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Mode
of Transport:
Tom Witham was in charge of piloting the Witham
Mobile to Walsall, while McCarthy made the short
journey up the M5. |
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Team:
Mr Wilkins chose to name a 4-4-2 line up consisting
of: Kuipers, Whing, Lynch, Elphick, Richards;
Cox, Thomson, El Abd, Westlake; Murray, Forster. |
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Kit:
Walsall went for their home uniforms of white
shirts with a single red hoop, red shorts and
red socks. Brighton appeared in their away colours
of all yellow. Michel Kuipers wore his aqua and
gold shirt coupled with navy blue shorts and socks. |
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Dean
Wilkins Attire:
Mr Wilkins was wearing his traditional suit coupled
with his famous trench coat. |
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Weather:
A hefty wind was blowing in off the M6, and fine
drizzle also bathed the Midlands. |
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Stadium
Rating:
The Banks Stadium is rather new, and stands in
the shadow of both the RAC Control Centre and
the M6. Three small stands are complimented by
one larger, two tiered stand behind the goal which
is extremely intimidating. 8/10 |
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Food
Rating:
No food was taken in by the Crocs, however Adrie
Van Der Meer enjoyed a cheese burger that looked
like it was made from some sort of dog meat, possibly
poodle. |
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Entertainment:
Nothing was on offer bar one young chap, bizarrely
wearing shorts, taking part in a cross bar challenge.
2/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
We didn't get the chance to speak to many locals,
but the few we saw in McDonalds prior to the game
seemed a little chav-like. |
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Standard
of Local Females:
A few fair females were around the ground, some
of which were fine, while others were considered
possible asbos. 6/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Decent enough, except for the
one fat supervisor who seemed to be something
of a Hitler. 7/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
A lack of possible positions in which the flag
could be hung denoted it remained in the bag. |
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Match
Report:
Albion came from behind to win away from home
for the first time since facing Wrexham in 2001
as they defeated Walsall 2-1. Walsall opened the
scoring with a superb header as the visitors failed
to deal with a free kick, but Nicky Forster soon
equalised with a powerful shot that Clayton Ince
possibly should have done better with. Glen Murray
got the winner in the second half, as the linesman
adjudged his looping header to have crossed the
line to give the Albion a vital 3 points in the
battle for the play-offs. |
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Thought
of the Day:
McCarthy and Retter's experiment on the M6 proved
that the black country is correctly named, as
there was a 2:1 ratio between two white members
of the McCarthy Mobile and four non-white members
of a passing car. |
