9:17pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
By Brian Owen
Albion old boy Dean Cox was on target to help send his former club sliding tamely out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy tonight.
A near full-strength Seagulls side lost 2-0 at home to Russell Slade's Leyton Orient in the first round.
Cox opened the scoring when he cut inside and fired in a 21st-minute drive which took a deflection over helpless keeper Casper Ankergren.
The former Seagulls wideman refused to celebrate and was applauded back to halfway by fans nearby in the North Stand.
If that was fortunate, what followed two minutes later was high class as Cox thumped a 20-yard volley against the bar with Ankergren beaten.
Jamie Jones kept Orient on terms just before the break, saving with his right foot from the clean-through Ashley Barnes.
Jones also pushed away a Glenn Murray penalty on 50 minutes.
But by then the hosts were two down thanks to Ryan Jarvis's free header from a free kick less than two minutes into the half.
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