League Cup Round 4 1976/77

After the great win against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns Brighton entertained 1974-75 League Champions Derby County in Round 4 before an all-ticket capacity crowd of 33,500 at the Goldstone ground.

The Albion got off to a great start with (he shot he scored it must be) Peter Ward scoring after 37 seconds but Derby equalised for a 1-1 draw.

So it was up to the Baseball Ground Derby for the replay Brighton lost the replay 2-1 before a 25,880 crowd at the Baseball Ground.

So that was the end of Brighton’s great run in the league cup but it was so good while it lasted.

What was a huge memory for me on that night was the noise that the Albion fans made at half time the gentlemen on the P.A. system totally lost it as he could not concentrate on his announcements and keep telling the Albion fans to shut up which as you can imagine that only made them louder.