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BRENTFORD
- SATURDAY 10/02/07 |
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term "6 pointer" is often banded about
at this point in the season, but the away match
at Brentford would take on huge significance.
Following an awful run, coupled with an up turn
in Brentford's form, a victory for the home side
would see Brighton dragged to within two points
of the relegation zone. The omens were not good,
one goal scored in 2007 so far, and the fact
that the last three visits to Griffin Park have
seen an aggregate result of 8-0 to Brentford
indicated it wouldn't be a happy day for the
Crocs in West London |
| Mode
of Transport: |
A
simple train journey would see the Crocs travel
to Clapham Junction, and then catch a connecting
train to Brentford
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins went with a 4-4-2 line up of: Kuipers,
O'Ceaurill, Butters, Lynch, Mayo; Ward, El-Abd,
Bertin, Hammond; Cox, Robinson
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| Kit: |
Brentford
wore their inspiring number of red and white
striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.
Brighton chose their away kit, composing of
white shirts, blue shorts and blue socks. Michel
Kuipers chose to wear the aqua shirt with gold
trim, navy shorts, and bizarrely white socks,
which somewhat ruined the look
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| Dean
Wilkins Attire: |
Pressure
is building on Mr Wilkins not only because of
the sides performances, but because of his
fashion - another boring day consisting of his
drab attire of tracksuit and trench coat
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| Weather: |
A
chilled but at times sunny afternoon was in
store
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| Stadium
Rating: |
Griffindor
Park is famed for having a pub on each corner of
the ground, and it is a throw back to the
stadiums of a by-gone era. A wooden main stand,
with terracing behind each goal, and one being
comprised of a somewhat flair "double
decker" stand. The lack of roof was
somewhat disappointing though. 6/10
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| Food
Rating: |
One
of the outlets had run out of a hotdogs, and the
burgers on offer left a lot to be desired, being
compared more to beef jerky as opposed to a beef
burger. 3/10
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| Entertainment: |
Nothing
was on offer before the game or during half
time, apart from the one intoxicated Albion fan
who climbed onto the pitch and scored a penalty
past Tommy Fraser during the interval, only to
be removed from the ground by the stewards. 2/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
They
appeared to keep themselves to themselves, and
didn't really mingle with the large traveling
support, maybe due to fear of being taken from
behind. 2/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
Again,
we did not have the opportunity to spot any
talent in amongst the Griffindor regulars
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| Steward
Rating: |
No
dealings were had with the stewards, although
they did seem a tad heavy handed in their
approach to remove the fan who stuck a penalty
past Fraser at half time. 5/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
Unfortunately,
due to the nature of the terrace, their were a
distinct lack of places to erect the flag, so it
remained in Potters pocket.
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| Match
Report: |
Another
disappointing day out for the Albion saw them
slip dangerously close to the relegation zone
after going down 1-0 at Brentford. A poor
performance saw a sloppy goal given away as the
ball was lost in midfield, allowing Jo Kuffour
the time he needed to stick it past Kuipers.
Another game past without a real goal threat,
and the day out was compounded when Kerry Mayo
was needlessly sent off just before half time
for a second yellow
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| Thought
of the Day: |
After
spotting that the referee only had one arm,
Rumble questioned whether they had any second
hand stores in Brentford
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