We left Brighton on Tuesday feeling upbeat about the performance after the players gave it a good go against a Championship team.

We had a great following and it was unfortunate in the end that the referee got a decision badly wrong, in awarding them a penalty.

There was a foul on Danny Spiller leading up to the incident as well. The referee said he thought he got it right but I’ve seen the replay and it was wrong.

He made two howlers in the game because, by the letter of the law, Stefan Payne should have also been sent-off for his challenge toward the end of the game. If one of their players had done that, we would have been seething.

The penalty decision changed the game and from then on it was just niggly. The challenges started flying in because after all of the hard work that our players put in, they felt let down by the referee.

Both sets of fans were left annoyed by the referee and we were livid when play was brought back for a foul when Matt Fish was through.

There were a few times where the referee (pictured with Jack Payne on Tuesday) could have played advantage, for both sides.

I think they’ve got it spot on in rugby, where they can bring play back for something that happened a few minutes earlier by playing the advantage rule.

All fans want to see is the right result and sometimes you don’t always get it.

We go from playing one good footballing side to another this weekend.

On Saturday we play Crewe who, under Dario Gradi, will be looking to get the ball down and play.

Like us, they played well in the week in their Carling Cup tie but were beaten in the end. They will be the home side and they’ll come at us but hopefully we will be able to stifle them and hit them on the break.

Their manager seems to have been there forever and he knows all about the lower leagues.

He has brought an abundance of talent through the club and gets his team to try and play the right way.

It’s a good advertisement for the lower leagues.

We gave a good account of ourselves at Brighton’s new multi-million pound stadium and they’ve certainly come a long way since we were their landlords.

There was a fair bit of congestion getting into the ground, which seems to be built in a dome, so no wonder it took so long.

I think they’ve got a few teething problems, like a lack of signposts in the ground but the facilities are second to none.

The changing rooms were huge and we didn’t know what to do with ourselves – we were rattling around in there. We’re not used to that kind of space, it was like a hospital ward. It took two or three minutes just to walk out onto the pitch!

Things are looking good for Brighton, with a manager who wants to play football the right way.

I remember playing against Gus Poyet when he was at Tottenham and he was a player that wanted to play the beautiful game. It takes a lot of courage to play that football at this level, as players will be asked to receive the ball in areas they wouldn’t normally.

It involves a lot of trust between the players but the more they do it, the better they will be.

I think if some of our fans saw the defender and goalkeeper swapping passes there would be calls of "get rid!"

After the game, the manager popped in for a chat with Gus, who said some good things about us but I was having to help Malcolm take things back out to the coach.

It was quite a hike from the changing rooms and Malcolm isn’t blessed with the youth of yesteryears!

I’m no politician but I think it’s disgraceful what’s been happening with the rioting and I hope they throw the book at these people.

There was talk of the opening games of the Premier League being in doubt after several midweek games were called off.

I’ve been watching England’s Test match and I am glad the start wasn’t affected.

We need to keep the games on and show these people that they aren’t winning.

Pictures: Barry Goodwin