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Mode
of Transport:
The train was used for this game, with Rumble,
Potter and Jenkins traveling from London and
McCarthy making the short hop from Cheltenham |
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Team:
Gus went for a 4-4-2 line up that was made up
of: Kuipers, Calderon, Elphick, Virgo, McNulty;
Bennett, Navarro, Crofts, Dicker; Forster,
Murray |
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Kit:
Aston Villa wore their famous home uniforms
consisting of claret shirts with sky blue
sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. The
Albion were in their home shirts of blue and
white stripes, coupled with alternative shorts
and socks made up of blue. Michel Kuipers wore
his charcoal goalkeepers jersey with black
shorts and socks |
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Gus
Poyet's Attire:
Gus looked practically edible in his suit with
no tie combination |
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Weather:
Clear but rather fresh day in the Midlands |
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Stadium
Rating:
Villa Park is one of the most traditional
grounds in the country. The large, two tiered
Holte End occupies one end of the ground, with
the opposite taken up by the two tiered North
Stand. The Trinity Road stand plays host to the
facilites for all the posh people, while
opposite that is the Doug Ellis stand. 9/10 |
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Food
Rating:
Shockingly poor. Only pies available, and they
had sold out by half time. Premiership club,
non-league catering. 1/10 |
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Entertainment:
Two mascots of an indistinguishable source
pratting about. 2/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Very friendly. They happily chatted away in pubs
prior to the game, and one local bus driver even
pulled off what can only be described as an
emergency stop to allow McCarthy to board his
vehicle after he had missed it. 8/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
Birmingham had its fair share of fitties about,
and these were helped by the appearance of
Gullys Girls. Not a patch on the Yorkshire
region however. 5/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Allowed fans to stay and did
a generally good job in helping Albion
supporters enjoy their big day out. 8/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
The Crocs flag was not taken to this game |
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Match
Report:
Brighton could not pull off the FA Cup shock
their fans had been dreaming of as they went
down to a credible 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa.
Villa opened the scoring before Tommy Elphick
sent the Albion into halftime at 1-1, but the
Premier League sides class showed as they scored
with consummate ease twice in the second period
before Nicky Forster grabbed a late consolation
for the Seagulls |
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Thought
of the Day:
Simon Valder announcing that his Strongbow
tastes of sick, before having to question if he
himself had infact been sick into it |
