Hey guys and welcome to my 2014/15 season finale. During the last post I showed off some massive signings and our magnificent League Cup triumph, but left you hanging on the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League results…but don’t fear as we’ll correct that now. Today I will reveal how Brighton finished the season both domestically and in Europe. We will begin with my Premier League results before moving forward to the FA Cup and eventually the Champions League. Today’s post is more than one page long, so don’t think all is over at the bottom of the page as you’ll need to turn the page in order to see the whole story.
Premier League results – January to March
Come the end of December Brighton found themselves 8 points clear of Chelsea in first place. With half a season to go I wasn’t getting carried away but our title chances did look rather favourable. That was until the start of January when Chelsea won all three games after the new year, but Brighton could only draw to Arsenal, beat Birmingham and lose to Liverpool. Those two away matches had wounded us and left Chelsea to get within four points of 1st.
I needed my team to react and send the London club a message…so what did they do? They went on to win their next 7 games scoring no fewer than 21 goals. The best of this run came against Manchester United who thought scoring first would quieten my side, but instead we went on to smash 4 past them as Wilshere scored a hat trick.
Premier League results – April to May
Our new found form was nothing short of spectacular and kept going bar a few minor blips. From April till May we won five games, drew two and lost just once away to Everton. 4-1 seemed to be our favourite scoreline and late goals to rescue one or even three points were all too regular. While most would find this unnerving I saw it as a strength in character.
Premier League table
With the domestic season almost over, the league table was complete and I don’t think many will need my position confirming. But for those that do, Brighton won the league by 7 points. We scored an incredible 105 goals which just goes to show how attacking we are.
FA Cup results
After winning this competition last season I have some niggling expectations. We may have won the Premier League and League Cup, but a domestic treble would be the cherry for sure. We started the competition with a 6-0 thrashing of Port Vale, then travelled to the KC Stadium and beat Hull City 4-0. The fifth round handed us Premier League opposition in Fulham. The London based club held their own but couldn’t stop my mixed starting XI as we rose 3-2 victors. Aston Villa were next up as Alan Patrick scored a nice goal to help us win 3-0 and progress to the semi-final. My boggy side, Everton, awaited and despite giving us a tough time couldn’t stop my progression as we won 2-1. Chelsea await Brighton in the FA Cup final but you’ll have to go to the second page for that one. First lets see how I progressed in the Champions League knockout stages.
Champions League results
OK so we know the League and League Cup have been wrapped up. We also know that Brighton will play Chelsea in the FA Cup final which leaves us with the Champions League. My boys waltzed through the first knockout round thrashing Shakhtar 8-0 on aggregate. Germany’s top asset was drawn for the quarter-final and Bayern had an excellent squad. However, they seemed a little cocky during the first leg and lost 3-2 at home. The second leg was very drab and despite the Germans scoring once I always felt in control of Brighton’s European destiny. We’d made our way through to the semi-final and luck seemed to favour the Seasider’s one last time as Sevilla popped out the hat. The first leg was held in Spain and I felt well in control yet again. The match finished 0-0 and we won the second leg with ease, 2-0. Through to the final of the Champions League and Barcelona await.
To read all about the FA Cup and Champions League finals you must turn over to the next page. This can be done by clicking the number 2 below and believe me you don’t want to miss Brighton’s first ever appearance in a European final. ;)
Go to the next page for cup final results
Hey Darren,
That was a rather sudden end to your story :( but what a fantastic season…in only 5 years, you won so much..and losing to Barca 2-1 at Camp Nou is a fantastic result in itself. I’m sure you would have been winning everything in next to no time. And looking forward to your announcement…hopefully it’s a positive one :) Though I cant imagine what you’re going to be doing for the next 20 days or so, till FM2012 comes out…anyway, congrats again, and cheers!
Yeah it was Malhar. I was way ahead in the game and therefore had this post written a while ago but decided to complete the story a few days ago hence the rather weird transition. It was a great save and I’ll be making the announcement very soon.
Man that was sudden, The second last section you talk about transfer budget and stadium expansion, and then it ends.
Great success with the club. Was Neymar really worth it though? Personally I would keep Verkhovtsov even though it is not in the spirit of the Y2G concept.
Yeah it was sudden but thats because I made a rather late decision to end the story. Neymar was well worth it because he was basically a straight swap for Bakambu and is one of the best players on FM 2012.
Good story!
Hope to read a FM12 story soon!
Your announcement…Are you testing the new game?
Thanks Tom, I’m making the announcement soon so you’ll find out imminently.
Hey Darren
I respect your decision. The announcement is that you are going to stop posting on this website, isn’t it? I just have to hope it isn’t. Congratulations on the titles, losing to Barca was unlucky, Messi was just too strong.
