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Mode
of Transport:
In order to reduce costs for what was
categorised as a pointless game of football,
McCarthy took to the wheel of the Mac Mobile for
the hour journey to Woking |
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Team:
A fringe line up in a 4-4-2 formation consisting
of: Brezovan, Calderon, Elphick, Greer, Taricco;
Bennett, Dicker, Kishishev, Sparrow; Barnes,
Hart |
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Kit:
Woking wore their home uniforms of red and white
halves, black shorts and white socks. Brighton
were in their home kit of blue and white
stripes, blue shorts and stockings while Sexy
Pete Brezovan looked a million dollars in a
delightful yellow jersey coupled with black
shorts and socks |
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Gus
Poyet's Attire:
With winter here, Gustavo wore a suit effort
complete with winter jacket to ensure he was
protected from the bitter cold |
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Weather:
Warnings of rain proved unfounded, yet it was
still a freezing cold evening in Surrey |
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Stadium
Rating:
Kingfield is your typical non-league stadium.
One large, modern seated stand bizarrely
dominates behind one goal, with two shed like
structures down one side alongside a terrace
completing the main stand. The other goal
features a low roofed terrace that created a
cracking atmopshere, and the Albion were housed
on an open terrace down one side of the pitch.
4/10 |
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Food
Rating:
McCarthy's burger should have been billed as an
e-coli burger rather than cheese, and Witham's
stone cold pasty was comparable to the legendary
QPR effort of New Years Day 2005 that was thrown
away after one bite. One mark awarded for
selling Ribena however. 1/10 |
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Entertainment:
A cat-based mascot was about as good as it got.
2/10 |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
The locals in the stand behind the goal were
very interested in singing songs about Brighton
fans being gay and taunting them when they
briefly held the lead, but this was put down to
it being the people of Woking's cup final and
thus too many young men who had watched too much
Football Factory. 7/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
An absolutely incredibly fit steward was doing
the rounds in the away end. Unfortunately, there
seemed a distinct lack of other women in the
Woking area. 6/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Dealt well with the Albion
fans, even if some of the policing and filming
of the crowd did seem a little over the top.
Slow to deal with flares though. 8/10 |
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Flag
Attention:
The flag was positioned at the back of the
terrace, and received some looks of confussion
from Woking fans who seemed to fail to grasp the
fact that the pink Seagull meant homosexuality
is nothing to be ashamed about. 6/10 |
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Match
Report:
Brighton scraped through to round two of the FA
Cup with a penalty shoot out win over Blue
Square South Woking. Matt Sparrow gave the
Albion the lead before the Cards equalised and
forced the tie into extra time. With assistant
manager Mauricio Taricco getting sent off on his
first start in six years, the home side then
went ahead before Elliott Bennett ensured the
game went to penalties, and with Working missing
all three of their spot kicks the Seagulls
progressed 3-0 to meet FC United of Manchester
in round two |
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Thought
of the Day:
McCarthy decided that he would rather go on
holiday in Iraq with a caravan decorated with
George Bush's face on it than attend the game
that he was currently driving towards |
