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Mode
of Transport:
The Costa Express was packed to the rafters, as
we mounted Liz for this exciting game. |
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Team:
An unorthodox 4-5-1 line up of: Blayney, Reid,
Butters, Dolan, Harding, Hart, Carpenter, Hammond,
Oatway, Jones, Virgo. |
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Kit:
Preston wore a fantastic all white number, that
looked particularly good on Eddie Lewis. The Seagulls
went with the all yellow away strip, while Alan
Blayney wore a green goalkeepers jersey, coupled
with black shorts and stockings. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
With the warmer weather approaching, Mr McGhee
chose to go with his usual suit, coupled with
a white shirt and no tie. |
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Weather:
A fine Lancashire evening, with a slight breeze
wafting through the city. |
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Stadium
Rating:
Deepdale is now a modern footballing arena, apart
from one stand that is so old its fabulous. The
National Football Museum also being at the stadium
gives it even greater prestige. 8/10. |
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Food
Rating:
Simply magnificent. The hotdogs inside the stadium
were of mammoth proportions, and well worth the
£2.80 paid for them. So much so, McCarthy
bought 2. 8/10 |
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Entertainment:
Nothing was on offer at all. 0/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Extremely unfriendly. Preston seemed to be full
of little chavs, who took great pleasure in throwing
stuff at our coach as we left the town. -5/10. |
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Standard
of Local Females:
No noticeable Preston North End females were around
the stadium. 0/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
Tom Stewart did not make today's trip, so the
flag was at home. |
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Match
Report:
Brighton made it 6 defeats in a row, as they conceded
a 6th penalty in their last 5 away games. That
was only the start, as Gary Hart was sent off,
and Preston went onto net 2 more, winning 3-0
to consolidate their play-off spot, and to push
Brighton into the relegation zone on a dismal
night in Lancashire |
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Thought
of the Day:
Building from a previous thought of a circle of
men doing each other from behind, we discussed
the prominence of a figure of 8, and how the joining
part would have to be tightly constructed. |
