Chris Hughton has praised Albion’s travelling fans after they enjoyed a welcome away win.

The Seagulls’ following of 1,396 sang throughout their side’s 2-0 success at Barnsley and celebrated at the end.

That figure compared very well with the 625 who followed Oscar Garcia’s play-off hopefuls to the same venue for a Saturday afternoon game towards the end of the 2013-14 season.

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Hughton and players offered their thanks as they left the pitch.

It was Albion’s first success at Oakwell since the opening fortnight of the 1991-92 season and only their second since John Templeman fired a late winner back in April, 1972.

Hughton said: “They sang right the way through the game so it was impossible not to hear them.

“Even at 0-0, when perhaps there was a little lull in the game, they were excellent.

“We will need every bit of that going through until the end of the season.”

A travelling contingent of 1,357 backed the Seagulls at Barnsley on the final day of 2011-12, many of them in party mood and most calling for Vicente to stay for another season in what might have been his final game for the club.