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DERBY
COUNTY - WEDNESDAY 03/11/2004 |
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| Two
outings in a week! Today, it was an educational
trip during college time to Derby, and 'Gay'
Pride Park. Brighton had just lost 2-0 at
Sunderland, and despite still recovering from
the George McCartney Themed Evening, the Crocs
on Tour made the trip. This time, part-time
member Tom Cutting also traveled north for the
big game |
| Mode
of Transport: |
Mounting
Liz was the way to go again, but following the
fun of Sunderland we mounted John's half full
coach instead |
| Team: |
A
4-4-2 line up of: Kuipers, El-Abd, Cullip,
Butters, Harding, Hinshlewood, Oatway, Hammond,
Currie, Virgo and Knight |
| Kit: |
Derby
County wore traditional white shirts, black
shorts, while Brighton went with the change
strip of all yellow. Michel Kuipers chose an all
green number |
| Mark
McGhee's Attire: |
A
casual number of white shirt with black blazer
and shoes, with no tie. Coming from Scotland,
Mark McGhee was immune to the cold Derbyshire
climate |
| Weather: |
A
clear but fresh evening was in store |
| Stadium
Rating: |
Pride
Park is fairly modern, and has all the facilities
you would expect of an ex-Premiership club. The
fact that we were able to meet the players
before the game means it scores well - although
it would get full marks if it was called 'Gay'
Pride Park, in honor of Brighton's Gay Pride
Festival. 7/10 |
| Food
Rating: |
The
hotdogs looked more like penis' and were foul.
The pies looked distasteful. But the crisps on
offer boosted up this rating. Yes, you've
guessed it. They were Walkers. 6/10 |
| Entertainment: |
Seeing
the mascot, a life size ram, kicking the ball as
hard as possible to make the ballboys chase was
a great sight. The fact he kicked it in
completely the wrong direction was even better.
The half time penalty shoot out was also lively,
although apart from that not much happened. 3/10 |
| Friendliness
of Locals: |
Some
were extremely friendly. Like the young chavs,
about 12-14 years old, we were talking to
outside. We spent 10 minutes talking to them
about football, then they had the generosity to
take photos of us with the Derby players. They
get 10/10. However, we were called gay but some
youngsters on a bike. We responded though with
'You've got a nice arse' and 'I wouldn't kick
you out of bed in the morning.' One young chap
commented 'You really are a bunch of f*cking
fagots". However, for the young chavs. 8/10 |
| Standard
of Local Females: |
Very
little were present at the ground that we saw.
Although there were some rather attractive men
around. 2/10 |
| Flag
Attention: |
Tom
Stewart today forgot the flag |
| Match
Report: |
Brighton
were soundly beaten by impressive Derby 3-0. The
Rams knocked the ball about well, playing very
good football, and scored 3 well worked goals -
although Brighton's defending was questionable
for each. The Albion's only real chance came
from Leon Knights header, that flew over the bar |
| Thought
of the Day: |
There
were 2 thoughts today. One was from Tom Witham,
when he pondered "Is it possible to fit one
person inside another". The other was a
mixture of Stewart, Witham and McCarthy,
"Can you imagine of they abolished football
kits, and made the players play naked apart from
a pair of socks. Oh, and they would have to wear
sachets to tell which team they are" |
