Championship

FORGET THE BEACH YOU SEAGULLS!

by
The LeaguePaper Team
16 April 2017

PARTY TIME: Brighton’s Anthony Knockaert celebrates scoring their second
PICTURES: Action Images

By John Wragg
ANTHONY Knockaert set up a massive Premier League promotion party at the Amex Stadium tomorrow.
Twenty-years after they almost went out of the Football League, the Seagulls are about to soar again.
It was Robbie Reinelt’s 62ndminute equaliser at Hereford on May 3 1997 that kept Brighton from non-league obscurity and now they are on the verge of joining the wealthiest league in world football. Knockaert’s two goals in a controlled win over Wolves means victor...

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