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Crocs on Tour > 2008-09 > Carlisle United
Carlisle United - Saturday 15/11/08

The longest away journey of the season saw the Albion travel to a Carlisle side that had been on an appalling run, resulting in manager John Ward being sacked. With the ludicrous 736 mile trip taking around 13 hours in the car, it was time for a Crocs on Tour first, as we flew from Bournemouth to Edingburgh for the game. The previous trip to Carlisle had ended in disaster - a black eye for one of the team, and a shocking days football - would this epic test of endurance end in a similar way, or could the Seagulls reward their fans for making the journey.

 

The Friday evening is spent drinking beer and playing board games. McCarthy picked up this bargain keg of Heineken
Upton and Clayton enjoy the game that was brandished the cheap mans Trivial Pursuit
Potter is soon asleep, so we put a tea towel on his head to create the image of an Arab
Its 5:40am when we leave Portsmouth, destination Bournemouth airport

It is clear that Clayton and Potter haven't had much sleep at all
While Upton has not had any

Neither has McCarthy, the two of them staying up all night playing Wii golf and discussing the finer points of Kimi Raikonens career
Potter is soon asleep, which affords the opportunity to play the classic game of using the flash to wake him up
An early cup of tea is taken in from the extensive range of catering facilities at the airport
Potter simply attempts to sleep
Upton's passport portrays him as young ASBO child
Witham tucks into some delightful toast for breakfast in the departures lounge
This chap did an excellent job of clearing stuff up
Clayton and McCarthy part with £1 for the luxury of a go on the massage chair

Fit
Nerves start to build as we prepare to board the first ever Crocs flight
Disaster strikes, as McCarthy's trousers begin to fall apart
Potter has a chronic fear of flying, which McCarthy attempted to put at ease by discussing famous plane crashes
Witham is soon praying for a safe arrival in Scotland
Upton looks like he is rather excited by the prospect of being on a Ryanair plane

McCarthy looks rather special
This steward helped join in with trying to upset Potter, by asking the Crocs to inform him if they saw anything "unusual, like the wing on fire or the engine dropping off"
We arrive safe and sound though, with Potter's stomach barely intact
A hire car was as cool as they come, as these tinted windows proved
Murrayfield, home of Scottish rugby
This chap was in traditional dress. Unfortunately, we couldn't see his sporran
The TARDIS was parked safely down an Edinburgh backstreet 
Mark McGhee was present in all his glory in the Scottish Sun
A beautiful image of the sun
These hills in Scotland delighted us with their close resemblance to breasts
Welcome to England - we were back in our home country already
Clayton enjoys his incredibly small burger, complimented nicely by the semen-flavored cup of soup
Fit
Brunton Park takes an easy lead in the 'most flair floodlights' category

The triangle roof stand was a piece of engineering genius
The asbestos filled main stand
The teams come out to the unusual welcome of the sprinklers still being on
Brunton Park also featured unnecessarily large dugouts 
This board did not sure any highlights, instead rolling rally racing moments to advertise Eddie Stobart
Graham Kavanagh ran the game for the home side
Kuipers looking particularly good in his red number
Potter looks worryingly happy given the fact that the Albion trailed 2-0 at half time
McCarthy pulls the Bruce
Rumble has soon had enough when we go 3-0 down, and resorts to browsing Facebook
These seats begged the question why?
Potter, being the hoodlum that he is, stole a hat from the top of this Christmas tree in Edinburgh airport
Which revealed a strange Scottish tradition of putting a crab on the top, possibly reminiscent of the large number of STI's in the country
Back in Portsmouth, and the disapointing day out finishes on a high with a kebab
While McCarthy and Witham retire to bed, after a grand total of 18 hours on the road

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