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Mode
of Transport:
Disaster. Rumble's young lady friend Jenny Roberts
was charged with driving, but joy turned to confussion
when the back suspension gave way under the weight
of McCarthy and Potter. This meant taking a taxi
from a small village, Hatfield Peverel, where
the car was left, to Colchester. The journey home
involved a bus, train, rail replacement coach,
tube, and further train. |
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Team:
The potato named a 4-4-2 line up with: Kuipers,
Whing, Elphick, Virgo, Borrowdale; Loft, Fraser,
Dicker, Cox; Hart, Owusu. |
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Kit:
Colchester wore their home kits of blue and white
striped shirts, blue shorts and white socks. Brighton
appeared in their away kit of yellow and navy
striped shirts, navy shorts and navy socks. Michel
Kuipers was present in his delightful green shirt
with black and white trim, black shorts and black
socks. |
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Russell
Slade's Attire:
Mr Slade was in his seemingly normal match day
attire of training jumper, training trousers and
baseball cap. |
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Weather:
Reasonably warm throughout the day, although slightly
overcast at times. |
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Stadium
Rating:
The Westons Home Stadium is built quite literally
in the middle of nowhere. Opened this season,
it consists of four small, seated stands. Three
of these are identical and reasonably sized, while
the main stand contains some form of strange form
of strange balcony above a row of executive boxes.
7/10 |
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Food
Rating:
The hotdog's were extremely delightful, although
the lack of hot sausage rolls angered Potter.
6/10 |
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Entertainment:
Cheerleaders were on offer at half time, and appeared
to be of the attractive variety. 7/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
We arrived rather late in Colchester thanks to
transport cock up, and as such did not get to
experience many locals. 5/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
There were very few attractive females in attendance,
which was even more disappointing given Essex's
notoriety for producing slags. 2/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Not very good at all. Ejected
several fans for standing, they were completely
over the top, with one threatening Rumble with
obtaining a policeman to arrest him in the bus
queue for a simple case of street urination. 1/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
The new Crocs Welsh flag was not taken to todays
game |
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Match
Report:
The survival dream lived on following a 1-0 win
over Colchester. With the hosts having nothing
to play for, it was no surprise that it was the
Albion who were more up for the game, and a Lloyd
Owusu header from a free-kick was enough to settle
the game and give a massive three points to the
Seagulls for whom Michel Kuipers was rarely troubled |
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Thought
of the Day:
Mark Potter is so overweight that the suspension
of a Ford KA is unable to take his weight. |
