From The Championship To The Champions League - A Brighton & Hove Albion Story
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February 2013
Form stutters a tad, not that it really matters
Replay needed against Birmingham
Ulloa only nets one goal this month :O
League
Brighton 1 - 1 Charlton
Buckley
Will Buckley saves our blushes here netting in the 75th minute, we pushed and pushed but couldn't get a winner sadly.
Brighton 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Maupay
Another draw :O whaaaat. Neal Maupay saves us here with a goal in the 76th minute this time!!
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Brighton
Bruno, Maupay
BETTER!! Solid performance away from home with Maupay netting again
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FA Cup
Fifth Round
Birmingham 2 - 2 Brighton
Buckley, Greer
They scored, we equalised. They scored again, we equalised again. Simple as that. We were lucky though, could have easily lost it here.
Fifth Round Replay
Brighton 3 - 0 Birmingham
Del Horno, Upson, Ulloa
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Much better here. Great to see Del Horno score. Either Manchester United or Barnsley next..... wonder who I get.
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Monthly Review
An okay month, obviously not happy dropping points against Charlton but they grabbed an early goal then chucked 10 men behind the ball!! Pleased to get into the Quarter Final's of the FA Cup though, even though we'll most likely get knocked out by United its been a good run!!
Bad news this month though and Gordon Greer is basically out for the rest of season sadly :/
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Good job the league's basically wrapped up and we're not battling for a play-off spot or something!!
Player of the Month
Will Buckley
Just been an absolute beast this season. Goals and assists galore from the right winger.
Table
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Purely a matter of when and not if.
Form stutters a tad, not that it really matters
Replay needed against Birmingham
Ulloa only nets one goal this month :O
League
Brighton 1 - 1 Charlton
Buckley
Will Buckley saves our blushes here netting in the 75th minute, we pushed and pushed but couldn't get a winner sadly.
Brighton 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Maupay
Another draw :O whaaaat. Neal Maupay saves us here with a goal in the 76th minute this time!!
Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Brighton
Bruno, Maupay
BETTER!! Solid performance away from home with Maupay netting again
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FA Cup
Fifth Round
Birmingham 2 - 2 Brighton
Buckley, Greer
They scored, we equalised. They scored again, we equalised again. Simple as that. We were lucky though, could have easily lost it here.
Fifth Round Replay
Brighton 3 - 0 Birmingham
Del Horno, Upson, Ulloa
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Much better here. Great to see Del Horno score. Either Manchester United or Barnsley next..... wonder who I get.
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Monthly Review
An okay month, obviously not happy dropping points against Charlton but they grabbed an early goal then chucked 10 men behind the ball!! Pleased to get into the Quarter Final's of the FA Cup though, even though we'll most likely get knocked out by United its been a good run!!
Bad news this month though and Gordon Greer is basically out for the rest of season sadly :/
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Good job the league's basically wrapped up and we're not battling for a play-off spot or something!!
Player of the Month
Will Buckley
Just been an absolute beast this season. Goals and assists galore from the right winger.
Table
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Purely a matter of when and not if.
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Ha cheers man, I'm knackered lol.You have if and when the wrong way round!
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He's played second fiddle to Ulloa all season, only starting playing him a lot more recently as we've already won the league basically!!
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March 2013
Youth Intake month!!!
Thrilling tie against United in the FA Cup
Promotion secured this month
League
Brighton 3 - 0 Bournemouth
Barnes, Dunk, Ulloa
Solid win over lowely Bournemouth. Lewis Dunk is really showing me he's something special!!
Brighton 2 - 0 Yeovil
Ibe(2)
Finally Jordon Ibe nets for us after having around 100 shots!! Good win here.
Watford 0 - 0 Brighton
Far from a bore draw here as both teams had plenty of shots but the quality of finishing was poor here.
Brighton 2 - 1 Blackpool
Buckley, Dunk
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Thrilling game here but that boy Lewis Dunk nets again!!! Goal machine of a centre back.
Doncaster 0 - 0 Brighton
We threw everything at them including the kitchen sink but again couldn't score.
