The steps of woe was very apt for the toll that beer during the game would take before the final whistle

The teams enter this fine footballing arena

McCarthy is delighted to be next to the dugout, where Poyet and Tano would be doing their thing

Sexy Pete Brezovan was between the sticks for the start of the game

Oakmeeds Community College has obviously gone up in the world since McCarthy attended, now being able to afford to advertise at such a premier venue

Marcos Painter had signed on a permanent deal from Swansea following his loan spell last season

A wonderful day over Leylands Park

Sexy Pete looks on

We decide to see how many laps of the ground can be completed before full time. In order to avoid disrupting this sitting down, we go around the back of the stand

A packed grandstand

The Albion come forward with a corner

The second half team wander past the burger facilities

The team for the second half complete a strenuous warm up on this piece of grass behind the dugout

Mitch Walker replaces Brezovan after 30 minutes

New signing Captain Matt Sparrow does his thing

At the end of the first half, a penalty shoot out took place

Glenn Murray, the man who had put the Albion 1-0 up, also slotted home his penalty

Burgess Hill won the first shoot out

Mitch Walker prepares between the posts to face a penalty

Tommy Elphick netted confidently

Unsuprisingly, striker Chris Holroyd, who is still yet to score for the Albion, saw his effort saved

Jim McNulty's inevitable departure from the club was pretty much confirmed by him not being involved on the day

McCarthy's offering of a new kidney was, thankfully from his point of view, not accepted

Mendoza with Jimmy Mac

Alan Navarro was working up quite a sweat in the middle of the park

Michael Poke came on for his debut following his signing from Torquay

Having been informed that this was new signing Matt Sparrow by Mendoza, McCarthy poses for a picture. Unsuprisingly, it wasn't, and nobody has a clue who he actually was

Glenn Murray would have been happy with his first half performance

Gustavo watches on from the safety of the dugout

Former Albion captain Paul Rogers is now on the coaching staff at Burgess Hill

Feeling dehydrated due to the heat and beer combination, Potter helps himself to some of Gary Dicker's water, which the midfielder had left on the side of the warm up area

Mendoza elevates his view by sitting on the barrier that made up the exclusion zone around the dugouts

Requiring a urination session, Potter leaves the ground via this unlocked gate to relieve himself in the forest

New Barnsley signing Liam Dickinson had bizarrely made the decision to attend the game

Requests for him to pick Potter up and carry him as if he was a girl on a carnage trail around the clubs of Brighton were denied

The game continues to head to it's 1-0 Brighton conclusion

Rumble leaves a wedding rather swiftly to make it for the last 10 minutes