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Team of the Weekend

GK Dean Brill (Oldham)

DR Abu Agogo (Dag & Red)

DC Darren Purse (Sheff Wed)

DC Will Antwi (Dag & Red)

DL Dean Lewington (MK Dons)

MR Dean Cox (Leyton Orient)

MC Ryan Harley (Exeter)

MC Gary Liddle (Hartlepool)

ML Johnnie Jackson (Charlton)

F Lee Martin (Charlton)

F Josh McQuoid (Bournemouth)

Game of the Weekend

Hartlepool 3-1 Brighton

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Two weeks ago, Brighton were flying and looked untouchable. Since then they have been held at home by non-league Woking and on Saturday lost out to lowly Hartlepool. The Monkey Hangers took the lead through Neil Austin before being pegged back by Gary Dicker. The real drama began in the 71^st minute when Hartlepool shocked the Seagulls by regaining their advantage through Gary Liddle. Brighton looked certain to restore parity and maintain their 13-game unbeaten streak until Liam Bridcutt received his marching orders in the 77^th minute for a horror tackle in the middle of the park. From then on the home side looked more than comfortable and sealed the shock of the weekend by adding a third goal in the 84^th minute as young substitute James Poole made his impact on proceedings. The question is, can Brighton recover from this mini-setback, or will they continue to slide and let other teams into the title race?

Player of the Weekend

Josh McQuoid

A second hat-trick in eight days for the Bournemouth striker, who was also called up to the Northern Ireland squad this week. It wasn’t a “perfect hatrick”, but it came very close. His first goal demonstrated his aerial ability as he rose well at the back post to head home a cross. His second goal showed his strikers’ instinct as he stole in with a diving header to turn home another good ball from the left flank. And he completed his hat-trick with a great long range effort which finished off a great team move. An amazing end to a great week for the 20-year old, who hadn’t scored in 9 games before last weekend.

Performance of the Weekend

Charlton Athletic

Before our game against Peterborough, I would have happily taken a point. After a dire display at Barnet and a tight 1-0 win over Southend, both of whom play in League Two, I thought we would have our work cut out playing against a team who last year were plying their trade in the Championship. Posh were a place ahead of us on goal difference, and we don’t normally travel too well. I’m not exactly sure how it happened but somehow we were 4-0 up by half time and saw out the second half with only one minor glitch. An incredible result which takes us up to second in the table and extends our unbeaten run to six games since the devastating defeat to Brighton, which now seems like a distant memory.

Goal of the Weekend

Dale Jennings

He’s done it again. Check out Jennings’ goal from Tranmere’s 1-0 win over Plymouth. He takes the ball from the halfway line, dribbles past about 5 Argyle players and slots the ball into the bottom corner. Exactly the kind of skill we have come to expect from the lad over the start of this season.