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Mode
of Transport:
The train took the strain, as we headed via
Littlehampton to avoid a rail replacement
situation between Brighton and Three Bridges |
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Team:
A bold decision from Gustavo as he went with a
4-3-3 line-up away from home of: Brezovan,
Calderon, Greer, Elphick, Painter; Sparrow,
Bridcutt, Dicker; Wood, Barnes, Murray |
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Kit:
Watford wore their home uniforms of yellow
shirts, black shorts and yellow socks. The
Albion were in their home kits of blue and white
stripes, blue shorts and socks while Sexy Peter
Brezovan looked like God's gift to women and men
in a delightful emerald green jersey, black
shorts and stockings |
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Gus
Poyet's Attire:
Gus went with his normal suit look along with a
training jacket |
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Weather:
A dry, crisp day which you would expect as
standard at the end of January |
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Stadium
Rating:
Vicarage Road has probably seen better days but
remains a fine place to watch football. Two
large, covered stands are in place behind the
goals, while down one side is a two-tiered
effort with a fine wave-effect roof. The
remaining side has a derelict stand covering one
third, some white bed sheets and an empty
corner. Unfortunately, sharing the stadium with
Saracens and thus the pitch having to take Gavin
Henson's incredible body every few weeks takes
its toll as it resembles an allotment. 7/10 |
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Food
Rating:
The
queuing system within the away end was probably
best described as a rape scene, which meant no
food was taken. |
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Entertainment:
Queuing for food in the rape scene that was the
aforementioned queue means that we also missed
most of any entertainment on offer. |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Extremely friendly. From the people who helped
us find our designated pub to the Watford fans
who lead us to the ground and were quite happy
chatting away, the people were a joy to be
around. 9/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
There was something of a lack of women about,
even in the shopping centres around the town.
5/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Very good and
helpful in finding both seats and the correct
turnstiles. Allowed fans to stand and no
problems experienced. 8/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
A sold out away section meant that this game was
deemed one for the flag to not make the journey
to |
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Match
Report:
The Albion marched into the fifth round of the
FA Cup with their second Championship scalp of
the competition as Watford were defeated 1-0.
Ashley Barnes got the goal thanks to a huge
assist from the Hornets reserve 'keeper, and the
promotion chasing yellows couldn't find a way
back into the game past the Seagulls as they
marched onto an away date with Stoke City |
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Thought
of the Day:
When asked if we drove to the game by a set of
Watford fans, we informed them we had infact
come via wheelchair which lead to the question
of would that actually be possible? |
