The cricket season ended, the clocks went back, international breaks came and went, the kids dressed as ghosts and the adults let off fireworks, supermarkets put up their Christmas decorations (you might need to re-arrange the chronological order slightly there), Albion’s class of 1930-31 were eclipsed, advent calendars were opened and schools broke up for Christmas.
Poppies on shirts - and still unbeaten
And still Albion remained unbeaten in the league.
Twenty-one games this season, 22 in all. A run which started against Middlesbrough last term was ended by the Teessiders in the last game before Christmas.
Statisticians had a field day. Early-leavers were left in a quandary.
Albion never won by more than a single goal. Every game was in the balance going into the closing stages.
This team's unbeaten run was bettered by the boys of 2015
But (and this might seem slightly contradictory) you know the great thing about that run? Until Boro had their way, the Seagulls never really looked like losing as they entered the last few minutes of a game.
Three teams had decent chances to go ahead very late in drawn games – Joe Garner’s volley for Preston, Scott Arfield for Burnley and Matt Phillips at QPR. But none hit the target. And*Albion were down to ten men in two of those matches.
The record-breaking run, which many*fans quite rightly rose to applaud when it finally ended, was historic.
But it was more about the points the Seagulls*let slip away than any grabbed in extremis or against the run of play.
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Poppies on shirts - and still unbeaten
And still Albion remained unbeaten in the league.
Twenty-one games this season, 22 in all. A run which started against Middlesbrough last term was ended by the Teessiders in the last game before Christmas.
Statisticians had a field day. Early-leavers were left in a quandary.
Albion never won by more than a single goal. Every game was in the balance going into the closing stages.
This team's unbeaten run was bettered by the boys of 2015
But (and this might seem slightly contradictory) you know the great thing about that run? Until Boro had their way, the Seagulls never really looked like losing as they entered the last few minutes of a game.
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Three teams had decent chances to go ahead very late in drawn games – Joe Garner’s volley for Preston, Scott Arfield for Burnley and Matt Phillips at QPR. But none hit the target. And*Albion were down to ten men in two of those matches.
The record-breaking run, which many*fans quite rightly rose to applaud when it finally ended, was historic.
But it was more about the points the Seagulls*let slip away than any grabbed in extremis or against the run of play.
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