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Mode
of Transport:
McCarthy lead this journey, taking the Mac Mobile
to Northampton, where Upton had driven alongside
Crocs debutant Brett Mendoza. From here, we achieve
arrival in Hartlepool via Nottingham, where Matt
Martindale was collected from. The journey home
also saw take in the town of Darlington, dropping
Tom Stewart at the station |
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Team:
Micky went with a 4-4-2 line up of: Kuipers, Whing,
Elphick, Hawkins, Richards; Fraser, Livemore,
El-Abd, Cox; Murray, Forster |
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Kit:
Hartlepool wore their home uniforms consisting
of white shirts, blue socks and white socks. Brighton
were in the away kit of yellow and navy stripes,
navy shorts and navy socks. Michel Kuipers once
again went with the red, black and white keepers
number alongside black shorts and socks |
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Micky
Adams Attire:
Mr Adams was once again in his training kit alongside
large jacket |
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Weather:
A surprising lack of wind at Hartlepool meant
it was not as cold as first expected |
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Stadium
Rating:
Exactly the same as when we were there three weeks
ago. 6/10 |
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Food
Rating:
Victoria Park retains top spot in the food stakes
of League One with the legendary 'larger than
a mans head' lubricated penis, which managed to
defeat Mendoza. 9/10 |
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Entertainment:
Nothing on offer. 0/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
The bar staff in the local pub were delightful.
7/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
Hartlepool continues to disappoint, especially
given the high standard experience in other north
eastern outposts over the years. 3/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
One jobsworth was not convinced
by Martindale's student ID due to the fact it
had no expiry date, and he would later go on to
warn McCarthy about his camera use. Ruined what
would have been an otherwise good rating. 3/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
We were unable to gauge the attention of the flag
as it is currently in Nottingham. Somewhere. |
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Match
Report:
Another poor Albion performance saw the 116 fans
who had made the long journey north return home
with their spirit crushed and the FA Cup dream
shattered. After forcing the replay in the first
place with his excellent own goal, Colin Hawkins
gave away a needless penalty that sparked a Hartlepool
come back after Brighton had gone into half time
1-0 up thanks to Nicky Forster. The game ended
2-1, and any dreams of a day out at Wembley in
the cup final were dashed for another season |
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Thought
of the Day:
Would the quote "we were smashed like Baby
P" be acceptable on the fans phone in? |
