Bristol City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Who won: Brighton 1-0
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Bristol City 1-0 on Sunday, May 30, 2004 at Principality Stadium. Goals for Brighton: Leon Knight (84' pen).
Play by play
- 93'
Bristol fans will argue that they had more of the play over the course of the match, but Brighton took their chances and scored the vital goal. Commiserations to Bristol and Danny Wilson. Well done Brighton, next stop Division One!
- 93'
Danny Coles had the challenge on Chris Iwelumo, the clip on his heels was slight, but the striker went down and the ref made a tough decision, no doubting the quality of Knight penalty though.
- 93'
That's it full-time. Brighton are up and what a cruel way to lose - a controversial penalty
- 92'
Reid runs into the Bristol half, but instead of taking it into the corner to waste time he slips a pass to Knight who wastes the chance to holds up play by trying a shot
- 91'
Brighton knock it into the Bristol half - hoping it won't come back. It will of course, Brighton need possession to kill Bristol off
- 91'
Butters heads it clear
- 91'
Offside against Iwelumo - Bristol need to knock it long and hope for a lucky bounce
- 90'
Three added minutes signalled
- 89'
Normal time is almost up and Brighton are taking their sweet time over throw-ins, squeezing everything out for as long as possible
- 89'
Brighton, who have six clean sheets in their last seven games, look like they know how to keep Bristol out
- 88'
Rougier fails to hold up the ball in the Brighton half and the Seagulls hoist the ball clear - anywhere will do!
- 87'
Another change for Bristol: Farewell Tony Butler, hello Marc Goodfellow. A defender for an attacker!
- 86'
Piercy takes a hit as Brighton try to play their way out of trouble - a freekick which they are in no hurry to take
- 86'
Corner for Bristol as Brighton wobble under pressue
- 85'
Bristol steam up the other end - win a freekick, but it is poor and the chance goes begging
- 84'
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance Controversial decision, Iwelumo went down as if shot by a snipper, when the touch on his heel was minimal
- 83'
Knight slotted the ball in the bottom left corner!! Is that the clincher?
- 83'
Leon Knight steps ups and scores!
- 82'
Penalty for Brighton!
- 82'
Doherty tries to work the ball down the right for Bristol, but he is double teamed and loses out
- 81'
A last throw of the dice for Bristol: Luke Wiltshire is on for Tinnion
- 80'
Can we please have a goal? Ten minutes to go - let's have a winner, eh lads?
- 80'
Knight gets trampled over by Carey - nothing other than painful
- 79'
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance
- 78'
A heart-stopping moment for both teams as Iwelumo gets his head to a cross and sends a looping slo-mo header inches wide