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Crocs on Tour > 2009-10 > Carlisle United

Carlisle United - Saturday 12/09/09

The ludicrously long journey to Brunton Park was thankfully up relatively early this season. Following the dramas of last seasons first ever flight to a game, this year was the more straightforward but equally liable to cock up train journey. Having not won at Carlisle since 1999, and with only one win on the board so far this season, it was looking like a bit of a wasted trip before we had even awoken at 5.30am for the longest trip of the season

 
Mode of Transport:
The train was taken for todays game, including a brief journey on the tube across London all for under a bargain £30
Team:
Mr Slade named the following in a 4-4-2 formation: Kuipers, Virgo, Elphick, Tunnicliffe, El Abd; Bennett, Dicker, Crofts, A. Davies; Forster, Dickinson
Kit:
Carlisle were in their home uniforms of blue shirts, white shorts and white socks. The Seagulls appeared in their away kits consisting of red and black stripes, black shorts and red socks. Michel Kuipers handed a debut to the new white goalkeepers jersey, topped off delightfully with black shorts and socks
Russell Slade's Attire:
Russell was in a training jumper, shorts and socks along with his standard issue baseball cap to protect his shiny bonce from the Cumbrian sunlight
Weather:
Suprisingly warm and sunny given our proximity to Scotland
Stadium Rating:
Brunton Park has not changed much in the last 10 years. An old school terrace behind one goal with an excellent three-triangled roof, a large seated effort along one side which is split between home and away fans, an unused terrace behind one of the goals and the main stand consisting of seating areas at the rear and a terrace at the front. 7/10
Food Rating:
Lubcricated penis style hotodgs and a range of other goods on sale in order to help sober oneself up. 7/10
Entertainment:
Nothing on offer. 0/10
Friendliness of Locals:
Very hospitable, both in the town centre, at the stadium and on the way home. Some fans were even more pessimistic about their side than the Crocs on Tour team are about the Albion, which made for a refreshing prospective. 8/10
Standard of Local Females:
A number of attractive females spotted in the town centre, although there was a distinct lack of top drawer flange at the stadium. 6/10
Steward Rating:
Excellent. They allowed McCarthy and Jenkins to enter the playing area in order to access the unused terrace to hang the flag, and even wished fans a safe journey home on exit of the stadium. 9/10
Flag Attention:
Due to a cock up before departure, the new Crocs on Tour flag has to wait until the next away game for its debut as McCarthy mistakenly bought the flag of his six-a-side football team, the Hamsters, instead. This lead to unprecedented attention, as people questioned what on earth a flag with seven hamsters drawn on it had to do with the Albion. 9/10
Match Report:
Brighton picked up their second win of the season to leapfrog into 15th spot in the league with a 2-0 victory away at Carlisle. In truth, both teams were extremely poor, but the Albion faithful would come away heartened with a first victory on the road courtersy of two goals from the in-form Nicky Forster, a number of fine saves from Michel Kuipers and some superb rearguard defensive play.
Thought of the Day:
If you were to perform anal sex with the South African athlete who has recently been revealed as being a hermaphrodite, would it mean you were infact homosexual?

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