Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Watford - 25/04/2015

Think I saw some false teeth fly out on the 2nd goal - great day !!!

 

Does the promotion still count even though we didn't beat enough top 8 sides?

 

Am I the only person to have woken up this morning just a little sad that this amazing season will soon be over? It's just been the most unbelievable weeks, the tension of watching us AND trying to follow our rivals' matches too, watching the table change as much as three times every Saturday, watching us time our run just right and sneak under the radaretc..

I'm delighted to be up, it's such a great feeling, it's like a cork coming out of a wine bottle, the relief, the explosion of joy....
but just a little regret it'll soon be all over for the summer!

 

I had a brilliant(ly long) write up about yesterday including my opinions of how the match went and the fan from where I was standing (S1A which was the right-side corner nearest to the home fans) but unfortunately the forums website has gone a bit **** up and it hasn't saved what I have written so I'll summarise it like this.

The players were all amazing but stand-outs were Gomes, Deeney, Vydra and Cathcart. The fans were all amazing- it's no wonder that Brighton fans have said that we were the best fans to come to the Amex this season. The ref was slightly biased towards us which is a surprise seeing as he supports the scum, but I'm not complaining. The celebrations in Brighton when we found out we had got promoted was just amazing (unfortunately for my mates and I, it was short-lived as we had to go back to Watford). That match was for my friend's dad (who passed away before the Norwich game and who might have been, if you believe in that, watching down on the Orns) and for Nic Cruwys, who will hopefully be fit enough to see the opening Premier League fixture in a sunny Vicarage Road.

In Slav we trust. We are going up!!! #fornicforpromotion

 

Agreed. What do people say about new stadia not having atmosphere?!?

The Amex is a brilliant example of a modern purpose built ground, with decent infrastructure and transport connections. I think its inevitable that when we've been in the PL for few seasons, and are knocking in the door of Europe, major redevelopment will have to be considered. And it will need to be more than sticking another layer on the SEJ stand and putting a restaurant in the SW corner!

 

Has anyone got a link to the sand of God missed header for Brighton yesterday?

 

Thanks Smudger. I wanted to try and get the clip on its own, but I am not that clever at I.T.

Oh well I'll just relive via he clip below. Cheers.

 

What an amazing day. I cycled from the station to the stadium with a lovely bloke who turned out to be Attilla the Stockbroker. I've got to say that Brighton is an absolute model of how to be a football club, and their fans are top notch. I believe they have had 19k renewals of STs in spite of their crappy season, and I can believe it as the matchday experience is so, well, nice!

The second half was I think the longest 45 minutes I have ever experienced! The events of yesterday are only now beginning to sink in. I can't decide whether I want Bournemouth to lose tomorrow so Lloyd can get a run out, or draw so that we can win the Championship on Saturday.

 

Thanks smudger, it just looked like a missed header from where I stood but can quite believe the significance of the sandy divot. Possibly the difference between £100 million and £0

 

I was in line with the header and it looked like the ball was on its way into the net. Can only now see the Sand of God played it's part. The omens were on our side!

 

Agree with the comments regarding the Amex and In particular the Brighton fans, who were just terrific afterwards.

 

Wow. You're probably right!

 

Indeed. One of the best stadiums I've visited with the fans, both home and away, at the forefront of how they do things. A fabulous day out and the only disappointment is that they aren't coming up with us.

 

I still havn't got a ****ing clue how we won, but who the **** cares.

 

Well sounds like my dream came true!

 

Amazing day out yesterday, the perfect away day

Heart attack inducing last 5 minutes with Vydra sending the away end into pandemonium with an amazing goal right at the death. We then had a party for 2-3 hours outside the stadium in the sunshine, cheered the team bus off on its journey back to Watford.

Arrived back in the town centre just in time to hear the news we were promoted, fans were dancing in the street, blocking off traffic, before we all headed down to the beach, lots of boozing, fish and chips and a few nutters swimming naked in the cold sea

 

yes was great outside in the sun as the coach came by. players filming us on their phones as we cheered them through. brilliant moment as was the massive pi55 up in Brighton town centre afterwards.

 

Indeed, I was one of those nutters in the sea

 

I thought Hyde's brace was incredible.

 

So,as I was saying...

That went quite well!

Just spent the day tutoring and all the candidates,especially Scott,who knows Sean Murray could talk about was WFC-fine by me!

Slightly off topic but on the FFC fourth goal, it makes me laugh with the other player up with McCormack is directing him towards the Boro goal!

What a great day,even Claridge seemed quite kind to us last night or was I hallucinating?

 

Manish was, too. I'll miss them in a weird way, like I miss the weird kid at school.

Fantastic.

 

I've always liked the sand in Brighton, but until now didn't realise how much ...

 

Click me

 

Million pound sand right there.

 

i think turf would have taken the spin & weight out of the ball just as the sand of god did...i don't think that we owe the groundsman too much

 

That second half was the longest I've ever watched at a football match. The Absoloute scenes in the away end when Vydra scored were amazing. After celebrating and having a few pints we went back to Brighton and eventually ended up in the Spoons ( I know, I know...) but the celebrations in there were amazing, absolutely incredible lads.

 

Nadal - esque!

 

That bounce is almost abnormal. I can't quite work out just.... how?

 

Some of it might be the sand, some could just be due to ball rotation.

 

On one of the angles you can see a spurt of sand shoot up into the air on contact.

Make no mistake, the sand patch had a significant impact to the ball's direction.