Many football fans doubted the wisdom of Des Lynam in defecting to commercial television after many years as a BBC man.
But he is having the last laugh now ITV has decided to give coverage of the Premiership, with Des at the helm, prime time on Saturdays.
The only disadvantage is that Des will not be able to watch Albion so often, at least for the next two years, before successive promotions put Brighton and Hove among football's elite once again!
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