RICHIE TOWELL IS up and running at Brighton after scoring his first senior goal in English football in his side’s FA Cup clash with Lincoln this afternoon.

It’s been a long road for the former Dundalk attacker, who joined the Seagulls last January after a couple of magnificent seasons in the League of Ireland.

The 25-year-old found it hard to break through to Chris Hughton’s first-team in his debut campaign while injury forced him to miss a large chunk of the first part of this season.

But the Cup has been good to him so far this year. He was handed a rare start in Brighton’s Third Round win over MK Dons earlier this month and now he’s found the net against the non-league Imps.

Towell netted after 24 minutes – finishing well after making a good run from midfield.

But, Brighton crumbled in the second-half and surrendered the lead after conceding twice inside five minutes. Late on Lincoln grabbed a third to progress to the last 16 of the competition.

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