Albion defender Jan Paul van Hecke is on his way home. For a worrying ten minutes or so, medical staff attended to the Dutchman after a clash of heads with Brentford’s Yunus Konak in the closing stages of the 4-2 defeat to Brentford. No one likes to see a player stretchered off, but that was…
MATCH REPORT: BRENTFORD 4-2 BRIGHTON Another miserable London away day, another gut punch to European ambitions, and another hefty serving of “what exactly are we trying to do here?” from the men in University Gold (yellow to you and me). Four-two may even have flattered Albion, if we’re honest. It started as it was meant…
Right then. Brentford away. A fixture that’s somehow always more irritating than it should be. An opposition built on spreadsheets, xG charts and annoying set pieces. A stadium that looks like someone clicked “generate random ground” on Football Manager. And a match that will — without fail — be described on commentary as a battle…
To the uninformed observer, Brentford v Brighton might not set the pulse racing — a meeting of two of the Premier League’s upwardly mobile upstarts. Small clubs that have forged a reputation for punching above their modest weights. The “Best Run Club Derby”. Albion and Brentford aren’t just Premier League clubs — they’re footballing case…
