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Friday

Well it was without doubt a busy weekend of football for me, And it finished in great results.

Friday night, The "Big" one. Brighton at home, The sussex derby and this is one friendly that to me anyway actually meant something. We always want to beat Brighton. Arrive at the ground early to put up a few flags and dish our the brand new CrawleyDevils polo shirts then off to the bar. Seems quiet but think nothing of it, But alot of Brighton fans were around. We enter the ground about 7.30 to get something to eat and to my suprise the ground is very empty in the home ends with Brighton more then likely making up around half of the crowd which was just over 950. The game itself Crawley dominated for large spells of the game but couldn't break through during the first half.

The second half was wholesale changes for Brighton but still with a very strong squad of players most would have expected them to do well. Personally nobody from the Albion line up stood out for me. Rightfully the better team got the break through, Charles Ademeno with some hard work, And great strength one the ball in the corner and at the second attempt had the ball in the net for a fantastic goal. Delight for the Crawley fans in the ground and a win over Brighton was in sight !

Brighton pushed to try and get back into the match but failed against the strong Crawley defence. Crawley Town 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Saturday

Its Saturday and yet again football is back. Bognor Regis away, Which me and one other decided on going at around 2 o'clock in the morning. Up around 10.30 and off to the shops to get the bus to the train station, It seemed against me already as the bus was late which indeed meant we missed the train we wanted to get ! No worries, They were running every half an hour. We planned a little detour to get to Bognor quicker, Horsham>Barnham>Bognor. This plan worked which also included a nice bacon and cheese roll in the cafe. We arive in Bognor around half 1 and the journey to stadium to the ground began, As we didn't know where to go it was just follow where people told us too. We arrived at the ground at about 1.50 paid £5 to get in and in we go. Lovely day, Nice open ground and a the first team out which made the journey a bit more worthwhile. As some prick decided it was a good idea to burn down Bognor's club house they were currently rebuilding it but we were told we could use the sports club next door. So round the ground we go into the sports bar. The bar was also home to Bognor Regis Cricket Club so we were able to watch a bit of Cricket before the game.

Back in the ground and as the teams come out we see that we are playing pretty much a full first team. Almost looks like a training match with last years kit on and the players not looking very up for it. As the game starts Bognor are without doubt the better team. Playing some very good football and opening up the inexperianced defence. Jordan kept us in the match with some fantastic saves. Bognor continued to press our goal and came very close but the bar this time saving the Reds. The main action point of the first half, Was what seemed to be a falling out between J-Lo and Evans. This resulting in Louis quickly being subbed. Half time - 0-0.

The teams came out second half and Crawley started much brighter scoring very early on. Chris Giles slotted a great header into the bottom corner after just 3 minutes of the second half to put the Reds 1-0 up. Straight away Crawley continued to push and just 2 minutes later Crawley were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area. This time J-lo was allowed it, A very powerful free kick that the keeper couldn't hold onto was followed up by Mikey Malcolm to put the ball into the back of the net. From here Crawley seemed to settle down and make more changes. Bognor did pull one back with about 15 minutes to go but couldn't break down the defence again.

Bognor Regis Town 1-2 Crawley Town