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  1. 'I would give anything to see Brighton win the FA Cup'

    Scott McCarthy
    Fan writer

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    How was your Saturday? Mine was lovely. I spent it taking down the back section of my garden fence.

    At 4.30 pm, I drove to the tip and disposed of all the old wood. Back home at 5.30pm. Showered. Went to the pub at 6pm (one without a television) for a couple of pints after a hard day's graft.

    All of which meant I did not see a second of the FA Cup final. Which was just as well, based on the head loss Crystal Palace winning caused amongst many Brighton ers.

    Ever since Albion reached the Premier League, it has felt like we are the club with the better long-term prospects. Better stadium. Better training ground. Better transfer and recruitment model. A better owner willing to invest. But Palace have now won a major piece of silverware. Something Brighton are yet to do.

    Decision-makers at the Albion love their reputation as 'The Best Run Club in the Premier League'. They proudly talk about how much money they have made in the transfer market.

    All of which is great. But then you see (or in my case, don't) Palace make history. On the grass rather than a spreadsheet. Which ultimately is what being a er is all about.

    No fan gets into football to chant "Record profit for a Premier League club, you'll never sing that". We do it for memories made on the pitch.

    What makes seeing Palace win the FA Cup particularly painful is that their ride to glory has coincided with Brighton's season falling apart.

    Entering the final week of March, the Albion had a winnable FA Cup quarter-final tie and were in the race for a top-five finish. A special campaign could have been on the cards.

    But instead of Champions League or Wembley glory, we only have being sustainable and well-run to show for the season.

    No bad thing, of course. Maybe it is pure greed to want a trophy on top of that? But I would give anything to see Brighton win the FA Cup. Rather than spending the final day with an old fence.

    Find more from Scott McCarthy at We Are Brighton

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  3. Sutton's predictions: Brighton v Liverpool

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    It's so hard to make a prediction for this game because I have no idea what the Liverpool line-up will look like, or what their mindset will be.

    Arne Slot's side will lift the Premier League trophy at Anfield after their final game of the season against Crystal Palace next weekend. Their work is done, and they have got that party to look forward to, so how focused will they be here?

    As things stand, Brighton do have something to play for because eighth place will get them in the Europa Conference League, if Manchester City win the FA Cup.

    The Seagulls played really well at Wolves last week, and fully deserved their win.

    They gave Liverpool a good game at Anfield earlier in the season, when they led 1-0 at half-time but lost 2-1, and if Slot picks a weakened team then they are good enough to take advantage.

    Sutton's prediction: 2-1

    Read the full predictions and have your say here

  4. An elderly lady wearing a light pink blouse holds the hand of a woman wearing a black shirt with small white dots. They are sat on grey, fabric cushioned seats.

  5. People walking down a pedestrianised high street

  6. A black and white image of a long line of soldiers on a beach.

  7. A drawing of a garden. The garden has green plants with red, pink and white flowers, and a structure in the background shrouded by trees.

  8. Somerset's Lewis Gregory batting

  9. An empty three-lane motorway with one white lorry parked on the hard shoulder. There are damp patches across the motorway and trees lining the edges

  10. A man holding the Baton of Hope during an event in Kent in 2023 with another man putting his arm around him and others in the background

  11. Ruth Mulvie leaning over painting one of her brightly coloured works. The picture is of Saltdean Lido, people in the water, sitting on the side of the pool, a dog in the foreground, a ball.

  12. A man wearing a blue coat and holding a destroyed plastic water bottle in one hand and a paddle board oar in another. He is stood on a pebble beach at sunset with a pier in the background.

  13. A person in a blue basketball kit drilling a basketball towards a person in a white basketball kit. The blue kit says "Worthing Thunder" on the front.

  14. Black and white image of a seaplane flying over Brighton pier circa early 20th Century

  15. A man in a white shirt waters plants with a hose. The plants have purple and yellow flowers and appear lush.

  16. Eighth up for grabs? Keep an eye on Chelsea

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    Before this season, Crystal Palace's victory at Wembley would have tidied up the European qualification position within the Premier League.

    However, England gaining a coveted European Performance Spot has added a layer of complication, which is why Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth and Fulham fans should not give up hope of a Conference League place just yet.

    Here is why.

    Ordinarily, England gets four Champions League places, two in the Europa League, for the FA Cup winners and the fifth placed team and one in the Conference League for the Carabao Cup winners.

    So far, so straightforward.

    If the Carabao Cup winners qualify for one of the higher ranking European competitions, the Conference League spot goes to the next team down in the Premier League.

    Just as Manchester United or Tottenham will qualify for the Champions League because one of them will win the Europa League after finishing outside the Champions League places, the same is also true for Chelsea if they win the Conference League and finish outside the Europa League places.

    Still with me?

    The complication comes through EPS. So, while fifth now gets you into the Champions League and sixth into the Europa League, for the purposes of competition qualification, the EPS situation doesn't count.

    So, if Chelsea finish sixth and win the Conference League, without EPS, they would already be in the Conference League berth, so they go into the Europa League as Conference League winners and England would not take its Conference League place. With EPS added, instead of the sixth-placed team (Chelsea) qualifying for the Europa League through their league placing, because they are already in, the seventh-placed team benefits. So that would be three English teams in the Europa League and none in the Conference League.

    By the same process, if Chelsea finish seventh and win the Conference League, without EPS, they would qualify for the Europa League despite being outside the European places, meaning three English teams in the Europa League – Chelsea, Palace and the fifth placed team – and one – the sixth-placed team – in the Conference League. With EPS added, everything drops down a place BUT as Chelsea are already in the Europa League, instead of the Conference League spot going to them after finishing seventh, it goes to the eighth placed team.

    In other words, the teams battling for eighth need Chelsea to win the Conference League and to finish seventh.

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  18. Somerset's Craig Overton celebrates taking a wicket against Sussex

  19. The Women's Rugby World Cup trophy at the top of Brighton i360

  20. Police cars outside Southdowns pub in Bognor Regis at night time

  21. A close up image of Ruth Jones outdoors smiling to camera

  22. Lola Lou, a nine-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross wearing a bow

  23. Close up image outdoors of the three of Monday in Basel before Eurovision

  24. Archie Vaughan batting

  25. A man in a white shirt and blue tie with a backpack over his shoulder.