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Hull City
- Saturday 20/08/05
2 points
out of a possible 9 wasn't really the start Brighton would
of wanted to the season. The first Crocs on Tour match saw
the team travel to Hull, the marvellous KC Stadium, as they
took on ex-Albion manager Peter Taylor's newly promoted side,
including an overnight stay in Scunthorpe the Friday before
the game. |
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Mode
of Transport:
The Witham Mobile was used for the journey, as
we traveled up on Friday night to stay in Scunthorpe,
before taking the short journey to Hull on the
Saturday. |
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Team:
A 4-4-2 line up of: Henderson, Dodd, McShane,
Butters, Reid, Robinson, Carpenter, Oatway, Knight,
Hammond, Kazim-Richards. |
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Kit:
Hull were in the home kit of gold and black stripes,
black shorts and gold sticking, while Brighton
wore their Argentinean home kit of blue and white
stripes, white shorts and white stockings. Wayne
Henderson went for an unorthodox but stylish grey
goalkeepers kit with pink trim. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
Mr McGhee chose to wear a dark blue shirt, blazer
and tight fitting trousers. It was also evident
he had a black tie on at some point in the game. |
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Weather:
Despite it raining on the Friday, the game was
blessed with bright sunshine and warmth. |
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Stadium
Rating:
The Kingston Communications Stadium is wonderful
arena, a light year away from Boothferry Park.
Nice and modern, it is entirely enclosed, with
one two tiered main stand, and the rest being
single tiered. A good atmosphere is generated,
and a fine view guaranteed. 8/10 |
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Food
Rating:
The Hotdogs looked and smelt delicious, but no
food was consumed by the team before the game,
as McCarthy and Kane went for an over-priced pint
at £3 |
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Entertainment:
Very little was offered before the game, but during
the interval a small sided soccer game was put
on between two of Hull's center of excellence
teams, at under 9 level. It was a fine display
of football, and on that performance many of those
lads would walk into the Brighton team. The music
on offer was also well suited, if not a little
loud. 6/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
A mixed bag really. Before the game we met a particularly
nice Tigers fan who directed us towards the ground,
and we spoke at length with him over their new
ground and the troubles with Falmer. We also met
a friendly and helpful programme seller. However,
in the flip side we received a large amount of
homophobic abuse, which of course we don't mind
but it certainly tarnishes the reputation of the
locals. 5/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
Very few females were on offer from a Hull perspective,
which was disappointing. The ones viewed though
did appear to be dogs. 2/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Birks. They ejected several
people before kick off, and then ejected another
one for standing at the back. He wasn't so much
ejected, more like thrown down the steps. It could've
ended up being very nasty, and the police were
the ones who just wanted to prove they were hard.
Not impressive at all. 2/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
No flag was present again, a situation that we
hope to address by the Leeds game. |
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Match
Report:
Brighton were poor again for the third game running,
and lost the midfield battle. Hull opened the
scoring before half time, as Leon Knight was tackled
and proceeded to make a meal out of it as always,
allowing the Tigers to break and score. With Mark
McCammon introduced for the second half, the Albion
went forward a lot more and looked the more dangerous
side, and maybe should of nicked a point. However,
Hull broke again, and Ben Burgess, who has torn
Brighton apart in the past for Brentford, was
on hand to make it 2-0 and seal a first 3 points
of the season for Peter Taylor's mean. |
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Thought
of the Day:
We pondered over the idea of a bottomless drink,
and surely it was not possible, as if it was bottomless
it would never reach the top, therefore being
impossible to drink. |
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