CHELTENHAM TOWN - SATURDAY 09/02/08

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Brightons fourth meeting of the season with Cheltenham - and their first in the league - would see the Seagulls travel to Whaddon Road. With McCarthy now living in the Spa town, the Crocs held their annual themed evening - this time named after Michael D'Agostinho and  spread over 48 hours prior to the game. This involved a night of disgrace in Cheltenham on Thursday, a trip to the Millennium Stadium on Friday and finally a scrabble session Friday night, before the clash on Saturday

Witham hold the tea towel that was responsible for the earlier fire in the University halls kitchen McCarthy was described as the fire brigade as a hero, after getting the towel and throwing it into the sink, suffering from some smoke inhalation in the process
Our Thursday night out begins in the Student Union, with a few Knockout Cocktails - consisting a shot of five different spirits Witham practices his forehand to the face should a potential rape situation occur later in the evening

McCarthy relaxes in the local club, Blush, that we have violated for the evening Witham is wearing what can only be described as an incredibly homosexual shirt

McCarthy and Witham enjoying their alcopops McCarthy prepares to do what he does best, and that is owning the dancefloor

McCarthy on the dancefloor Unfortunately, he is outshone by this rather fat little man who was what can only be described as superb
Friday sees a trip to the Millennium Stadium for a tour. It begins by watching rugby on the big screen No, this is not Rhydian. It is infact a remarkably similar French rugby player
The Millennium Stadium, as seen from the players tunnel We were excited to think that Mark McGhee had stood in this spot a mere 4 years ago

Witham in the tunnel McCarthy looks noble, knowing that such legends as Jerry Gill had walked on this spot
The view that greets the players as they make their way into the arena Witham is not put off by the amount of Welsh and Scottish people on the tour
We make our way to the top tier for a more prospective view of the arena Brian was simply a superb tour guide full of passion, knowledge and Welshness

Witham enjoys the view from the top tier As McCarthy admires the fine roof of the stadium - which incidentally is entirely separate from the stands themselves
This is the view from the very last row Witham pulls a familiar pose
While McCarthy looks what can only be described as incredibly homosexual The view from the Royal Box of the stadium
Witham looking practically delighted to be in the same area that the Queen would sit if she ever decided to dirty herself by going to Wales McCarthy looks in on a regal fashion that befits his location of the Royal Box
These random people were no doubt waiting for the Welsh team to arrive ahead of their big game with Scotland the next day Friday night sees McCarthy and Witham enter the theatre of conflict - the scrabble arena
Witham prepares for the daunting task of facing Scott "Lexical Legend" McCarthy While McCarthy was no doubt considering it a huge honor to be sharing a word bag with Tom "The Dictionary" Witham
McCarthy gains an early psychological advantage by getting the word rape onto the board Game one has ended, with minor rape slut appearing - but who has picked up the victory
Its Witham, winning with 188 to McCarthys 179, although the -10 point penalty incurred due to him having the letter Z left was pivotal Witham prepares for the massive game two - could be take an unassailable lead?
The second game comes to a conclusion, but contains a disappointing lack of controversial words And it is McCarthy who gets the win, with 244 points to Withams 212, in no small part due to combining the Z and Q tiles to get the word quiz

After the 1-1 scrabble draw, we enjoy some Only Fools and Horses before heading to bed, with Witham looking like a giant blue condom