11-03-2025
Pedro's last-minute goal joins the Brighton history books
In every season where Brighton achieve something special, there tends to be an unforgettable last-minute 2010-11 League One title winning campaign had Liam Bridcutt crashing home a volley against Carlisle United to the now legendary "it's the stuff of dreams - the stuff of champions" commentary of Johnny Cantor on BBC Radio Murray delivered an early Christmas present in 2016, scoring a last-gasp winner at Birmingham City in the Championship promotion seasons ago and a last gasp Alexis Mac Allister penalty saw off Manchester United at Amex day, the roar that greeted the goal was so loud it could be heard the other side of Brighton as the Albion moved within touching distance of European qualification for the first time saw the 2024-25 version of Bridcutt, Murray and Mac Allister. With virtually the last kick of the game, Joao Pedro beat Bernd Leno from the only did it end a winless run against Fulham stretching back eight years but it moved Brighton to within a point of the Champions League away at Manchester City this weekend would take the Albion above the four-in-a-row champions going into the international was surreal to hear pundits on BBC Match of the Day openly discussing Brighton's top four chance - especially as just five weeks earlier, they were picking over the bones of a humiliating 7-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, reaction to that sorry afternoon by the banks of the River Trent has been phenomenal. If it somehow ends up carrying the Albion into the Champions League, Brighton's biggest league defeat in 57 years will end up being seen as the catalyst for arguably the biggest achievement in the club's more from Scott McCarthy at We Are Brighton, external
