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Mode
of Transport:
McCarthy rendezvoused Witham and Upton in Oxford,
and made the journey to Northampton in the Witham
Mobile from there. The fact we were able to stay
in Oxford also allowed for an evening out in the
fine city afterwards. |
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Team:
Micky went with what appeared to be a 4-3-3 formation
consisting of: Kuipers, Whing, Elphick, Hawkins,
Richards; Fraser, El-Abd, Livermore; Virgo, Murray,
Anyinsah. |
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Kit:
Northampton wore their home uniforms, consisting
of claret shirts with yellow trim, white shorts
and white socks. Brighton wore their home jerseys
of blue and white stripes, coupled with alternative
shorts and stocking of blue. Michel Kuipers went
with the option of a yellow goalkeepers jersey
with black and white trim, black shorts and black
socks. |
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Micky
Adams Attire:
Mr Adams was present in a blue training jumper
combined with tracksuit trousers. |
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Weather:
A fine end-of-September day in Northampton, warm
and sunny. |
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Stadium
Rating:
Regulation 1990's built stadium consisting of
three small stands and one large main one along
the side of the pitch. 7/10 |
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Food
Rating:
No food was sampled in the arena due to queuing
length - suggesting consumers were happy with
the products |
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Entertainment:
A small sides game involving some children was
a nice touch. 7/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
No local fans were engaged with, although one
helpfully directed us from a home-fans only pub
to the bar in the bowling alley. 7/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females
Northampton appeared to be deprived of local females,
bar a few examples of jail bait that were enjoying
the bowling alley. The Albion end there had an
unusually large amount of talent in it. 7/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Fans were allowed to stand,
and one female steward even had delightfully platted
hair. 8/10 |
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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:
Any hopes that Wednesday's Carling Cup win over
the richest club in the world would help re-ignite
the Seagulls season was blown out of the window
when a mistake from Michel Kuipers in the 95th
minute saw Northampton grab a point with a 2-2
draw. Glen Murray had twice fired Brighton ahead
- lastly in the 93rd minute - before seeing Adebayo
Akinfenwa grab an even later equaliser to leave
the Seagulls still searching for their first league
victory since August. |
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Thought
of the Day:
Would any woman believe a chat-up line based around
the fabrication of the Crocs being astronauts? |
