
Brighton & Hove Albion marked their 125th anniversary with an emphatic 3-0 victory against defending Premier League champions Arsenal while wearing a custom commemorative strip. Pascal Gross opened the scoring before Charalampos Kostoulas doubled the advantage right before the interval, and Chema Andres sealed the result with a second-half header.
Head coach Fabian Hurzeler praised his squad for dominating individual duels, executing in possession, and capitalizing on scoring opportunities in front of a record-setting gathering of 31,944 spectators.
The triumph reflects a dramatic ascent for an organization established in 1901 that spent its initial decades outside the Football League and survived severe instability. Key milestones in that turnaround include securing stadium planning approval in August 2007 following an extensive campaign by advocates like Paul Samrah, alongside reaching European competition, punctuated by a 2-0 Europa League group victory over Ajax under former manager Roberto de Zerbi in November 2023.
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