Eddie Howe will have learned a great deal about his new charges as they fought back to claim a point from a game they played no part in for the first hour.

But for him and Amanda Staveley, by his side on Saturday in the Amex Stadium’s directors’ box, the most fruitful lessons could come from their opponents.

The charge levelled at Newcastle’s new owners has been that they don’t seem to know yet how they’re going to run this club.

That they act as though this £305million collection of Tyneside’s hopes and dreams was a gift at a surprise birthday party.

The delayed removal of Steve Bruce was followed by the bungled pursuit of Unai Emery.

It is an unedifying look for the new regime, failing to lure a man who they later claimed wasn’t all that in the interview anyway.

And when looking for blueprints on success and stability, Newcastle could do far worse than study Brighton.

The Seagulls’ backroom staff, led by chief executive Paul Barber and technical director Dan Ashworth, have implemented a clear structure, backing their manager Graham Potter with young, up-and-coming players and, most importantly, time.

Newcastle’s owners look as though their best big decision would be to hire someone in the Ashworth mould as a sporting director, to take the other big decisions out of their hands.

The money shouldn’t cloud the club’s immediate reality, which is a serious relegation battle and the need to convince top-class players this is a serious project they should want to join.

Naturally, having an unlimited transfer budget to play with will probably paper over any structural issues, but such riches haven’t always equalled success.

With nine league games to go until the transfer chest can be opened in January, and Newcastle still waiting for their first win or clean sheet this season, the most pressing lessons to be learned from Brighton are on the pitch.

Potter’s side cut Newcastle open time and again playing exactly the kind of attacking football that made Howe revered at Bournemouth.

The game should really have been over by half-time, but only Leandro Trossard’s penalty separated the sides as Brighton were again let down by their finishing.

Isaac Hayden hauled Newcastle level on 66 minutes and they could even have won it late on, with Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez sent off for tripping Callum Wilson and centre back Lewis Dunk forced to go in goal for stoppage time.