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FA Cup
Quarter Final
Brighton 0 - 0 Manchester United
Not only did we compete with them, we should have won. Never mind, replay it is again.
Quarter Final Replay
Manchester United 3 - 1 Brighton
Orlandi
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Meh, we were outclassed here as to be expected. Equaliser just before half-time gave me hope of a miracle but it didn't happen.
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Monthly Review
So results not great with a number of draws but I'm tinkering and experimenting really. Maupay's been getting more game time but seems to be blowing hot and cold a bit. Anyway youth intake month and here's the lad I got who looks alright with 5* PA
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Looks alright. I have done some VERY VERY good poaching from United and Chelsea of their intakes, your'll see in the summer
Also we got a parent club in Manchester United!! Will probably be cancelled in the summer though when we're promoted as thats what normally happens.
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Player of the Month
Lewis Dunk
Don't wanna give it to him every month but he's been our best player this month by a country mile.
Table
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Yep... still top!!!
Youth Intake month!!!
Thrilling tie against United in the FA Cup
Promotion secured this month
League
Brighton 3 - 0 Bournemouth
Barnes, Dunk, Ulloa
Solid win over lowely Bournemouth. Lewis Dunk is really showing me he's something special!!
Brighton 2 - 0 Yeovil
Ibe(2)
Finally Jordon Ibe nets for us after having around 100 shots!! Good win here.
Watford 0 - 0 Brighton
Far from a bore draw here as both teams had plenty of shots but the quality of finishing was poor here.
Brighton 2 - 1 Blackpool
Buckley, Dunk
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Thrilling game here but that boy Lewis Dunk nets again!!! Goal machine of a centre back.
Doncaster 0 - 0 Brighton
We threw everything at them including the kitchen sink but again couldn't score.
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FA Cup
Quarter Final
Brighton 0 - 0 Manchester United
Not only did we compete with them, we should have won. Never mind, replay it is again.
Quarter Final Replay
Manchester United 3 - 1 Brighton
Orlandi
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Meh, we were outclassed here as to be expected. Equaliser just before half-time gave me hope of a miracle but it didn't happen.
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Monthly Review
So results not great with a number of draws but I'm tinkering and experimenting really. Maupay's been getting more game time but seems to be blowing hot and cold a bit. Anyway youth intake month and here's the lad I got who looks alright with 5* PA
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Looks alright. I have done some VERY VERY good poaching from United and Chelsea of their intakes, your'll see in the summer
Also we got a parent club in Manchester United!! Will probably be cancelled in the summer though when we're promoted as thats what normally happens.
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Player of the Month
Lewis Dunk
Don't wanna give it to him every month but he's been our best player this month by a country mile.
Table
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Yep... still top!!!
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Nice mate, youre doing incredibly. Shame QPR aren't doing that well considering their squad. 
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Thanks man, yeah I'm tipping them for the play-offs though.Nice mate, youre doing incredibly. Shame QPR aren't doing that well considering their squad.
Basically finished the season lads so updates tomorrow!!
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They should do, guessing you're on the LFC Marchall before they lost Remy and Taarabt? If so they should boss. If you can get taarabt i highly recommend him especially if you retrain him to play on the wings as an inside forward. Can not wait to get him back on my story.
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Yeah he looks alright but not sure if he'll develop we'll enough. Thanks update will be up when I get back from work!! Looking forward to show you guys my regen poaching
I know it's crazy, ill certainly look at some of their players when I go up!!
Yeah I am, Remy hasn't done too well but scored against me!! Taarabt left for PSG I think, no doubt he'll get unhappy so I might poach him.
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April 2013
Strong league form continues
Title all wrapped up officially
Stunning match against Wigan
Ashley Barnes picks up horror injury
League
Brighton 1 - 0 Blackburn
Ulloa
A late goal from Ulloa gave us the win here. Tight match!!
Derby 1 - 1 Brighton
LuaLua
Tight match again, they took an early lead but we pressed from then on and finally broke through with a good goal from Kazenga LuaLua in the 64th minute.
