We won, I said we would. I told the bloke next door when I saw him.

He doesn’t like football but it stops him banging on about residents parking or the cycle lane extension, if I bring up the subject of the Albion.

I took my 22 month old son along to the Wycombe game, as my wife thought looking after our 3 week old daughter and a boisterous toddler could be avoided.

After sitting down and shouting ‘Roary’ at the traffic outside the Crown and Anchor (not the last one to do it on Saturday I am sure) and then cornering a moggy in the bus shelter with the intention of biting its ear , I managed to get William on the bus for the 5 minute ride to Withdean .

Once we had alighted, my boy decided walking down the hill to the bus stop earlier was quite enough,and demanded to be carried up the not insubstantial hill that is Tongdean Lane. Then he wanted to walk under the bridge, then be carried again and so on, all the way to the turnstile, helping himself to a fanzine on the way. They are free aren’t they?

When we got to our seat, Mark and Mandy our Withdean neighbours, had brought their young lad Shay along as well, so at least William had someone to peel the seat number stickers off with, pick last week’s chips off the floor with, and try to escape along the row with. Sometime during all this, I believe the Albion kicked off and nearly scored.

The match was dull and I mean dull. I am sure people behind me were trying to encourage William to do something naughty (no that he needs much encouraging) well they had paid to be entertained. From the glimpses I saw, the Albion were actually putting a good few attacking moves together , Bennett especially having a good game and Dickinson was continuing his infatuation with the Withdean turf.

William then starting shouting ‘chippy’ now I thought Richard Carpenter left a few seasons ago, then realized my lad had spied someone’s pre half time chips. So we went and got some .If you went to the match and got a chip in your lap or your hair, I apologise.

In the second half Albion huffed and puffed a bit, but created some good chances they just didn’t look like scoring, from what I could see from the kindergarten. Then talking of kids, Dean Cox entered the fray and soon enough provided the telling cross that allowed Nicky Forster to score the winner. William clapped and even shouted something that sounded like ‘seagulls’.

So the Albion have finally gelled of sorts, they looked more like a unit and I like the back four on duty at the end, especially El Abd.

After the match, I thought it would be a good idea to climb aboard the No 27 bus and at last fully use my travel voucher for the first time in 4 years. It stops at the top of our road and was sure to whizz through Westdene in no time.

How wrong I was, at one point I doubted we get to our stop outside the Church of the Good Sheppard, along Dyke Road, before the start of the Southend game! I spoke with legendary Albion fan ‘Big Mick’ who sitting opposite me said ‘it’s always like this’.

The traffic is horrific around Westdene after a match, perhaps more fans should use public transport, you know who you are!