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That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
Adam Virgo goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Jake Thomson is replaced by Danny Stevens.
Adam Smith is being taken off, Kevin Nicholson has come on in his place.
Torquay are replacing Elliot Benyon with Tim Sills.
Goal!! Brighton have scored with Andrew Crofts putting it in the back of the net.
Adam Smith goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
The referee has booked Christian Hargreaves.
Brighton are replacing Dean Cox with Alan Navarro.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by M Russell
Lee Mansell goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Torquay face Brighton at 3pm on Saturday, January 2nd.
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Andrew Crofts' header proved to the difference for Brighton as they reached the fourth round of the FA Cup courtesy of a narrow victory over Torquay United. The former Gillingham man connected with a Gary Dicker corner on 77 minutes to seal the win for the Seagulls at the expense of the hosts, who were bidding to reach the fourth round for the second season in a row. After a ten-minute delay to the start of the proceedings, the Gulls were on top early on but found the Brighton defence difficult to break down. In the 13th minute, Torquay launched a counter attack with winger Jake Thomson made a bursting run from inside the Gulls half of the pitch. He then delivered a cross from the right wing which found Elliott Benyon, whose 25-yard effort was collected comfortably by Brighton keeper Michel Kuipers. Torquay were defying the gap of 23 league places separating the two sides as Wayne Carlisle fired a 20-yard effort wide on 22 minutes. Defender Kieran Charnock nearly opened the scoring for Torquay when he connected with a Thomson cross to force a fine, finger-tip save from Kuipers with a headed effort on 26 minutes. Brighton enjoyed more of the possession as the half wore but were unable to create many clear cut chances. The pick of their efforts fell to Glenn Murray in the 43rd minute but his close-range shot was saved by Michael Poke. The first chance of the second half fell to Seagulls defender Adam Virgo, who fired over the cross bar for the visitors on 49 minutes. In the 51st minute, Benyon headed a cross from right-back Lee Mansell back across goal and straight into the arms of Kuipers. But Brighton finally scored the decisive goal of the afternoon on 77 minutes when Crofts broke clear of Gulls skipper Chris Hargreaves to head home Dicker's corner. Kevin Nicholson tested Kuipers in the dying minutes with a free-kick for Torquay, but the Seagulls were able to hang on to secure their passage into the fourth round.
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