Harty on Albion’s defeat at Crystal Palace

Goring-based Crystal Palace supporter Stan Mayle will be pleased to know that I won’t be starting this week’s column with any sour grapes.

Palace’s 3-0 victory against the Albion on Saturday was ultimately deserved. Clearly, Brighton going down to 10 men with the sending off of Lewis Dunk after four minutes didn’t help and, while the missed chances from Ashley Barnes and Craig Mackail-Smith might have acted as turning points had they been converted, in the end, the score was a fair reflection.

In these times of some footballers not behaving in a manner they should, I think special mention needs to go to ex-Albion striker, Glenn Murray, who appeared not to over celebrate either of his goals on Saturday. And, ultimately, decided against the chance of bagging a hat-trick by not taking the second penalty.