Albion's tour will reach its most westerly point when they visit Galway United tonight.

In fact, the Seagulls are actually visiting Crowley Park, home of Galwe-gians Rugby Club, just outside the city centre.

It is basically a pitch with a railing round it and a lodge-style building at one end acting as a clubhouse.

The same venue will host Leeds United Reserves on Saturday.

This is by far the longest trip Micky Adams and his men will make from their retreat at Ballygar.

They are likely to be in their coach for up to two hours each way, though travelling times are notoriously hard to judge here in a land where speed is measured in mph and distances given in kilometres.

Albion's fans who have made Galway their base for the week will certainly have felt at home.

With its narrow pedestrianised streets, trendy bars and coffee shops, Galway bears more than a passing resemblance to Brighton.

There are traffic jams too, something unheard of back in Ballygar, while the City's tourist brochure describes Galway as The Place To Be. Where have we heard that slogan before?

Galway stayed in the top flight by the skin of their teeth last season.

Their manager is Don O'Riordan, a former Notts County and Grimsby campaigner.