Chris O'Grady equalises for Brighton and he hits his 18th goal of the season and its now Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Fulham
42 Minutes: Zveroric gets the ball and hits it up to Roberts and turns and finds Woodrow who shoots and SCORES! Fulham are back in front!
Cauley Woodrow puts Fulham back in front with his 18th goal of the season!
Its half time at Wembley and its Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Fulham
Brighton and Hove Albion Subs: Rohan Ince on for Jake Forster-Caskey
Second Half kicks off!
58 Minutes: Calderon with the thrown in who gives it to O'Grady who lays it off to March who ships the ball in and Mackail-Smith gets to it and SCORES!!
Craig Mackail-Smith puts in his 8th of the season to level it up at Wembley, what a tie this has been so far!
Brighton and Hove Albion Subs: Joao Teixiera and Adriano are on for Danny Holla and Chris O'Grady
69 Minutes: Mackail-Smith whips the ball in and tries to find Adriano but its headed away by Burn but only to Mackail-Smith who this time finds Suso and he SCORES!!!!
Suso puts the ball in for his 12th of the season and for the first time this match, Brighton and Hove Albion are leading! Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 Fulham
Fulham Sub: Jay Tabb comes on for Chris David
Fulham Sub: Sean Kavanagh comes on for Kostas Stafylidis
90+1 Minutes: Parker gets the ball and finds Hyndman who passes to Roberts who turns and shoots and SCORES!!!!
Patrick Roberts gets his second of the match and right at the death, Fulham have equalised and this tie now looks certain to go the Extra Time
Fulham Sub: George Williams comes on for Bryan Ruiz
90 Minutes: Brighton and Hove Albion 3-3 Fulham
What an amazing tie here today, this is what the FA Cup is all about and we now go into Extra Time!
Extra Time Starts!
End of the first half of Extra Time its Brighton and Hove Albion 3-3 Fulham, 15 more minutes left before it goes to penalties!
Second Half of Extra Time starts!
118 Minutes: Calderon tries to whip the ball into the box but it only goes as far as Amorebieta who heads it out but it falls to Ince who passes it to March who turns and finds Mackail-Smith who SCORES!!!!!
Craig Mackail-Smith puts in his 9th and maybe his most important goal of the season as with 2 minutes to go, Brighton are leading this game 4-3
ITS FULL TIME: Brighton and Hove Albion have won the FA Cup!!!!
Man of the Match
Craig Mackail-Smith
He set up two goals and assisted one today! what a performance by the lad!
The players celebrate on the pitch!!! what a great effort today by all of them!
The fans are going crazy at Wembley!
- Start of Interview-
Press: Sam, you must be delighted after todays win!
Sam Peters: Words can not describe how I feel right now, we came close back in 1983 against Manchester United to win this competiton but now we have finally one it and not only will we be in the Premiership next season, we also get a chance to show European teams what we are all about as we enter the Europa League in the Group Stage so it will be an exciting time down here at Brighton!
Press: What an amazing final it has been today wouldn't you agree?
Samuel Peters: Oh yes, this is what the FA Cup is all about, credit to Fulham today as they put up a great fight but today it is all about me, my players and all the Brighton fans!
- End of Interview-
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How the Players performed this season!
Club Awards!
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Player Stats
Top Goalscorer: Sam Baldock - 21
Most Assists: Suso - 15
Most Man of the Matches: Chris O'Grady - 4
Yellow Cards: Inigo Calderon + Joe Bennett - 8
Red Cards: Joe Bennett - 2
Top Rating: Lewis Dunk - 7.32
My Player of the Season
Suso
What an amazing loan signing he has been this season, was very crucial for us the whole season, I might look at trying to loan him again next season!
So there we have it, the end of the first season!
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Awesome first season man! Suso was a **** of a signing!! Bet you were chuffed to get him!
Have you managed to get him for another season?
Good luck for the premiership!....AND EUROPE :-O *thumbs up*
Have you managed to get him for another season?
Good luck for the premiership!....AND EUROPE :-O *thumbs up*
Well I cant see us doing that well at the start! lol
TRANSFERS!
There has been a lot of transfer business already for us here as we prepare for the upcoming Premiership Season! I like to generally do my business early on as in my mind it gives players more chance to gel and get used to my formation I will want them to play so here we go, the round up of your transfers so far!
Gary Mackay-Steven: I signed him on a Pre-Contract agreement near the end of last season and i feel he will provide great back up and competition for the side.
Callum Harriott and Chris Solly: I decided to bring theses two in from Charlton Athletic after they got relegated from the Championship, I had also tried to bring in Joe Gomez but he went to Liverpool instead.
Tyrone Mings: A decent left back that I feel can grow under my management and will be here for years.
Oscar Whalley: Decided to bring him in as I feel he could provide good back up for this season.
Dele Alli: Well he was one of the first people I looked at to bring in for this season so I was delighted when he signed, great potential to be a world class player!
Kevin Long: Burnley got relegated last season and Kevin was a target of ours because he is young and can grow into a very good player and deserves to be in the Premiership.
Mark O'Hara: I know him to be a very good center back, my Head of Youth Development sorted out this deal so I was happy it was done.
Harry Kane: When I saw he was available for loan, I thought it was a no brainer, a great player to have here for the season and really adds a lot to our striking options this season.
Adrien Rabiot: A great young talent and one we managed to also sign on a Pre-Contract agreement which I was surprised about but I am delighted he has come here.
Frederik Sorensen: A great young center back and just like Rabiot, I was delighted he came here on a free from Juventus.
Grant Hall: Returns to the club after he left Tottenham Hotspur and will provide cover for the center backs and right backs this season.
Luke Garbutt: Brought in on a free for Everton, I feel he will provide great competition with Chicksen and Mings this season.
Micah Richards: He will most likely be my number one Right Back this season but Solly will be there to shine if he fails!
Lucas Boye: An amazing signing for us! I feel he can become a legend at this club and will be thrown into the first team straight away.
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Some nice signings. I too am doing a Brighton save. Signed Adama Traore for 2.5 mil
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Unfortunately I am not as creatively minded as yourself, and feel any attempt i make will be dull and boring
Awesome first season man! Suso was a **** of a signing!! Bet you were chuffed to get him!
Have you managed to get him for another season?
Good luck for the premiership!....AND EUROPE :-O *thumbs up*
Yeah I was chuffed to have got him, I did not expect it but he was brilliant for me but as of yet, no I have not got him back
Thank you! I am just happy I am in the Group Stages from the off !
I am not that creatively minded, Mine started off with literally just the screenshots and thats it so I would say go for it still, I would follow and I am sure others will as well
Thanks! yeah I did not expect to win the FA Cup! and I am delighted with my transfer business!