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Adam Virgo

ACE TOMMY’S CHANCE TO SHINE AGAIN

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 February 2026

Adam Virgo
BRIGHTON LEGEND AND TV PUNDIT

WHAT A FEELING! Tommy Watson celebrates his injury-time winnner for Sunderland in last season’s Championship play-off final against Sheffield United
PICTURE: Alamy

WHEN Brighton signed Tommy Watson from Sunderland in the summer, I assumed the plan was to send him back to the Stadium of Light on loan.
He’d just scored the winner in the Championship play-off final, he was on such a high and it seemed like the perfect move.
Maybe they didn’t want him back. Maybe that was never the plan. But I feel a bit sorry for the 1...

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