Wigan 2 - 3 Brighton
Lopez, Dunk(2)
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Woah, just what a match. Thank God for Lewis Dunk and his absolutely beastly ways. Hero.
Millwall 1 - 1 Brighton
LuaLua
Kazenga to the rescue again after Millwall took an early and it took until 70th minute for us to pull one back.
Brighton 1 - 0 Barnsley
Lopez
Straight forward win here as we pick up the three points thanks to a David Lopez tap in.
Brighton 2 - 0 Leicester
Dunk, Orlandi
Very good win here as I hate Leicester!! So I was more than happy to end their Play Off hopes with a good win here.
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Monthly Review
So a good month on the pitch as we were finally officially unveiled as Champions. The Play Off's are still very open and going down to the last day with only Middlesbrough securing a spot so far. The relegation spots are still to be decided with Yeovil confirmed as going down but Doncaster, Bournemouth and Leeds are left to fight it out for survival on the final day.
Bad news for Ashley Barnes though as he'll miss basically the whole of next season with the worst injury I've ever had on FM.
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Horrible injury, he's a pretty good player for us and key with his versatility. A real shame but hopefully he can come back and still play for us in the Premier League.
Player of the Month
David Lopez
The ex Bilbao man had a very good month.
Table
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Very happy to have broken the 100 point mark.
Strong league form continues
Title all wrapped up officially
Stunning match against Wigan
Ashley Barnes picks up horror injury
League
Brighton 1 - 0 Blackburn
Ulloa
A late goal from Ulloa gave us the win here. Tight match!!
Derby 1 - 1 Brighton
LuaLua
Tight match again, they took an early lead but we pressed from then on and finally broke through with a good goal from Kazenga LuaLua in the 64th minute.
Wigan 2 - 3 Brighton
Lopez, Dunk(2)
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Woah, just what a match. Thank God for Lewis Dunk and his absolutely beastly ways. Hero.
Millwall 1 - 1 Brighton
LuaLua
Kazenga to the rescue again after Millwall took an early and it took until 70th minute for us to pull one back.
Brighton 1 - 0 Barnsley
Lopez
Straight forward win here as we pick up the three points thanks to a David Lopez tap in.
Brighton 2 - 0 Leicester
Dunk, Orlandi
Very good win here as I hate Leicester!! So I was more than happy to end their Play Off hopes with a good win here.
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Monthly Review
So a good month on the pitch as we were finally officially unveiled as Champions. The Play Off's are still very open and going down to the last day with only Middlesbrough securing a spot so far. The relegation spots are still to be decided with Yeovil confirmed as going down but Doncaster, Bournemouth and Leeds are left to fight it out for survival on the final day.
Bad news for Ashley Barnes though as he'll miss basically the whole of next season with the worst injury I've ever had on FM.
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Horrible injury, he's a pretty good player for us and key with his versatility. A real shame but hopefully he can come back and still play for us in the Premier League.
Player of the Month
David Lopez
The ex Bilbao man had a very good month.
Table
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Very happy to have broken the 100 point mark.
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May and End of Season Awards
Final league game a victory
Awards a disappointment
Big changes planned for next season
Final League Game
Ipswich 0 - 1 Brighton
Ulloa
We ended our season with a comfortable win over Ipswich. It should have been more but Maupay just hasn't managed to find his shooting boots this season. Ulloa netted just after he came on but he has also had a bad second half of the season casting doubts over whether he can cut it in the Premier League....
Final League Table
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So we finish on a whopping 113 points which I believe is a new league record. Leeds ended up slipping into the relegation zone after losing at home to Bournemouth on the final day!!! Drama much!! Ipswich actually went on to win the play-offs after beating QPR in extra time, Wigan had an awful season.
Player Stats for the league is interesting... Buckley was a beast and Forster-Caskey was highly impressive.
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Dunk was the best player in the league but didn't receive any awards at all, somehow Kuszczak was beaten to the TOTS by Cesar even though he had a whopping 25 clean sheets!!!
