Huddersfield Town 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 by Helena Pielichaty

Pete and I had three things on our list for Saturday:

1. Take flowers to Pete's Mum and Dad's grave in Huddersfield

2. Have lunch with my brother and swap Christmas presents

3. Go to watch Town v Brighton and Hove Albion

This is what happened.

1. Took flowers to Pete's Mum & Dad's grave

2. Had a coffee with my brother and swapped presents

3. Drove to Nottingham to buy a telly.

It was gutting not to be able to make the match, especially as we'd ear-marked that particular one as a 'must see'. Unfortunately our old telly (RIP) conked out on Friday and Saturday was the only slot we had over the weekend to buy a new one. If we still lived in Huddersfield we'd have had time to do everything but we don't, so we couldn't. Plus the £50 we saved on tickets meant we could put it towards the TV. It's needs must these days, as we all know!

It was with mixed emotions I watched the highlights on the BBC1 Football League Show  later that night. Mixed because while it was great to see Town on our new flat screen telly it would have been greater to watch it live. Then I'd have witnessed:

• Town keeper (and England U19) Alex Smithies save a penalty in the 36th minute.
• Brighton manager Gus Poyet riling Town manager Lee Clarke by holding up an imaginary red card for Town's captain Peter Clarke.
• Brighton's in-form striker Chris Wood, on loan from West Brom, causing a lot of problems.
• Brighton & Hove Albion score in the 56th minute
• Town's Jordan 'Country' Rhodes equalise with a header soon after
• Jamie 'Boom-boom' McCombe score the winner in the 84th minute.
• A bit of a fracas between players at the end.

The win - and losses by rivals Colchester and Bournemouth - puts Town third in League One. That's excellent. If we can keep up the momentum over the Christmas period we can start looking towards automatic promotion. Touch wood, fingers crossed, Hail Mary and Matt Cardle.