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Brown | "One of the best moments of my career"

Scotland international on scoring the third goal in derby win

Hatters forward Jacob Brown described scoring his first goal of the season and wrapping up the 3-0 derby win over Watford as one of the best moments of his career.

The 26-year-old Scotland international has had a horrible 2024 after a knee injury ruled him out of most of the second half of the Premier League campaign, and subsequently the summer’s European Championships for his country.

Having made his return to action in the defeat at Plymouth last month, Brown went on as a substitute for his fourth appearance of the current season against the visitors from down the road – and produced a finishing touch to them back on a miserable bus journey down the M1.

“I don’t think I can explain it, it was probably one of the best moments I’ve had in my career, just with the magnitude of the game and how long I’ve been out for, it’s been a mad journey,” Jacob said. “To come on, score and kind of kill the game in front of the home fans against Watford, it was perfect.”

On his injury-time goal, he went on: “When I saw it went over, I thought the defender was going to get there, but when I got there, I just thought, just calm myself, hit the target. It went in the back of the net, and then the rest was just a bit of a madness.”

The former Barnsley and Stoke man was full of praise for the Kenilworth Road faithful, saying: “Literally from the first minute, the atmosphere was crazy – one of the best atmospheres that I’ve been a part of, and you could see how much difference it made.

“The boys were at it, the fans were at it. They just couldn’t handle us and it was just like that for the whole game, and you could see how much difference it makes. So for us to pay them back and see the smiles on the faces at the end, it was top.”

Asked about the importance of the result, Brown replied: “To be fair, the gaffer didn’t have to say too much. We know how much it means to the fans. It means the same to us.

“We knew it was the biggest game of our season so far and we had to win it, and we went out there and did that. But I think the message is now that that’s where we’re at, we need to play like that every week, and we’re going to try our best to do that.”

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