Everyone connected with Brighton and Hove Albion would have savoured Saturday’s 3-1 win over West Ham – and that victory will go down in the annals for a different reason.
Goals from Glenn Murray, Pascal Gross and Jose Izquierdo secured the triumph at the Amex Stadium – in what proved to be the 1,000th game in Premier League history.
Sportsmail takes a look back at some the landmark moments during this time in the top flight…
Brighton’s 3-1 win over West Ham on Saturday was the Premier League’s 1,000th match
Biggest Premier League Win – Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town (March 4, 1995)
Manchester United took revenge on the Tractor Boys for their 3-2 win earlier in the season as they ran riot at Old Trafford. Andrew Cole scored five as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side recorded their biggest league win in 103 years. This victory matching the nine-goal winning margin they recorded in a 10–1 win at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on October 15, 1892.
Most Goals in a Single Match – Portsmouth 7-4 Reading (September 29, 2007)
This was an 11-goal thriller that saw a staggering six of those scored in the last 20 minutes. It was 2-2 at half-time before Portsmouth built up a lead. The scoreline could have been greater had Portsmouth goalkeeper David James not denied left back Nicky Shorey from the penalty spot.
With nine different scorers, the encounter also holds the record for the most goal scorers in a Premier League match, jointly held with Arsenal’s 5–4 win at Tottenham in 2004–05.
Benjani scored a hat-trick as Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 at Fratton Park in September 2007
Highest Scoring Draw – West Brom 5-5 Manchester United (May 19, 2013)
Ferguson’s 1,500th and final game in charge of United before retirement ended up being a classic. The then-champions were 3-0 up at one point before a Romelu Lukaku hat-trick, as a substitute, inspired a Baggies comeback as United conceded three goals in the space of five minutes.
Despite the crazy finish at The Hawthorns, United ended the season 11 points clear of Premier League runners-up Manchester City as Ferguson bowed out of management to a standing ovation from all four corners of the ground.
Biggest Away WIn – Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United (February 6, 1999)
The 41st anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster was met with a gluttony of goals as the United class of 1998-99 hit Nottingham Forest for eight. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored a record four as a substitute as the Red Devils took a big step on their way to winning one third of the Treble that season.
One Comeback from 4-0 down – Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal (February 5, 2011)
Happier days for Newcastle fans, this. A woeful first-half display saw them trail 4-0 at home to Arsenal before Alan Pardew’s side staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in history. Joey Barton scored twice from the penalty spot, either side of a Leon Best strike, before the late Cheick Tiote sparked mass pandemonium with a stunning 30-yard left-foot volley from outside the penalty area.
Cheick Tiote wheels away in celebration after scoring Newcastle’s equaliser against Arsenal
Arsenal’s Invincibles (2003-04)
What more can be said that hasn’t already? This was a historic campaign that is unlikely to ever be repeated again. Arsenal played 38 Premier League games and lost none as they marched to unprecedented league title. The iconic 4-4-1-1 formation of Jens Lehmann; Lauren, Sol Campbell, Kolo Toure, Ashley Cole; Freddie Ljungberg, Patrick Vieira, Gilberto, Robert Pires; Dennis Bergkamp; Thierry Henry will never be forgotten.
Arsenal’s 2003-04 unbeaten Premier League campaign is expected never to be repeated
Forty nine games and out… – Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal (October 24, 2004)
Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney goals saw Arsnenal’s unbeaten league run end one game short of the half-century landmark. The hostilities of the match bubbled over at full-time with the now infamous ‘Battle of the Buffet’ which included Cesc Fabregas launching a pizza slice at Ferguson.
Ruud van Nistelrooy was on the scoresheet as United ended Arsenal’s 49-game unbeaten run
Luis Suarez Hat-trick – Norwich 2-5 Liverpool (September 29, 2012)
The unique Uruguayan is the only player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of goals all from outside the box. This came in a 5-2 win at Norwich for Liverpool – with the former a side he used to torment on a regular basis.
Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick of goals from outside the penalty box for Liverpool at Norwich
Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires’ double trouble – Arsenal 6-2 Southampton (May 7, 2003)
Only once have two played hat-tricks for the same team in a single match. The names in question? Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires who both achieved the feat for Arsenal against Southampton.
It’s safe to say after that both had two different career trajectories.
Jermaine Pennant was one of two Arsenal players to score a hat-trick vs Southampton in 2003
Fabrizio Ravanelli – Middlesbrough 3-3 Liverpool (August 17, 1996)
Scoring a hat-trick on your Premier League debut is a dream for all strikers – however, only one has ever achieved the feat. Middlesbrough legend Fabrizio Ravenelli did so against Liverpool in an entertaining 3-3 draw at the Riverside Stadium.
Sadio Mane – Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa (May 16, 2015)
Sadio Mane has been a revelation at Liverpool since he joined, but prior to that he shone for a Southampton side that would love to have him in their ranks now. The Senegal forward is the only player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in under three minutes – as Aston Villa would testify!
Sadio Mane scored a three-minute hat-trick as Southampton thumped Aston Villa in May 2015
Jermain Defoe – Tottenham 9-1 Wigan (September 22, 2009)
Bournemouth’s injured striker Jermain Defoe has aspirations of making England’s World Cup squad for this summer and to catch the eye again he may have to repeat his heroics of nine seasons ago. Then playing for Tottenham, the diminutive forward scored five goals in a single half as Spurs thumped Wigan.
Still to this day, no player has scored five in that period of time.
Jermain Defoe (left) scored five goals in a half as Tottenham thumped Wigan 9-1 in 2009