For the second game in a row Newcastle fans are talking about James Perch. Pardew thanks James Perch after the game last night James has had his fair share of critics at Newcastle, since he arrived eighteen months ago from Nottingham Forest. But at Brighton last Saturday in the defeat to Albion, Perch was Newcastle's Man of the Match with a good no-nonsense performance in place of Coloccini at center-back.

As London went Siberian (although not for me; watched at home while looking after the boy) Fulham were much as Fulham are. Yes, we lacked a true number 25, but individual players are always less important than we think they'll be. In truth we looked more or less okay.

Fulham lined up with what was more or less a 4-4-2, Murphy and Sidwell flanked by Duff and Davies, with Dempsey and Ruiz a surprising but skilful front two.

Newcastle United midfielder Yohan Cabaye has invited trouble after kicking out at Brighton & Hove Albion left-back Adam El-Abd during the Magpies' 1-0 defeat in the FA Cup on Saturday.

The incident occurred in the second half following a tackle from El-Abd. Unfortunately for the 27-year old defender, the tussle ended with a bloody lip.

By Alan Duffy

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Newcastle United FA Cup 29th January 2012

Oh how Newcastle boss Alan Pardew must be counting down the hours 'til his double dose of Dembas, Ba and Papiss Cisse, return to the north-east of England.

For the second game in a row Newcastle let their fans down badly, as they went down 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium this afternoon in the 4th round of the FA Cup. The game had been very even in the first half and then in the first 20 minutes of the second half Newcastle raised their game, but [.

Newcastle have a chance to reach the last 16 of the FA Cup tomorrow afternoon if we can beat Brighton & Hove Albion. And then with our best team out and a home draw, we can beat any team in the competition, so we must fancy our chances in the FA Cup this season, if [...]

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 54 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 50 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 43 6 Blackpool 42 7 Reading 42 8 Leeds United 42 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 10 Derby County 41 11 Birmingham City 40 12 Burnley 40 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Portsmouth 32 17 Peterborough United 31 18 Watford 30 19 Bristol City 30 20 Millwall 29 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 22

Two matches in the Blue Square Premier brought together four clubs from directly opposite ends of the football spectrum yesterday and, while the results of those matches were hardly unexpected, it was difficult not to feel at the end of this week that these were not as important as the fact that the matches had taken place in the first place.

Newcastle United will play at Brighton & Hove Albion in the 4th round of the FA Cup a week on Saturday. Brighton beat Wrexham last night in the 3rd round replay, but the game ended 1-1 after 90 minutes and that was the score after extra time, and Brighton eventually won 5-4 on penalties. That's the very closest you can get [.

There is, perhaps, little surprising in the fact that the most confusing tie of the Third Round of the FA Cup should involve Wrexham. The Blue Square Premier club the last non-league club still involved in this year's competition have had possibly the most convoluted twelve months of any side in the entire English league system, and this extended into the arrangements for this match against Brighton & Hove Albion, following their 1-1 draw at The American Express Community Stadium a week and a half ago.

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 51 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 47 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 40 6 Derby County 40 7 Blackpool 39 8 Burnley 39 9 Reading 40 10 Leeds United 39 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 Birmingham City 37 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Watford 31 17 Portsmouth 32 18 Peterborough United 31 19 Bristol City 27 20 Millwall 26 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 19

The FA Cup Third Round this weekend sees a handful of fascinating ties for the non-league clubs still in the competition, with Blue Square Premier title chasers Fleetwood Town taking on Blackpool, Tamworth travelling to Goodison Park to play Everton and Salisbury City of the Blue Square South making the journey to Bramall Lane to play Sheffield United.