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Squad
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So Lewis Dunk was kind of the surprise package, he started behind Upson and Greer in the pecking order but soon became key to our charge on the title. Will Buckley picked up a sensational amount of assists, I was tempted to sell him at the start of the season when Palace bid £4m for him but I'm so happy I kept him.
Jordon Ibe failed to settle so I doubt I'll make another move for him. Wootton was sensational as well but United want £9m to sign him and that's too much for me. Del Horno was a great purchase too but I wont renew his contract due to age. Jordi Gomez was also a solid player on loan but I'll be looking for someone better and younger.
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Player Awards
Top Goalscorer
1. Jordan Rhodes
2. Pavel Pogrebnyak
3. Leonardo Ulloa
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Manager of the Year
Me!!
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At least I didn't get screwed out of this award!!
Team of the Season
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Shocking Cesar beat Tomas to the keeper position, obviously rep came into it. Upson at left back is also a shock as he only filled in there occasionally.
Manager's Player of the Season
Will Buckley
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Brilliant season from the lad with a huge number of assists. Terrorised defences with his skill and pace!!
Manager's Young Player of the Season
Lewis Dunk
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What a season this lad has had. Our best player by a mile, will boss the back line for years to come.
So that's it for this season, I've lined up a massive number of free transfers and been handed an okay kitty. I'm confident we can stay up next year, but that will probably be as good as it gets!! Thanks for reading.
Final league game a victory
Awards a disappointment
Big changes planned for next season
Final League Game
Ipswich 0 - 1 Brighton
Ulloa
We ended our season with a comfortable win over Ipswich. It should have been more but Maupay just hasn't managed to find his shooting boots this season. Ulloa netted just after he came on but he has also had a bad second half of the season casting doubts over whether he can cut it in the Premier League....
Final League Table
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So we finish on a whopping 113 points which I believe is a new league record. Leeds ended up slipping into the relegation zone after losing at home to Bournemouth on the final day!!! Drama much!! Ipswich actually went on to win the play-offs after beating QPR in extra time, Wigan had an awful season.
Player Stats for the league is interesting... Buckley was a beast and Forster-Caskey was highly impressive.
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Dunk was the best player in the league but didn't receive any awards at all, somehow Kuszczak was beaten to the TOTS by Cesar even though he had a whopping 25 clean sheets!!!
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Squad
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So Lewis Dunk was kind of the surprise package, he started behind Upson and Greer in the pecking order but soon became key to our charge on the title. Will Buckley picked up a sensational amount of assists, I was tempted to sell him at the start of the season when Palace bid £4m for him but I'm so happy I kept him.
Jordon Ibe failed to settle so I doubt I'll make another move for him. Wootton was sensational as well but United want £9m to sign him and that's too much for me. Del Horno was a great purchase too but I wont renew his contract due to age. Jordi Gomez was also a solid player on loan but I'll be looking for someone better and younger.
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Player Awards
Top Goalscorer
1. Jordan Rhodes
2. Pavel Pogrebnyak
3. Leonardo Ulloa
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Manager of the Year
Me!!
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At least I didn't get screwed out of this award!!
Team of the Season
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Shocking Cesar beat Tomas to the keeper position, obviously rep came into it. Upson at left back is also a shock as he only filled in there occasionally.
Manager's Player of the Season
Will Buckley
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Brilliant season from the lad with a huge number of assists. Terrorised defences with his skill and pace!!
Manager's Young Player of the Season
Lewis Dunk
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What a season this lad has had. Our best player by a mile, will boss the back line for years to come.
So that's it for this season, I've lined up a massive number of free transfers and been handed an okay kitty. I'm confident we can stay up next year, but that will probably be as good as it gets!! Thanks for reading.
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Thanks man, Championship isn't too hard I tore it up with Blackpool on my first save of FM13.
Just finished August, so I'll post an update tomorrow
Thanks man, Championship isn't too hard I tore it up with Blackpool on my first save of FM13.
Just finished August, so I'll post an update tomorrow
Cool, can't wait!