Brighton 2 - Hull City 1 (Lots of chances, no result)

The match I am sorry to say was quite uninteresting. The home side were awful which gives some indication of how poor City were and, it all started so well. Brighton moved out of the Championship relegation zone with their first win for 10 matches. The Seagulls did it the hard way, coming from behind early on with two stunning first-half strikes from Sebastien Carole and captain Charlie Oatway.

City scored with the first real action of the game. Unfortunately, from where City supporters were positioned behind the opposite goal, separated from the pitch by a running track, and seemingly about three miles from the play it was hard to tell exactly what happened. Anyway, Taylor's caution reared it's ugly head again. One-nil up and playing by far the better football City by accident or managerial design decided to sit back on their lead. This allowed Brighton to take the game to City.

Nick Barmby almost put City back in front with a header destined for the bottom corner but the keeper made a fine save. Inevitably, Brighton scored again. Again it was a disastrous goal to give away. Brighton attacked down their right. City won the ball in the ball in the corner but then Dawson and Elliott conspired to give it away again. Brighton moved the ball inside and City again stood off.

I suppose against Sheffield Wednesday City we were slightly fortunate to take all the points. Against Brighton the reverse was probably true. However, that doesn't disguise the fact that City contributed to their own down fall in this match to a much too great an extent.