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Millwall
- Tuesday 28/11/06
The
Johnstone Paint Trophy has often been considered the ultimate
Mickey Mouse competition. That is until you reach the late
stages of it, with a big final. It has taken on even more
importance this year, with the rumour being that the final
will be the first game staged at the new Wembley with 2/3rds
capacity, in order to 'test' the safety of the stadium. If
Brighton could pick up a victory away at Millwall, they would
be just three games away from the final. Two debut Crocs in
Dougie Lane and Dan Collin made the trip to the New Den |
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Mode
of Transport:
As is tradition for Millwall, the train was used
to arrive in South Bermondsey, as we took advantage
of a Southern "4 for £20" ticket. |
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Team:
Mr Wilkins again named an unchanged team, with
a 4-4-2 line up of: Henderson, Whing, Butters,
Hinshlewood, Lynch; Fraser, Hammond, El-Abd, Cox;
Revell, Robinson. |
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Kit:
Millwall were in the usual home uniforms of blue
shirts, white shorts and blue socks, while Brighton
wore their away kit of white shirt, blue shorts
and white socks. Wayne Henderson went for that
fashionable aqua and gold goalkeepers jersey,
coupled with navy shorts and socks. |
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Dean
Wilkins Attire:
Mr Wilkins again went for a trench coat look over
his tracksuit, while standing out in the fashion
stakes were his bright white shoes. |
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Weather:
A miserable day in East London, with drizzle experienced
at times throughout the day, and a wind blowing
on this November night in the capital. |
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Stadium
Rating:
One of the first to be built in the wave of new
grounds, the Den is still a decent place to visit.
Four identical sides complete the makeup of the
stadium, each made of two tiers. A decent view
is afforded, with Albion fans housed in the upper
tier behind one of the goals. 8/10 |
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Food
Rating:
Woeful. No hot food was available at half time,
due to Milwall expecting only 1/9th of the 900
away supporters who made the journey. Lane had
to settle for a bag of Fruit Pastilles. 1/10 |
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Entertainment:
Nothing was on offer, which was disappointing
given that the Paint Pot is supposed to be a competition
to attract families to games. But then again,
no responsible parent is going to expose their
child to Millwall away. 1/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Horrible people. A fight very nearly kicked off
on the train returning to London Bridge thanks
to some 12 year olds who accused one person of
being a Brighton fan. His response was: "You
think I'm Brighton, I'm wearing ******* Stone
Island mate. Come down the ******** train and
I'll show you I'm ******* Millwall". These
intelligent chaps finally realised we were Brighton,
and when asked, McCarthy did the sensible thing
of answering "Yes". Then, when asked
if he took it up the arse, "occasionally".
Needless to say these were cretinous yobs of the
highest calibre. -5/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
No females were seen around the ground, which
is highly surprising as it would more than likely
have resulted in them being raped and pillaged.
However, we saw several attractive ones on the
train journey to London. 5/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Slightly heavy handed at times.
3/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
Kane was in charge of the flag, so we were unable
to gauge its attention. |
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Match
Report:
Brighton marched through to the Southern Section
Semi-Final of the Johnstone Paint Trophy thanks
to a penalty shoot-out victory over Millwall.
The home side took the lead following Guy Butters
sending off, and it took until the last minute
for Jake Robinson to pull back an equaliser with
his 11th of the season. Going into the penalties,
Robinson and Dean Hammond converted, while Joe
Gatting and Dean Cox missed. With Wayne Henderson
producing a save, it meant that it was down to
Kerry Mayo to score and send the Albion through,
and the veteran left back coolly netted. |
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Thought
of the Day:
If you had a magnetic toilet seat, would someone
with a metal hip become stuck to it? |
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