From surviving at Hereford on the final day in 1997 to life at Withdean, Brighton fans are lapping up a scarcely credible journey to Europe
Jonathan Batt’s eyes welled up. His voice broke with emotion as, sitting on the terrace outside a restaurant in Marseille, he explained what it was like for a lifelong Brighton & Hove Albion fan to be at the club’s first away game in Europe. “I just couldn’t have imagined it,” he said. “We were always a third division team and to get here is incredible, beyond comprehension when you are going out of the League, 92nd, 91st two years running. It’s an incredible journey.
” Brighton’s 3-2 home defeat by AEK left them playing catch-up in the group and, while they are still sixth in the with five wins from seven games, Saturday’s 6-1 thrashing at destabilised their strong start to the domestic campaign. “We have to just enjoy it, whatever happens,” Alex said.
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