Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Hartlepool United: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Hartlepool United

League One · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Hartlepool United: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Hartlepool United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Michael Nelson opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Nicholas Forster (59') and Calvin Andrew (90'). Hartlepool United scored through Michael Nelson (20').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Hartlepool United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 21st on 25 points from 26 and Hartlepool United 14th on 33 points from 26. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Hartlepool United 19th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hartlepool United.

Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Hartlepool United's D-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Michael NelsonHartlepool United · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Nicholas ForsterBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Tommy ElphickBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael NelsonHartlepool United
  • 90'Goal · Calvin AndrewBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 0, Hartlepool United 1.