Brighton will play in the top tier of English football for the first time in 34 years next season after securing promotion from the Sky Bet Championship.
Chris Hughton’s side could now go on to claim the title with a victory at Norwich on Friday night, live on Sky Sports 1 from Carrow Road.
Brighton possess surprisingly little Premier League experience, despite the average age of their players.
The club’s chief executive Paul Barber said a 25,000-strong crowd remained at the stadium after the game on Sunday.
Virgo said the scenes of euphoria at the Amex stadium followed the heartache and “dark, dark times” since 1983.
“Nothing will ever top this success in the history of the football club,” he said.
“They’re not just going into a big league, they’re going into a worldwide league and the club now will be seen all over the world.”
Mr Barber said: “We stayed in the ground for quite a long time because we had about 25,000 people we had to look after.
“We can never encourage people to go on the pitch, but we knew they would and we knew that people had waited a very, very long time for this moment and we certainly weren’t going to spoil it.”
Describing the scenes as “unbelievable”, he added: “They’ll last in people’s memories for a lifetime.”
EPL inexperience
Of the current squad, only Steve Sidwell and Liam Rosenior have been genuine long-term starters for a top-flight side, and neither are likely to be regulars next season, while only a couple more such as Murray and Stockdale have ever played more than a handful games in the Premier League.
The newbabies
It’s tough to survive as a new addition in the Premier League. Brighton will become the 48th team to join since its inception since 1992 and, of the last five teams to get promoted for the first time, three (Burnley, Blackpool and Cardiff) went straight back down at the first time of asking.
Of the other two, Swansea look likely to head for the trap door this season and Bournemouth have spent over £50million and struggled to climb much higher than 16th.
Brighton are highly unlikely to invest anywhere near that much, and are more set on the Burnley model of carefully putting the pieces in place to slowly try and establish themselves, which may mean the first season in the top flight is a difficult one.