Why does brighton hate palace

From that moment on, the rivalry as we know it today was born. Mullery even had a short-lived stint as Eagles manager from , but what may seem even more surreal is the match the two teams played in , where there were five penalties awarded in 27 minutes. Palace emerged winners in that game and ultimately secured promotion via the play-offs that season.

His first season saw a away defeat to Brighton, however, the home tie ramped up the rivalry more than anyone would have imagined. And plenty of fans still do. Andy Johnson scored a hat-trick in a hammering of Brighton and sent Coppell back to the south coast facing accusations that he broke capitulated intentionally on his old stomping ground.

The Seagulls their moved to a new stadium in Falmer and welcomed Palace to the ground in late September with an unbeaten home record in the league. The hosts led until the 80th minute, but former Brighton man Glenn Murray sealed a comeback win for Palace after late goals from Wilfried Zaha and Darren Ambrose. The two sides finished in the Play-Off spots in the second tier and, with Brighton finishing fourth and Palace fifth, were to meet in the semi-finals.

Arriving for the second-leg the travelling players were greeted with a peculiar surprise in the away changing room. It was unpleasant. We were fired up. Millwall fans, however, have more truck with former cross-river dock worker rivals West Ham United than with Crystal Palace. For Brighton, Portsmouth is too far removed and Crawley Town too new and irrelevant to factor as rivals. Is it a case that they almost need each other? I think a lot of rivalries are largely manufactured or at least exaggerated by TV, to the point where every London derby is turned into something bigger than it is, which eventually dilutes the proper ones.

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