P TIMES PG 1 Southampton 42 2 West Ham United 41 3 Cardiff City 35 4 Middlesbrough 32 5 Leeds United 31 6 Leicester City 29 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 8 Blackpool 27 9 Reading 27 10 Crystal Palace 27 11 Birmingham City 26 12 Hull City 25 13 Derby County 25 14 Burnley 24 15 Barnsley 24 16 Peterborough United 22 17 Millwall 22 18 Portsmouth 21 19 Watford 21 20 Bristol City 20 21 Nottingham Forest 20 22 Ipswich Town 18 23 Coventry City 13 24 Doncaster Rovers 13

As one wag put it on Twitter last night, "Steve Kean is so incompetent that he can't even win the sack race". It was, however, another Steve who did manage to stumble over this unwanted finishing line ahead of the perpetually embattled Blackburn Rovers manager. Steve Bruce became the first Premier League manager to lose his job for this season following his departure from Sunderland late yesterday afternoon, and recent events meant that this was no great surprise.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE BORO KNOCK IN A FEW GOALS PAST JAMIE GREEN, AND TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION, THIS VICTORY MEANS THAT IF WE BEAT TADCASTER ON TUESDAY NIGHT AT QUEENSGATE THEN WE WILL BE TOP OF THE LEAGUE.
BORO DOMINATED THE GAME AND TOOK THE LEAD IN THE 15TH MINUTE, A BEAUTIFULLY HEADED GOAL FROM CURTIS BERNARD WHO WENT ON TO REGISTER HIS 2ND SUCCESSIVE HAT TRICK.

Boss Rudy Funk decided to give some fringe players a run out in this game, and although it is a fairly minor competition, I could not believe the 5-1 scoreline.
Boro were 4-1 down at half time, and fell even further behind on the hour as Town's David Onion's added his team's 5th goal.

1 Southampton 36 2 West Ham United 32 3 Middlesbrough 30 4 Cardiff City 28 5 Leeds United 26 6 Blackpool 25 7 Crystal Palace 25 8 Derby County 24 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 10 Leicester City 22 11 Hull City 22 12 Birmingham City 21 13 Reading 21 14 Peterborough United 20 15 Portsmouth 20 16 Burnley 19 17 Millwall 18 18 Barnsley 18 19 Ipswich Town 18 20 Nottingham Forest 17 21 Watford 16 22 Bristol City 13 23 Coventry City 12 24 Doncaster Rovers 12

Alex Ferguson accuses Liverpool of ignoring FA's Luis Suárez guidance

• Manager says Anfield club have been 'drip-feeding' information • Criticises the intervention of the Brighton manager, Gus Poyet Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, has accused Liverpool of ignoring Football Association instructions by "drip-feeding" information about the Luis Suárez racism case, despite warnings that it could inflame tensions between the two clubs.

By Chris Wright

Back in November of 1995, with 3,500 fans crammed into a tiny ground two metres below sea-level in the Thames estuary, non-league Canvey Island (a team of 'postmen, brickies and bouncers' playing in the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history) held Division Three side Brighton & Hove Albion at Park Lane thanks to an 84th-minute equaliser from Alan Brett with Brighton 'keeper Nicky Rust pulling of a desperate, clawing save in the dying moments to keep the Essex part-timers from nicking a dramatic victory.

By Alan Duffy

Brighton & Hove Albion manager Gus Poyet has come out in support of his fellow countryman Luis Suarez over the FA's deision to charge the Liverpool player for alleged remarks made to Patrice Evra.

Not only has Poyet said he believes Suarez (who has reiterated his innocence), but he has gone so far as labelling Evra a 'cry baby' over the incident which occurd at Anfield last month.

Former Chelsea and Spurs player, who is currently the manager of Brighton & Hove Albion, Gus Poyet, has launched a remarkable attack on Patrice Evra, who the FA believe is the victim of racial abuse.

This week, Luis Suarez was charged with verbally abusing Evra during the recent game between United and Liverpool.

