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Mode
of Transport:
Tom Witham was at the controls as the Witham Mobile
made the journey into the midlands. |
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Team:
Mr McGhee went for his usual 4-4-2 formation,
with the team lining up: Henderson, El-Abd, McShane,
Butters, Lynch; Carole, Hammond, Carpenter, Frutos;
Hart, Robinson. |
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Kit:
Coventry went for their home number of sky blue
and white striped shirts, sky blue shorts and
sky blue socks. Brighton chose their away colours
of all maroon, while Wayne Henderson decided on
a green goalkeepers shirt with black and white
coloration on the sleeves, coupled with black
shorts and stockings. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
Mark chose his traditional outfit of light blue
shirt, no tie, black blazer and black trousers,
and with a distinct drop in temperature, he decided
to wear his famous black anorak for the second
period. |
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Weather:
A grey sky was all around Coventry, but the weather
was distinctly average with regards to the temperature. |
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Stadium
Rating:
Being the newest ground currently in operation
in England, the Ricoh Arena is as modern as they
come. Slightly different to all the new grounds,
its main stand features an absolutely huge wall
and a form of garden patio doors. These add a
different character to the ground. Rather impressive.
7/10 |
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Food
Rating:
McCarthy found his hotdog to be of a particularly
nice persuasion, and it was priced at a bargain
£2.50. 7/10 |
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Entertainment:
Full credit to Coventry City in this department.
Cheerleaders were aplenty before the match, and
some form of penalty shoot out made the half time
very interesting. However, the crème de
la crème of all pre-match entertainment
was on offer, as a man in an elephant costume
proceeded to do all sorts of acrobatic feats.
It really was special, and if there was nudity
present this rating would be a 10. 9/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
The AA man that had to be called out due to our
tyre problems was rather friendly, as was the
man in the turnstile and the people around the
city who helped us in an hour of need . 8/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
Coventry was poor in this department. The only
person who gave any help in this department was
a young lady working in BP. They were put even
more to shame as we drove past a group of around
8 girls who would definitely have got it in nearby
Leamington Spa. 2/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Not very good at all. We were
far from impressed when Neil Kane was threatened
with ejection for making a simple wanker gesture.
2/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
There was no feasible position in which to tie
up the flag today. |
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Match
Report:
Coventry City continued their recent good form
with a decent 2-0 victory over clueless Brighton.
It took until the 43rd minute for the sky blues
to open the scoring, when the evergreen Dennis
Wise popped up with a header to make it 1-0. He
added his and Coventrys 2nd in the second half,
and if it wasn't for Wayne Henderson pulling off
a string of fine saves, the scoreline could of
been a lot more in the home sides favour. |
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Thought
of the Day:
Concerned with the fact this was a new ground
for the Crocs on Tour faithful, McCarthy asked
the simple question "Do you know where we
are going?". Witham's answer was just as
simple - "No". McCarthys response was
"Looks like we will just have to feel our
way through like a blind man in an orgy" |
