In Brighton, they will treasure 2023. A year when they scaled new heights, finishing sixth and taking the show on the road to Marseille and Amsterdam. When they partied into the early hours with Fat Boy Slim in Athens.
As they coasted into a four-goal lead against Tottenham, Seagulls supporters might have wished the year would never end. Although, by the time the visitors reduced the deficit with two late goals to generate an anxious nine minutes of stoppage time, everyone must have been exhausted and ready for a lie-down.
There were two penalties from Joao Pedro, a popular goal by home-grown teen Jack Hinshelwood, a screamer by fit-against Pervis Estupinan and a late collapse.