TOP OF THE NCEL PREMIER DIVISION AS OF TODAY 14/11/2011.
BRIDLINGTON TOWN Played 15 Points 33
RETFORD UTD Played 16 Points 33
TADCASTER ALB Played 14 Points 32
BORO Played 13 Points 29
STAVELY MW Played 13 Points 27


TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES;
BORO v STAVELY
SELBY v BRID' TOWN


So tomorrow night if Scarborough Athletic manage to defeat Staveley at Queensgate then they will move up to 3rd place, on goal difference over Tadcaster Albion.

Why some Football League clubs only have themselves to blame for dwindling attendances

last week I phoned the box office of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club with what I believed to be a routine enquiry. I am, I explained, a Barnsley fan who lives in London. The Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire Super Reds (who are becoming less and less super by the week) are visiting the Seagulls (who are plummeting from the sky in a manner similar to their visitors), I explained, and I'm planning on attending the match.

Luis Suarez never has a bad game. A body of perpetual motion, the Uruguayan's movement and elusiveness remain Liverpool's most dangerous attacking threat. El Pistolero's immensely positive contribution in games are often tinged with slight regrets. He does not score as many goals as he should have, considering the amount of chances he creates game in game out.

The second part of the Mapping Leicestershire series covers division 1 of the Leicestershire Senior League:
View LSL Division 1 - 2011/12 in a larger map
CLUB NAMEJOINED LSL1Asfordby Amateurs19912Barlestone St. Giles2008 (prev. Leicester & District League) 3Belgrave2010 (prev.

Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates is biding his time at Anfield as he fights for a first team place under Kenny Dalglish.
The Uruguayan international centre back, signed from Nacional in the summer transfer window, has made two appearances for the Reds thus far, with a start in the League Cup against Brighton & Hove Albion and substitute appearance against Tottenham Hotspur his two tastes of English football thus far.

Investigation launched into fan abuse directed at Liverpool & Wales striker Craig Bellamy

The Welsh international was allegedly the victim of degrading chants by supporters during his club's 2-1 League Cup victory at Brighton & Hove Albion in September

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ASFORDBY VILLAGE 0-3 GLENFIELD TOWN Saturday 1st October 2011 Leicestershire Intermediate Cup 1st Round Parish Hall Ground, Main Street, Asfordby source: official website
Despite Oadby Town having a home game against Ibstock United I decided to give it a miss this afternoon and take in a game in a 1st round tie of one of the Leicestershire & Rutland county cups.

ASFORDBY VILLAGE 0-3 GLENFIELD TOWN Saturday 1st October 2011 Leicestershire Intermediate Cup 1st Round Parish Hall Ground, Main Street, Asfordby source: official website
Despite Oadby Town having a home game against Ibstock United I decided to give it a miss this afternoon and take in a game in a 1st round tie of one of the Leicestershire & Rutland county cups.

P TIMES PG J V E D GM GS SG 1 Southampton 19 8 6 1 1 20 10 10 2 Derby County 19 9 6 1 2 14 6 8 3 West Ham United 18 9 5 3 1 16 7 9 4 Middlesbrough 18 8 5 3 0 13 5 8 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 9 5 2 2 15 11 4 6 Hull City 14 9 4 2 3 7 8 -1 7 Cardiff City 13 8 3 4 1 10 7 3 8 Crystal Palace 13 9 4 1 4 12 10 2 9 Blackpool 13 9 3 4 2 11 9 2 10 Leicester City 12 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 11 Peterborough United 11 9 3 2 4 16 13 3 12 Leeds United 11 8 3 2 3 16 15 1 13 Reading 11 9 3 2 4 11 11 0 14 Ipswich Town 11 9 3 2 4 11 16 -5 15 Portsmouth 10 9 2 4 3 10 11 -1 16 Watford 10 9 2 4 3 9 12 -3 17 Burnley 9 8 2 3 3 12 12 0 18 Barnsley 9 9 1 6 2 7 9 -2 19 Birmingham City 8 7 2 2 3 10 12 -2 20 Nottingham Forest 8 9 2 2 5 9 18 -9 21 Coventry City 7 9 1 4 4 6 11 -5 22 Millwall 7 9 1 4 4 7 13 -6 23 Bristol City 6 9 1 3 5 8 15 -7 24 Doncaster Rovers 5 9 1 2 6 4 13 -9

