Lewis Dunk picks his top five Albion moments

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The skipper is set to make his 500th Albion appearance on Wednesday night.

Matt Bishop

2025-12-03T06:00+00:00

Lewis Dunk celebrates the 1-0 victory against AEK Athens. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

As he approaches 500 appearances for Albion, Matt Bishop sits down with Lewis Dunk to look back at his five favourite Albion moments.

Alexis Mac Allister goal v Manchester United – May 4, 2023

Alexis Mac Allister scored a last minute penalty to secure a 1-0 win over Manchester United in May 2023. Lewis Dunk begins his colossal knee-slide. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

We’ve had some great moments against United, but the first one that springs to mind, and probably the best one, is Alexis scoring in the 98th minute against them at the Amex. The guts he showed was incredible and what a feeling when his penalty went in the top corner. I think we knew we were getting European football at that point.

Choosing the number five

Lewis Dunk has worn the number five shirt since Gus Poyet was manager. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Gus Poyet called me into his office before the first season at the Amex and told me I was going to be starting the season and playing consistently, so I needed a new number. He had all the free ones laid out and I was nervously trying to decide before he demanded me to pick the five. It showed he rated me, and I was going to play regularly – and I’ve been five ever since.

Leading us out at Wembley v Manchester City – April 6, 2019

Lewis Dunk captained Albion in our FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City in 2019. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

That day was a special one for the club and it was a proud moment for me and my family to lead Albion out at Wembley. Both our semi-final trips have been disappointing in the end, but walking out against City sticks out. Our end was completely packed, I loved the Withdean to Wembley flag and the atmosphere our fans created was special. Hopefully we are back there with more success soon.

First Albion goal – August 13, 2014

Lewis Dunk scored his first goal for Albion against Cheltenham Town in the League Cup. 📷 by Bennett Dean.

I scored a lot of goals growing up playing as a midfielder, but scoring for the first team was an amazing feeling which I hadn’t felt before. It was a cup game against Cheltenham, and I ended up doing the Ronaldo celebration in front of an empty North Stand! I think the excitement got the better of me. In the end, I finished top scorer that season with seven!

Celebrating at full time in Athens – November 30, 2023

Lewis Dunk grabs the Albion badge on his shirt during the post-match celebrations in Athens. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

I feel like that game is forgotten about in our European campaign a bit just because of the ‘bigger’ teams we faced, but the atmosphere that night in Athens was incredible and we did well to win it. It meant we were into the knockouts and at full time the scenes were so special. I remember heading over towards our fans first and then the whole squad were with me. Our fans followed us everywhere, so it was brilliant to enjoy that moment with them.

Look out for our special tribute to Lewis in Sunday’s match programme.