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Crocs on Tour > 2010-11 > Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday - Saturday 21/08/10

It had been a decent start to the season for the Albion. Four points out of six really should have been six out of six if it were not for a horrendous howler by Kasper Ankegren in the last minute of his home debut the previous week. Today was a different kettle of fish though, as the Albion headed to one of the pre-season title favourites and the biggest club in the division, Sheffield Wednesday. Coming away from the steel city and the famous Hillsborough ground would give reason to be optimistic for the rest of the season, but it was far easier said than done as the Albion headed to South Yorkshire

 

Jenkins was attempting to be intelligent by having The Guardian. Unfortunately, this expose shot shows him merely looking out of the window rather than reading it

The tell-tale sign you have reached the north - the M1 power stations, this time up close and personal

Potter was being a health freak with his Colin Hawkins apple

McCarthy meanwhile was drinking Smirnoff Ice - just like a girl

The seemingly never-ending building works outside Sheffield station have finished, with this simply delightful fountain now in place

Jenkins soon manages to commandeer a mobility scooter from a shop that obviously doesn't care much about security

After he'd finished with it, the scooter was left to roll away

Richie Morris and Jenkins share a joke in the delightful Devonshire Cat

The Devonshire Cat soon had the Crocs delighted with the revelation that it sold snuff, a tobacco substance that is snorted

Piers gets some snuff down his nostrils

The pub was a fine venue for an afternoon nap

Unfortunately, if you blow your nose after inhaling snuff, a rather brown handkerchief is the result

Potter cannot believe the tobacco-based shenanigans that are taking place

For the first time in Crocs history, a tram is used to get to a game

You would have thought that with Sheffield's history they would take more care than to squash people into a small space. Note Morris at the back, the only man wearing traditional northern headwear

Thankfully, Hillsborough was only a few stops away

Leppings Lane is our chosen alighting point

Hillsborough in all her glory

The Kop

The main stand

McCarthy is delighted to be inside his favourite football ground in the country

Jenkins is so happy that he cannot help but pile forward onto McCarthy

Potter wants nothing to do with it

The teams emerge onto the pitch

Casper Ankergren prepares for battle

Adam El-Abd lies spark out on the floor after a quite simply outrageous piece of play acting after recieving a minor shove to the chest from Neil Mellor

Mellor receives a yellow card for his push

El-Abd receives treatment to his head injury, somehow incurred after being pushed in the chest

Tommy Elphick kicks off over the lack of red card for Mellor

This fine sign lets fans know where they are if they have forgotten

Rumble is a happy man...

Possibly because this physio was a spitting image of him

Wednesday go 1-0 up after a fine goal from Giles Coke

The scoreboad does not make pretty reading for Seagulls fans at half time

These helium balloons had been released by some scoundrel and float away over Sheffield

Another shocking moment from Wednesday, as Chris Sedgwick nearly breaks Marcos Painter in half

Once again, it was just a yellow card for the offender

The Albion come forward, but could not find a way past the Wednesday defence

This chap put the Crocs weight problems into perspective, taking up two seats Potter reflects on a disappointing day at the office back at the pub
McCarthy meanwhile discovers that he is able to uproot this entire shrub from its pot Being an honorable man though, he replants it before leaving
Potter is delighted to be outside the Crucible, as is indicated by his snooker-esque pose Jenkins and Mendoza tuck into a health-conscious Burger King on the way home
McCarthy tries to raise his spirits by doing some more snuff Rumble meanwhile looks upset at another wasted day
We return past the power station Potter enjoys a sleep, until the traditional flash used to wake up technique is applied
Somebody had left a small stain on their seat, perhaps a sign of a lack of bladder control Although not as bad as this lack of control that was spotted on the London Underground system - a fine metaphor to sum up the day

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