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Tag: Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton vs Watford: Pascal Gross condemns Hornets to fourth Premier League loss on the spin
Watford beaten at Brighton & Hove Albion to suffer fourth straight defeat
Watford boss Marco Silva gives his view on the 1-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion
Watford boss rubbishes talk of any link between a downturn in results since Everton approach
Brighton vs Watford ratings: A day to forget as Hornets suffer fourth straight Premier League loss
| 26 Aug 2017 | AFC Bournemouth | 1:2 | Manchester City | |
| 26 Aug 2017 | Crystal Palace | 0:2 | Swansea City | |
| 26 Aug 2017 | Huddersfield Town | 0:0 | Southampton | |
| 26 Aug 2017 | Manchester United | 2:0 | Leicester City | |
| 26 Aug 2017 | Newcastle United | 3:0 | West Ham United | |
| 26 Aug 2017 | Watford | 0:0 | Brighton and Hove Albion | |
| 27 Aug 2017 | Chelsea | 2:0 | Everton | |
| 27 Aug 2017 | Liverpool | 4:0 | Arsenal | |
| 27 Aug 2017 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1:1 | Burnley | |
| 27 Aug 2017 | West Bromwich Albion | 1:1 | Stoke City |
Because the game was played at 12.15pm we had to wait for the 3pm kick offs to finish before it was confirmed we’d been promoted. The players found out whilst on the coach going back to Watford.
The Watford Observer produced a supplement marking the Hornets promotion which included several pictures from the game and the celebrations that followed.
Pascal Gross struck the winner as Brighton earned their first Premier League victory in eight games – on the day Seagulls defender Connor Goldson played his first competitive game since heart surgery.
Brighton’s first goal from open play in over 10 hours of Premier League football was enough to earn a 1-0 victory against Watford at the Amex Stadium on Saturday.
Sleigh bells were jingling and nerves were jangling but Brighton clung on to earn three precious points. Their first win in eight games means they are now in mid-table, five points clear of the drop. It is a position that could quickly change and, once again, the narrow margin of victory did not allow for a sense of comfort to spread over the home supporters. But there were more than enough positives for fans and club alike to believe things are moving in the right direction.
Our last visit to Brighton was memorable for all the right reasons. After taking the lead in the first half, the game had been a bit of a slog, before Vydra’s injury time goal sent us all away happy. It having been the lunchtime game, we retired to a lovely pub and, after spending the preceding couple of hours in the garden anxiously checking phones, we interrupted a quiet afternoon by erupting in joy as last minute goals confirmed our promotion.
A miserable day on the South coast just before Christmas meant Watford succumbed to their fourth consecutive defeat.
It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve been up since 5:30am. Not because I’m wrapping presents, or applying the final touches to the decorations whilst listening to Christmas classics, or even being the stereotypical man and getting ready to do the final bit of Christmas shopping, but because I have to get something off my chest. 
Brighton claimed their first ever Premier League point despite failing to break down 10-man Watford at Vicarage Road.
Brighton picked up their first Premier League point with a 0-0 draw at Watford on Saturday – but will feel they should have taken all three against their 10-man hosts.
While a first ever Premier League point is not to be sniffed at Brighton will wonder how they did not tick off all the mini missions they need to convince themselves they mean business at the highest echelon of the English game. Three matches in and a goal still eludes them. A confidence-boosting win is still needed as soon as possible. It was not for want of trying, here, particularly when Watford’s numbers were depleted in the 24th minute after Miguel Britos was sent off when his dangerous, hotheaded challenge left Anthony Knockaert floored.
Miguel Britos was shown an early red card after his dangerous tackle on Anthony Knockaert but the visitors were unable to capitalise on their advantage
So.  August Bank Holiday, then.  End of the first bit of the season prior to the first international break, first chance to take stock.  End of the transfer window approaches too, a transfer window during which we’ve been linked to well over 100 players and have revised the squad significantly.
 Watford claimed a well deserved point against Brighton after Miguel Britos’ horror challenge had reduced them to 10-men at Vicarage Road.
Watford clinched promotion to the Premier League after they beat Brighton and other results went their way.
Middlesbrough slumped to a 4-3 defeat at Fulham and Norwich could only draw 1-1 at Rotherham, sealing Watford’s return to the top flight after an eight-year absence.
Watford’s lunchtime win on the south coast put them four points clear of the chasing pack thanks to Troy Deeney’s first-half goal and a stoppage time second from the substitute Matej Vydra.
Football is about waiting for moments that might never arrive, about playing them through in your imagination over and over, about being there to see if it happens…and then finding Matej Vydra taking what seems like an age to control the ball, threatening to let that moment slip away, and then sliding it calmly into the bottom corner before the whole world turns yellow and red and inside out and upside down.
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 report:A word for the new Community Stand, part-opened for the first time.  Thank goodness.  Thank the Pozzos.  At long last after so many missed opportunities.  ig might miss the Main Stand, but once you’ve said goodbye to something, you know, you want it to go, you want it to be replaced.
