[Albion] Our best ever result

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What is our most impressive ever result? I'm not asking what is our most important match (Hereford away blah blah).

I mean the ones where the result we achieved really exceeded expectations. Neutrals would look at the sunday paper / vidiprinter / newsfeed and think "bloody hell, Brighton did well today".

Could it be from our cup runs in the early 80s? Or Fans Utd? A victory over Man U or Arsenal in the Premier League era maybe? (always remembering that 20 years ago, a win at Oldham, may have been just as implausible as turning over the gooners at the Emirates)

 

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Humiliating (a granted piss poor) Champions League finalist Spurs.

 

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1-0 away win at Liverpool in 1st Division March 1982

 

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Beating Wigan 1-0 in the second half of 96/97 season. Think they were top of the 3rd Division at the time - they certainly won it - and we were bottom of the football league at the time.

 

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Stat Brother said:

Humiliating (a granted piss poor) Champions League finalist Spurs.

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This.

Outplayed and outfought them for 90 minutes, 3-0, we were so good you could actually enjoy it during the game.

The best I can remember going back to 1976.

 

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1-0 win at Forest 1979

 

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Poyningsgull said:

1-0 win at Forest 1979

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Hard to see beyond this.

 

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I obviously dont have the historic insight most or all of you do, but beating the Champions League finalists with 3-0 is probably going to sound pretty good in the history books, when everyone have forgotten how shit they were.

 

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Swansman said:

I obviously dont have the historic insight most or all of you do, but beating the Champions League finalists with 3-0 is probably going to sound pretty good in the history books, when everyone have forgotten how shit they were.

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you have a point

Liverpool & Forest were most definantly not (2 incredible wins)

I think we beat Villa also when they were European Champions,but at home

 

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6-0 win over Mansfield in the first ever competitive match at the Withdean in 1999/2000 season.

Blazing hot sunshine, great atmosphere and the (really) bad old days were behind us of sharing at Gillingham and the drop down the football league.

 

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GREASED WEASEL said:

you have a point

Liverpool & Forest were most definantly not (2 incredible wins)

I think we beat Villa also when they were European Champions,but at home

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When were Villa European Champions.?

 

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Two away matches at different levels immediately spring to mind: Liverpool away in our 1983 cup run and a 7-1 victory over Chester in 2000.

 

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Poyningsgull said:

When were Villa European Champions.?

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82? was it

 

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I did once see us put 7 (Seven) past Walsall in under 25 mins

worth a mention

 

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Swansman said:

I obviously dont have the historic insight most or all of you do, but beating the Champions League finalists with 3-0 is probably going to sound pretty good in the history books, when everyone have forgotten how shit they were.

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Albion perfection delivered by:
Potter

Ryan

Montoya
Webster
Dunk
Burn

Stephens
Alzate
Mooy
Gross

Maupay
Connolly

 

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GREASED WEASEL said:

82? was it

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Completely forgotten that

 

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For performance, away to Watford who were a division above us, in the cup, the year we won league 1. Only time I've seen a game where a team had more than 100% possession

 

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Liverpool away, FA Cup 5rh Round, 1-2, February 1983

 

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Made all the more surprising when you take into consideration:-

Weststander said:

Albion perfection delivered by:
Potter - shite and naive.

Ryan - Too small

Montoya - shite.
Webster - Hardly a footballer
Dunk - One of our own.
Burn - Too tall

Stephens - Never passes forward
Alzate - Inconsistent.
Mooy - Really inconsistent.
Gross - Too slow.

Maupay - Wasteful.
Connolly - Shite.

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wellquickwoody said:

Liverpool away, FA Cup 5rh Round, 1-2, February 1983

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This for me. Amazing day out