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Millwall - Saturday 21/02/09

Just four hours before the tough looking trip to The Den to face Millwall, news filtered through that Micky Adams had been relieved of his duties as manager as he struggled to keep Brighton in League One. With the prospect of Bob Booker and Dean White being in charge for the day, all things pointed to a defeat at the hands of the promotion chasing Lions. The big question was who would be next to take over the job as Brighton and Hove Albion manager, and would White and Booker be able to inspire their team to an unlikely victory to give the new manager a good base on which to build

 

McCarthy and the Megabus leave Cheltenham at 6.45am
Boris Johnson was making good on his promise to rid London of the bendy bus
McCarthy ponders who will be the next Brighton manager
Could it be Regi Blinker? Seen here in the Old Kings Head prior to the game

Rumble had bought along some champagne to celebrate Adams sacking
Toilets are out of order

This doesn't stop us from using them though
Potter is bemused as to why he couldn't get out of the toilet, and the answer was simply this large stack of garden chairs Rumble had place in the doorway
Rumble ponders over which sandwich to purchase out of this large selection
Witham and Potter head for the train to South Bermondsey
Rumble prepares to do something to Potter
McCarthy and Witham look ridiculously pleased to be heading to The Den
The building that has effectioniately become known as Robin van Persie's house due its connotations of rape
The away fans only pathway leading to The Den

The stadium comes into view
Potter struggles to pay for his nourishment purhcases
£3 for this cheese burger - which contained no cheese
McCarthy feels even more raped with the outrageous £3.30 for this beer
Mark Funnell is, contrary to the rumours, not dead
McCarthy disposes of his Carlsberg bottle in this novel position above the urinal plug

McCarthy gives a blow
Potter is obviously the superior blower
The stand in which all the Millwall pikies tend to congregate
Behind the goal
The Main stand
Mendoza is all ballooned up ahead of kick off
This Lion is one of the better mascots on offer in League One
The Albion players go into their pre-game huddle
No, this is not a sick piece of photoshoppery, this linesman IS wearing a hat
No sightings of a potential new manager in the directors box
These two men were extremely entertaining
They had effectively wasted £20 to make gestures at the Brighton support, which was excellent
This chap had the genius idea of coming to the game in fancy dress as a bumble bee
Kenny Jacket respects the boundaries of his technical area

McCarthy was majorly disapointed with the standard of hotdog on offer
The game continues

Brighton attack with a corner into the box
Adam Virgo lines up a free kick, which suprisingly didn't result in anything
Virgo puts Brighton 1-0 up
Dean White and Bob Booker control things from the touchlines
It was good to see Rhydian Roberts doing a fine marking job at the back for Millwall
Kuipers sporting what can only be described as a sexual goalkeepers jersey
Game over, Nicky Forster applaudes the fans
An excellent 1-0 victory for the Albion
Jim McNulty waves
The stewarding was perhaps slightly over the top given the amount of fans that could have invaded the pitch
The Millwall fans decide to throw coins and other items from their vantage point of the station platform
We are kept inside the cage as Millwall fans leave the stadium, no doubt disappointed at what they just saw

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