P TIMES PG J V E D GM GS SG 1 Southampton 19 8 6 1 1 20 10 10 2 Middlesbrough 18 8 5 3 0 13 5 8 3 Derby County 18 8 6 0 2 13 5 8 4 West Ham United 17 8 5 2 1 16 7 9 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 8 5 2 1 14 8 6 6 Cardiff City 13 8 3 4 1 10 7 3 7 Hull City 13 8 4 1 3 6 7 -1 8 Blackpool 12 8 3 3 2 9 7 2 9 Leicester City 12 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 10 Leeds United 11 8 3 2 3 16 15 1 11 Peterborough United 10 8 3 1 4 14 11 3 12 Crystal Palace 10 8 3 1 4 9 9 0 13 Ipswich Town 10 8 3 1 4 11 16 -5 14 Portsmouth 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 -1 15 Reading 8 8 2 2 4 8 9 -1 16 Birmingham City 8 7 2 2 3 10 12 -2 17 Barnsley 8 8 1 5 2 6 8 -2 18 Nottingham Forest 8 8 2 2 4 8 13 -5 19 Watford 7 8 1 4 3 7 11 -4 20 Millwall 7 8 1 4 3 6 11 -5 21 Burnley 6 7 1 3 3 7 11 -4 22 Coventry City 6 8 1 3 4 4 9 -5 23 Bristol City 6 8 1 3 4 6 12 -6 24 Doncaster Rovers 4 8 1 1 6 3 12 -9

By Alan Duffy

Playing on Tuesday night in the Championship, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace have a lot of bad blood between them. This superb video explains just why!

Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace - The thoughts of Kevin Day.... Brighton entertain their fiercest rivals Crystal Palace tomorrow for the first time in six years. European Football Weekends has one foot in the Brighton camp. On the other side of the fence is Match of the Day 2 regular, Kevin Day.

Liverpool 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Suarez scores as Reds march on

Another scintillating performance from Luis Suarez inspired Liverpool to a 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield. The Uruguayan's fourth goal of the season and a Roger Johnson own goal helped Liverpool on their way to victory.

Arsenal were chasing central defenders over the summer, and still are, as they look to improve on their poor defensive record. Their latest target is believed to be Lewis Dunk of Brighton & Hove Albion. Dunk has been in impressive form this season and has been an ever present in the league for Brighton.

Liverpool Draw Stoke in Carling Cup 4th Round

Liverpool have drawn Stoke away in the Carling Cup 4th round. The Reds overcame Brighton & Hove Albion in the previous round in order to progress to this stage of the competition. Prior to their 2-1 win down south, Kenny Dalglish's side despatched Exeter away from home in their first League Cup outing of the season.

Kenny Dalglish urges caution over Steven Gerrard's England comeback

• Liverpool captain played in Carling Cup win over Brighton • Dalglish concerned over Gerrard's return being rushed Kenny Dalglish has urged Fabio Capello to be "intelligent" when it comes to considering Liverpool's Steven Gerrard for England duty.

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Steven Gerrard returns to Liverpool colours after six-month lay-off

• Result gets 4-0 defeat at Spurs out of system, claims Gerrard • Kenny Dalglish feels he must treat his captain with care Steven Gerrard returned to Liverpool colours after six months out with groin trouble and claimed the team's 4-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday was "out of our system now" with this third-round Carling Cup win at Brighton & Hove Albion.

True enough, it's only the Third Round of the League Cup and both of the teams playing this evening, whether rightly or wrongly, may well feel that they have bigger fish to fry than this competition this season. There is, however, something in the sea air in Brighton this evening. The trains into the railway station are jammed solid and the queue for the trains out to The American Express Community Stadium snakes out of the station and around the concourse outside.