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Mode
of Transport:
Tom Witham was at the controls of the Witham Mobile,
as we took the Crocs on Tour Lovewagon for the
first time since the farcical journey to Coventry. |
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Team:
An orthodox 4-4-2 of: Henderson, Hart, McShane,
Butters, Lynch; Reid, Mayo, Carpenter, Hammond;
Noel-Williams, Kazim-Richards. |
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Kit:
Ipswich wore their traditional colours of blue
shirts, with a rather flair white trimming, white
shorts, with a rather flair blue trimming, and
blue socks. Brighton chose their away kit of all
maroon, while once again Wayne went for the yellow,
black and white Tour de France goalkeepers uniform. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
Mark once again went for the light blue shirt
coupled with brown tie, black blazer and tight
fitting black trousers. His shoes were black and
smartly polished. |
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Weather:
A warm day in Ipswich with a few clouds dotted
about the sky. |
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Stadium
Rating:
Portman Road has fast gained a place as one of
the Crocs on Tour favourite grounds. It combines
two modern stands behind the goals with two older
ones on the side. The enclosed nature allows for
a decent atmosphere to be created, although the
Town fans were a bit of a let down in this department.
9/10 |
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Food
Rating:
No food was consumed on the ground, although a
bottle of Carling for £1.50 was rather pleasant |
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Entertainment:
Yet again, no entertainment was on offer inside
the ground. However, we made some for ourselves
as McCarthy and Witham serenaded fellow supporters
by singing every song that was played at half
time, including changing the words of the Kaiser
Chief anthem 'I Predict a Riot" to "I
Predict a Rape". The days entertainment was
rounded off in the car, when McCarthy went on
the Talk Sport phone in as Noel, a Reading fan.
5/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
The locals were particularly nice, especially
those that we saw in the town. The young chap
who served us in Pizza Hut did his town proud,
and his alice-banded hair was just the cherry
on top of the huge dessert of pleasantness. 8/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
There were only a few females seen in and around
the ground, most of whom appeared to be of the
standard where you would give them a poke after
a few beers. 7/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Very good. They showed us where
the town centre was, and one of them on the turnstile
even remarked "If you want a picture of the
best thing in Ipswich, then I am ready to pose"
when he saw the Crocs on Tour photo snapper. 8/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
With nowhere to hang the flag, McCarthy again
wore it is a Messiah-style cloak to celebrate
Easter, and it gained rather a large amount of
attention in the bar before the game. 6/10 |
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Match
Report:
Brighton made it two wins in a row on the road,
after they pulled a shock victory out of the bag
away at Ipswich. Defeat was not an option for
the Seagulls, and they went 1-0 up in first half
stoppage time thanks to a goal from Gifton Noel-Williams,
and Joel Lynch scrambled home a second in the
second half. Alan Lee set up Nicky Forster for
a late consolation goal, but it was too late for
the Tractor Boys. The victory leaves Brighton
with a slim chance of staying up, but they have
to beat Sheffield Wednesday on Monday at Withdean
to stand any chance of being a Championship side
next season. |
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Thought
of the Day:
With the atmosphere from the Ipswich fans being
symbolic of 1000 screaming children, we pondered
what could have this sort of affect on a crowd,
and Tom Witham came up with the only sensible
answer, which was that Gary Glitter must have
been at the game. |
