Brighton (A) Post Match thread - Champions!!!

I was sat next to 2 Greek blues (a father and son) from Corfu yesterday in with the home supporters (god knows how they'd managed to get those tickets), but they told me a rather sad tale about how they'd paid 1,500 euros to a US website for fa cup final tickets, travel and accommodation, but had been scammed.
 
Did anyone come across Jake from Colchester yesterday? He was off his nut, but latched on to my mate outside the ground after the final whistle. He told us that he didn't have a ticket and had been waiting outside the ground during the game. He was well paranoid and kept repeating that city fans hated him because he was from colchester, but his mum was from Didsbury. He was in a right state, and looked like he'd slept in a flour mill. Anyway, he drifted off and we didn't see him again, but just hope he was ok.
 
gavvo said:
A good few hundred in the stand to the right of city end (as you face the pitch) and about 24 of us in the stand to the left. 20 by the end as they chucked 4 out :)
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I quite liked the guy that was walking round in his St Marks top!!
Was no way I was going to risk missing the match doing something like that
 
mrtwiceaseason said:
I quite liked the guy that was walking round in his St Marks top!!
Was no way I was going to risk missing the match doing something like that
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There were quite a few in St Marks tops. Cunning disguise if you ask me. Very few, if any, Brighton fans would have known that was a City top.
 
Is there anywhere can watch the full game again including the celebrations and lifting cup, the pub switched over all channels before getting to see it, and didnt see it at all on ssn
 
allblackcitizen said:
There were quite a few in St Marks tops. Cunning disguise if you ask me. Very few, if any, Brighton fans would have known that was a City top.
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Imagine missing out tho if you had been sat next to a football expert.
We ended up next to a 6 ft y6 25 stone lad who wanted to now why we supported Brighton when we were from up north. Proper messed with his head when we were joining in with the Brighton. Songs :+)
 
What a magical day. 698 mile round trip in a day starting at 6am with standby flight from Toon. A certain City director was on board too...wonder where he was going ? Glad I got on flight as didn't fancy a 6 hour + car journey. Car hire from Heathrow, and then met up with Brighton cousins. Little car ride sitting high in the back seat of a open top Merc along the seafront, and passed the team hotel in the Marina. Avoided Talksh*te pre-game. The match itself was the ultimate for me. Great respect in the City end for Bruno and the Brighton walk around after the game. The atmosphere was unreal - I was in C block and only got my ticket Saturday evening. Had a good view of the stewards dragging the plonker out waving the Liverpool flag. The Murray goal helped us, and we simply went up the gears. I was there for 93:20, and yesterday confirmed for me as if I didn't know already that Typical City is 100% Dead, may it Rest in Peace. Stayed 'til just before 6pm, chilled drive back to airport listening to Talksh*te praising, errr not us ! Standby flight home and back for Match of the Day at 10:30. Carlsberg don't do title decider day trips, but if they did....
 
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allblackcitizen said:
I was in the stand to the left, facing the pitch, close to the front. There were 5 blues directly behind me; 5 either side, including the Corfu supporter's club and another 5 or 6 just in front. There was a fella 2 rows back from me who got hooked after Sergio scored. He went mental and stood with his back to the pitch giving it large to the Brighton fans who demanded he go and the stewards came down in numbers and almost had to drag him away. His poor son, who'd done nothing, had to go as well. Someone else got hooked after Laporte scored.
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Although it's wiser to stay incognito in an away end its a c**** trick to have someone thrown out for a title decider when it's not affecting your team.
 
BimboBob said:
Oh...and welcome to the forum and thank you for your kind words?

Maybe FI, on occasion, as a Mod, you might want to show a little bit of class to well meaning opposition supporters, especially after their club treated us so well yesterday.

We clapped Bruno off the pitch, we clapped their players and they clapped ours, staying behind in their thousands to do so. It was a lovely touch.
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Stop with the cheap shots,it's boring and pathetic.

Yes,Brighton fans showed some class at the end......but were they booing Walker every time he touched the ball or not?
 
FantasyIreland said:
Stop with the cheap shots,it's boring and pathetic.

Yes,Brighton fans showed some class at the end......but were they booing Walker every time he touched the ball or not?
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They were also cheering for Liverpool when Brighton scored! Some call it banter
 
paulchapo said:
Although it's wiser to stay incognito in an away end its a c**** trick to have someone thrown out for a title decider when it's not affecting your team.
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Staying incognito was very difficult, until Mahrez hit that magnificent strike into the corner of the net, all we blues in that corner of the ground with home fans went mental. One of the stewards near us was great, especially when a local fan in his late 50's with his little lad of about 6 started a foul mouthed rant at two of the biggest Irish lads supporting city, (one a former para), the steward to his credit told him to sit down and shut it, the ex para to his credit, just looked and chilled! Big shithouse, nothing to play for and thinking it's a cup final, what a knob! Great to celebrate with all the blues and some of the 'nicer' majority of Brighton fans. Truly epic moment in my life, to say 'we woz there' when we won the greatest Premier League race in history. Now we need to 'bury' once and for all that 'typical city' lead weight we have carried for donkeys years! We all need to focus on what is happening with these players through this incredible, amazing manager we have, and the way he gets across his philosophy through his player management, go behind don't panic, just play your game. No more Frank Clarke's, Steve Coppels, Alan Balls, and all those whom came before. This is our time, and it's going to last for years to come, so sit back, enjoy and grow your fingernails. Champions of England. Loving every minute of it!
 
Cracking weekend away, although I'm still suffering a bit. It's a brilliant city Brighton, and the vast majority of their fans were great on the whole. Plenty of them offering their congratulations to us after the game, and loads stayed behind to watch us life the trophy which was a nice touch. Nice to see a few familiar Bluemooners at the ground, and also to meet a few new ones as well!
 
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