Glenn Murray says Albion know they have grown up in the top flight – as they aim to repeat history.

The top scorer says both he and his team are ahead of where they were a year ago heading to the first anniversary of a landmark result.

They aim to pick a first away win of the season at Newcastle on Saturday, exactly a year on from the night they beat West Ham 3-0 at the London Stadium as Murray opened his Premier League account for the club.

A goal at St James’s would be his 100th for the Seagulls and his sixth already this term.

It could also help prevent the club going a year without an away league win for the first time since 1935.

Murray plays down the importance of whether points come at home or away and believes Albion have matured.

He said: “It’s clearly a better start for me than other seasons but it is because I’m playing for a team who think they belong in this division.

“It took us a bit of time last year to start believing.

“We are well ahead of ourselves points-wise and I am well ahead of myself goals-wise.

“As long as the team create chances for me, I believe I can score goals in the Premier League.”

Albion have not won away since Murray struck at Swansea on November 4 last year, a run which will stretch to one day short of a year if they do not beat Toon.

The club last went a year without an away league win back in 1934 and 1935.

Since then, they have twice come up with three points to head off a year-long drought, something they will aim to repeat at Newcastle.

Albion went 11 months and two days without an away win in the fourth tier before enjoying success at Doncaster in October 1997.

Their worst such run in the top-flight saw them come within one game of a winless away year.

They beat Liverpool at Anfield on March 6, 1982 and did not pick up another three-point away haul until they went to Swansea on March 1, 1983.