A 1-1 draw later that evening between Derby County and Huddersfield Town confirmed the move to the Premier League for Brighton.
PLAY in next season's Premier League after securing automatic promotion from the Championship.
The former Ireland worldwide was determined to avoid the mistakes of the past this year, and having been a permanent fixture in the top two since October, Brighton have secured promotion to the top tier for the first time since 1983.
It marks an incredible turnaround for a club who were nearly relegated from the Football League in 1997. "To put together the run they have, at this stage of the season, is incredibly hard, and they deserve every bit of credit", Brighton manager Chris Hughton said.
"It was unbelievable and all of the people involved in this football club deserve it".
Despite the windfall that comes with playing in the Premier League, Bloom indicated that Brighton will make only modest investments this summer as they are happy with the core of the squad Chris Hughton has in place.
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Thirteen years after their drop from the top flight - the same season they were also FA Cup finalists - Brighton came close to liquidation, with the club's board selling the Goldstone Ground to pay off debts.
"I don't necessarily think that was the motivation behind what we've been able to achieve this season", Hughton told Sky Sports. So it's a wonderful feeling for myself but more for a group of supporters and a club when you have a local investor who is prepared to put his own money into a club.
"We were in a bad position when he came in", Bloom said. Bloom's biggest score came in 2011 after finishing runner-up at the A$100,500 Aussie Millions Poker Championship for A$975,000 ($964,296), and a year ago, "The Lizard" also entered the $1 million buy-in Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza. The first stage of what he needed to do was get us to stay up [in the Championship]. "He did that. It wasn't pretty or easy", he added.
Despite the fans already in party mode, goalkeeper David Stockdale knows there are still games to be played and wants to finish the season as champions.
"I've watched too many games this season where the results are going our way and somebody scores in the last minute and it all changes".
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