You’re jumping the gun a little there Vaibhav. I’m making the announcement soon and its a little detailed so you’ll need to read the whole thing.
Great season Darren, an amazing treble, well done! Unlucky in the CL Final, it seems as though you were the better side, but how do you contain a player like Messi? ;) Hopefully the announcement isn’t what I suspect it to be, but I’m intrigued to find out what it is now :)
Thanks Laxeyman, it was a great season and as you say Messi is unstoppable. The announcement is coming soon mate.
Well done Darren!
Sorry not to have commented in a while, you have been banging out the posts! This has been a fantastic story and I am so pleased you managed to win the domestic treble, it was really stunning!
Of course it was a shame to lose the CL final, but being in the Camp Nou with players like Messi, Pique etc. in their prime the odds were never on your side (no offence) despite the strength of the squad.
I’m looking forward to the announcement, provided it’s a positive one! ;-)
No problem Sibo, it has been a brill ride and another enjoyable save. We were up against it in the CL but I was happy with our effort.
Well done Darren please dont leave the website if that is your announcment I hope it isnt
Thanks George and just wait for the announcement…there’s a few layers to it.
I didn’t expect that, the story ending that is, I completely expected you to win loads of stuff! Well done and as for Barca, they’re Barca, you played better than them and to be honest that’s great in itself. :)
I always get nervous when someone says they have an announcement but I’m really hoping it’s a positive one…
Yeah it was a sudden end but I made the decision after writing the post. The announcement will be live very soon.
Well that was a bit of an abrupt ending :(. Great results though and you and your team can be proud of what they achieved in an incredible 5 seasons. Dissapoinitng that you couldn’t continue for another season and win the Champions League but I am eagerly anticipating the ‘announcement’ (so long as it’s positive ;))
Yeah sorry Nick. Unfortunately I ended the story after writing the post and didn’t check the transition within the post. It was a fantastic save and hopefully I can continue to find these sorts of saves in FM12.
Ah, you were sooo close to that quadruple… Nevertheless, it has been an awesome season so I congratulate you on the achievement.
Yeah and when we took the lead against Barca I thought we could do it. Damn Messi, he’s just soo good!! :)
Hi Darren
Hard luck in losing the CL final in what otherwise was a tremendous season. Youv’e really done an excellent job in building a “south coast stronghold!”
Thanks Kevin, we were unlucky to lose in the CL but I was delighted by the whole save.
Very cool – nice to see Brighton winning so much :D
Thanks Marc, its been an amazing save for me and a great one to finish FM11 with.
What?!?! Barca of all teams get a home game for the Champions League final? Well that’s obviously biased!!!!!
Well done on winning the league again, a good way to finish the story.
That was my reaction…very annoyed when I realised Barca had home advantage. :)
Hey Darren,
Fantastic end to the season! You were unlucky not win the CL, but Barcelona are a very good team and had the home advantage:( It has been another awesome save, bringing Brighton into the top flight and the European competitions in just a few years. You will be missed around the site and I hope you have success in whatever you pursue:)
Thanks mate.
Hi Darren
Another great post. Very unlucky not to win the CL but what you have achieved in such a short period of time is an excellent achievement. Im sure that if you continued with your Brighton story you would have won many more trophy for the seagulls.
Thanks Martin, Brighton could have done a lot more but it was time to finish this story.
Congrats on a brilliant season, shame it didnt end in champions league success but brilliant all the same. Shame the save has come to an end but its been a great one all the same.
Thanks Martin, this was one of my most enjoyable saves for sure.
yo man, sorry i aint posted in a while, i stopped coming on the site when it just stopped loading all together but now its working :)
had to catch up on a few posts but all uptodate – cant really say anything that aint been said mate, ill give it a go though , great stuff on your sucess with Brighton and good luck for the two finals
Jay
Just finished now so unlucky on the CL – always next year, if u can do it once you can always be back next season – but on a better not FA Cup win is not to shabby eh either? :D
Thanks mate, it was one hell of a season and the perfect way to end my Brighton story.
so what you got planned now? heard some people saying your leaving the site? you cant be – your stories are the main thing to keep me on here haha :)
I am not leaving the site Jay. I’m just not writing my stories anymore because I am too addicted to the game and the stories stop me from playing as fast as I’d like, alongside the fact that I have no time for myself anymore. I’ll still be writing on the site every week or so and in charge of the scouting network so I’m going nowhere. :)
ahh well end of the day its gota be u who enjoys the game first :) glad to here your not leaving mate
I guess you’re right mate, I already miss sharing my in game experience so can see myself returning in the future but certainly need an extended break at least.