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CHELTENHAM
TOWN - SATURDAY 09/02/08 |
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REPORT
| IMAGES - MICHAEL
D'AGOSTINHO THEME EVENING | VIDEO |
| 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 |
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| Witham
enjoys a drink in the London Inn |
McCarthy,
complete with Millennium Stadium Tour pass,
enjoys his pint |
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| A
modern day hero for all, Jeff Stelling on Soccer
Saturday |
Phil
Thompson, the man who once famously described a
player as having "thrown his head at the
ball" |
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| All
kinds of confussion is caused at this town
centre parking metre |
Witham
enjoys his Wetherspoons beer and burger pre-game
meal |
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McCarthy tucks into a chicken and bacon baguette |
After
a ludicrous cash machine hunt, Witham finally
admits defeat and pays to withdraw money |
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| One
can only presume this sign was not knocked over
by some students on Thursday night |
The
fine state of this neighbourhood watch sign
denoted the locals took their duties in this
role seriously |
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| Whaddon
Road comes into view over the houses |
Is
there a more intimidating sign in League One? |
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| The
Crocs on Tour flag is soon in position |
The
Main Stand of Whaddon Road |
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| The
Cheltenham & Gloucester Terrace |
The
In2Print Stand |
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| Witham
watches the players warm up |
McCarthy
looks happy to be in the away end |
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| John
Dawes was once again playing a pivotal role in
the warm up |
Paul
Chrichton and John Sullivan played a key part in
entertaining the fans in the warm up by whacking
the ball full pelt into the crowd |
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| These
paramedics are soon making their way round to
treat a fan hit by one of these stray shots |
Whadney
Robin makes his way around the fans |
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| If
only he had a troop of Whadneys Girls with him |
£300000
signing Glen Murray warms up |
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| We
wonder if Harty has had better days |
The
teams emerge onto the pitch for the big game |
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| Aston
Villa legend and League Cup Final hero Alan
Wright prepares to take a corner |
Oaf
was present at todays game, and managed not to
fall over in a drunken state which had to be
applauded |
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| This
young fan was having a holocaust of a day in
terms of fashion |
Cleeve
Hill in all her glory overlooking Cheltenham |
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| Rochdale
goal scoring machine Paul Connor prepares to
come on |
Witham
cannot believe what a dire first half he has
just witnessed |
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| McCarthy
is so upset he feels the need to punch himself
repeatedly in the head |
Keith
Downing looks like some sort of mass murderer in
todays programme |
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| While
we were unable to agree on whether Wilkins
looked like a Doctor Who creature or simply a
pervert |
Shane
Higgs emerges for the second half |
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| Jake
Robinson celebrates putting the Albion 1-0 up |
Dean
Cox prepares to take a corner |
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| Into
added on time, and Alex Russell has grabbed a
late Cheltenham equaliser |
And
the Albion are kicking off again, as Steven
Gillespie grabs an even later winner to give
Cheltenham the 2-1 victory |
