ALBION turned in their best performance of the season to swamp Charlton 4-0 at The Valley today.

Inigo Calderon gave them the lead in the first half and Glenn Murray, Kazenga LuaLua and Matt Sparrow added strikes in the second period right in front of about 3,00 noisy away fans.

Gus Poyet's men were clapped off by home fans.

Calderon returned to the scene of his only previous goal in English football and did it again – in the same net.

His close range strike owed much to the delivery of Gary Dicker and a corner kick routine which went wrong.

The move, orchestrated wide left by Dicker, was intended to tee up Elliott Bennett for a 25-yard shot in a central area.

It seemed to have worked, only for Bennett to seemingly believe he was being closed down and opting to chip the ball into the box rather than let fly.

He miscued but the ball drifted back out towards Dicker on the left and the midfielder delivered a superb low cross which Calderon forced in at the far post.

Albion thoroughly deserved their half-time lead.

Home keeper Rob Elliott had already produced a superb double save to push away Matt Sparrow's swerving 25-yarder and block Bennett's follow-up shot.

But there was a scare in first-half added time as Casper Ankergren had to tip over a long range shot from the dangerous Kyel Reid.

The Seagulls took a stranglehold on proceedings on 62 minutes, helped by home left back Johnie Jackson.

He left a back pass a touch short and Murray did superbly to go around the keeper, remain cool and poke a shot past the covering defender.

That appeared to have made the points safe.

But LuaLua came off the bench to make absolutely sure on 79 minutes, winning a free-kick about 25 yards out and firing home himself after the ball was touched to him.

There was still time for Sparrow to head home from a LuaLua cross in added time.

It was a successful first 90 minutes in Albion colours for Gordon Greer, who was given the nod at the ground where he was sent-off playing for Swindon in the play-offs last season.