The Albion players are loving every minute of pre-season according to midfielder Charlie Oatway.

The Seagulls followed wins at Arundel and Crawley with a 2-0 victory at Conference side Woking last night, thanks to goals from Chris McPhee and David Lee.

Oatway, who captained the side in the absence of the injured Danny Cullip, is delighted with how the summer is going.

He said: "It's going very well in general. The boys are happy, smiling, working hard and every training session they do they are knuckling down and getting on with it.

"Whatever it is, long runs or whatever, they cope with it with a slight bit of moaning mainly by me and we just crack on."

Steve Coppell is taking his first pre-season as manager at Albion after joining the club at the beginning of last season.

Oatway has noticed differences in the methods of Coppell, but believes the attitudes of the players are the same this summer as they were in previous seasons.

He said: "I don't think there is any difference this pre-season than to any other one. You always know what you want to achieve as a player and this has been no different.

"It's only different in the sense of the manager is different from last year but for players it's the same.

"We are starting to get some shape now in terms of our body and fitness and the way the gaffer wants us to play. And it has been really good and we are just now looking ahead to the new season."

The 250 or so Albion fans who made the trip to Surrey last night had the chance to see Swiss striker Gaetano Giallanza, who was making his debut since joining the club on trial on Monday.

The 28-year-old, who scored five goals in 18 appearances during a two-year spell at Norwich, was looking to win a contract after being out of action for a year with injury.

He was partnered up front by Chris McPhee, who had done his own chances of getting a starting place come August a boost with four goals in Albion's two other pre-season friendlies.

McPhee was quickly in action with a surging run from the halfway line which ended with his attempted shot blocked.

Woking, who like Albion were without their influential striker after Warren Patmore moved to Margate, tried to respond immediately via the aerial route, but found Robbie Pethick and Guy Butters hard to break down.

Woking trialist and former Arsenal midfielder Ian Selley swung in a dangerous looking free kick on ten minutes but Ben Roberts, making his second start in goal since signing from Charlton last week, was quick off his line to clear.

The pressure from the Conference side was short-lived and McPhee almost broke the deadlock on 17 minutes. Giallanza, showing nice touches but lacking match fitness, released Geoff Pitcher, who in turn fed McPhee but the young striker scuffed his effort harmlessly to home keeper Ashley Bayes.

Albion then had two good opportunities in the space of five minutes. Pitcher saw a close-range shot palmed over the bar by Bayes and Giallanza headed just over from a Richard Carpenter cross.

Giallanza threatened again just before the half hour mark when he missed a glorious chance to make a name for himself. Daniel Marney found the Swiss-Italian with yards of space on the penalty spot, but after having time to control the ball and chose his spot, his resulting volley was blocked by the legs of Bayes.

Albion finally took the lead four minutes before half-time when McPhee was rewarded for his hard work to make it five goals in three games. A long ball over the top caught the Woking defence napping and McPhee stole in to head the ball past the on-rushing Bayes.

After numerous half-time substitutions from both sides, which included Michel Kuipers coming on for Roberts, Woking made the brighter start to the second half.

Davis Hall had two chances to get the home side back on level terms. The first effort was a 25-yard drive which flashed over Kuipers' bar and then just before the hour mark he had a shot from point blank blocked by Butters.

Coppell decided he had seen enough of Giallanza on 61 minutes when he made a double substitution with Gary Hart and Shaun Wilkinson coming on for the new boy and McPhee.

Wilkinson almost made an immediate impact on 69 minutes when he broke into the box and was brought down by Ben Townsend, but Albion's calls for a penalty were turned down.

Woking almost had a spot kick themselves a moment later when Paul Watson tripped Chris Sharpling right on the edge of the area. Watson escaped with a caution while Dean Clark curled the resulting free kick into the wall.

David Lee doubled Albion's advantage on 75 minutes when he was left with a simple tap-in after a good run and pass by Hart.

Hall threatened again for Woking on 80 minutes when he was left unmarked in the box, but Kuipers had read Phil Parsons' cross and did well to come off his line to catch.

Lee almost grabbed his second in the closing stages when he was found in space 12 yards from goal, but he dallied on the ball and the chance was cleared.

Hart then had an opportunity to wrap it up when a cross by Lee flashed across the face of goal just out of reach of the Albion striker.