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CARLISLE
UNITED - SATURDAY 23/09/2006 |
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- KEVIN GALL THEMED EVENING | IMAGES
- GAME | VIDEO |
| Carlisle
is pretty much as far north as you can travel to
watch a game of football without being in
Scotland. A daunting trip of just under 400
miles was therefore broken up into two stages -
the first being the 'Kevin Gall Themed Evening',
in honor of Carlisle's great front man. This
involved a night of bars and clubs in
Manchester, while the Saturday saw us complete
the journey and see if the Albion could take
anything from the intimidating arena of Brunton
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| Mode
of Transport: |
The
Kane Mobile was used as the Crocs Love Wagon for
this journey, and a one-off insurance deal was
reached that allowed Tom Witham to share the
driving with Kane
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins made one change from Tuesdays defeat at
Southend, with George Santos fit to return. The
side lined up in a 4-3-3 formation consisting
of: Kuipers, El Abd, Santos, Lynch, Mayo;
Frutos, Hammond, Reid; Cox, Revell, Hart
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| Kit: |
Carlisle
chose to model their rather dashing home kit of
blue shirts complete with red and white trim,
white shorts and blue socks. Brighton plumbed
for the third choice kit of all maroon, while
Michel Kuipers went for the emerald blue and
yellow jersey, combined with navy shorts and
socks
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| Dean
Wilkins's Attire: |
Mr
Wilkins put forward his case for the managers
job on a permanent basis with a shambolic
fashion statement, choosing to wear a white
training top completed with black trousers. It
may be some time before we ever see fashion the
calibre of Mr McGhee in the Brighton dugout
again
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| Weather: |
The
Friday trip up saw heavy rain, and Manchester
remained rather grim throughout the day.
However, we were blessed with Mediterranean like
conditions in Carlisle, with bright sunshine
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| Stadium
Rating: |
Brunton
Park has a decent 'old school' feel to it, with
terracing on offer on 3 sides of the stadium.
Unfortunately one of these wasn't open, but it
did offer decent facilities. 6/10
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| Food
Rating: |
We
were not too impressed with the hotdogs, as they
reminded distinctly of a Durex extra strong
condom. However, the rugby club opposite the
ground offered a superb selection of cheese and
tomato rolls. 4/10
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| Entertainment: |
The
Crocs were not in their seats in order to rank
any entertainment on offer
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
After
visiting two establishments in the Carlisle
area, we deduced that they were of an extremely
friendly nature, especially one man who at times
was difficult to translate, but who seemed to
have an unhealthy enthusiasm for how far we had
traveled for the big game. 8/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
Many
decent females were seen around the ground,
particularly one who we believe may have
informed the Crocs they were 'wankers', although
it was difficult to distinguish due to her Scottish
accent. 7/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
The
stewards were also seemingly friendly, joking
with one fellow fan as he claimed his bag
contained a bomb, and also allowing the fans to
stand throughout the game. 8/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
The
flag was hung in the window of our Travelodge
room in central Manchester, so received an
unrivaled amount of attention. It was worn by
McCarthy throughout the game as a biblical style
shawl
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| Match
Report: |
Carlisle
ensured that their unbeaten home record remained
intact with a 3-1 victory over the Seagulls. A disappointing
first half saw the Cumbrians steam into a 2-0
lead, before adding a third towards the end of
the second half. Alex Revell pulled one back
late on in the game to take his tally to 3 for
the season, but in the end it was a poor show
from the traveling Albion as Dean Wilkins lost
his unbeaten record in the league since being placed
in temporarily charge
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| Thought
of the Day: |
We
questioned what would happen if a mouse had an
elephants penis transplanted onto it, and
whether the mice becoming erect would cause it
to die due to the sheer amount of blood the
elephants penis would require
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