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Mode
of Transport:
For the first time ever, a two-car convoy was
used. Tom Witham piloted the Witham Mobile, carrying
himself, Gemma Bantock and Tom Stewart, while
Neil Kane was at the helm of the new Kane Mobile,
with Andy Blake, Scott McCarthy and Mark Potter
as passengers. |
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Team:
Mr McGhee deployed the successful 4-3-3 formation
that he had used in the previous games this season,
with a line up of: Henderson, Reid, Lynch, El-Abd,
Mayo; Stokes, Carpenter, Hammond; Revell, Hart,
Robinson. |
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Kit:
Forest wore their traditional kit of red shirt,
white shorts and red socks. For the first time,
Brighton wore the new white away kit with blue
trim, complete with blue shorts and socks, while
Wayne Henderson chose the striking emerald blue
and yellow shirt, complemented with navy shorts
and socks - and needless to say he looked practically
edible. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
Mr McGhee continued his rather disappointing form
so far this season, by again going for a white
t-shirt, complemented by navy trousers. His dashing
white trainers did make up for this poor effort
though, but there is no doubt he will not win
the support from the fans until he turns back
to the famous 'suit, no tie' effort |
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Weather:
A mixed bag. The day varied from cloud cover,
to blazing sunshine in the second half, and ended
with somewhat of a downpour at the final whistle. |
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Stadium
Rating:
The City Ground is by far and away one of the
better stadiums in this division. All seated and
covered, with 3 separate stands, and a particularly
good atmosphere. 8/10 |
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Food
Rating:
Rollover hotdogs were the order of the day, and
these were not too bad. The Chicken Balti pies
also smelt particularly tasty. 7/10 |
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Entertainment:
A half time penalty shoot out was as good as it
got, with the Forest mascot having what can only
be described as a shocker between the sticks,
allowing small children to think they were good,
when in actual fact their penalties were rather
shocking. 6/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Due to our 2pm arrival in Nottingham, we had very
little chance to mingle with locals. However,
one shop keeper was rather kind when advising
us where to park, and a women who McCarthy accidentally
bottled when aiming for Potter took it with a
smile. 8/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
There were very few females who we saw around
the stadium, so we can only guess that the standard
was low, especially with the University currently
out of term time. 4/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Seemed like a decent bunch,
especially the one who was situated on the turnstile
and held an in-depth conversation with McCarthy
about his green trainers. They also aided in the
putting up of the Crocs flag. 7/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
Due to Potters incompetence, the flag was placed
in a position at the corner of the stadium. We
are therefore unable to tell how much attention
it received. |
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Match
Report:
Brighton lost their unbeaten record as Forest
made it 12 points out of 12 with a 2-1 win at
the City Ground. Jake Robinson had netted the
opener for the Albion after good work by Alex
Revell, but two second half goals, including one
from the penalty spot saw Forest take all 3 points,
and a disappointing afternoon was rounded off
with the sending off of Adam El-Abd for a second
yellow in the last few minutes. |
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Thought
of the Day:
We pondered why no club had thought of giving
the away fans only the back row of each stand
in the stadium, with the row in front being used
as segregation, as we believed that having away
fans on all sides and in such close proximity
to the home support would make for a more interesting
atmosphere. |
