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GILLINGHAM
- TUESDAY 20/02/07 |
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| An
up turn in form sees Brighton go to their former
home ground of the Priestfield Stadium,
Gillingham in good mood. Having pulled away from
the drop zone, and now in the top half of the
table, Dean Wilkins team would be looking to
complete the double over the Gills and make what
would be an extremely unlikely move towards the
play-off places |
| Mode
of Transport: |
Neil
Kane lead today's trip to Gillingham, as the
Kane Mobile was used to transport the Crocs
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins kept with his 4-4-2 system, with only
one change to the side: FLInDers, El-Abd,
Butters, Lynch, Rents; Ward, Bertin, Hammond,
Cox; Savage, Gatting
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| Kit: |
Gillingham
wore their home kit of all blue with white trim,
while Brighton went for their away jerseys of
white shirts, coupled with the away combination
of white shorts and stockings. On-loan Palace
keeper Scott Flinders returned a bit of fashion
to the goal, choosing the aqua and gold jersey
coupled with navy blue shorts and the return of
the navy blue socks
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| Dean
Wilkins Attire: |
Dean
chose to wear his now-famous dark blue
tracksuit, trench coat and white dancing shoes
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| Weather: |
A
night full of average temperatures for the time
of year, while fog was also present on the banks
of the River Medway
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| Stadium
Rating: |
The
Priestfield has changed significantly since the
days when it was home to Brighton, and this was
largely due to the extortionate rent paid by the
Seagulls throughout their two year tenure. It is
now an all seated stadium, with a large main
stand and one largish seated end behind the
goal. One small stand is all that remains from
the Albion days, while the away end is now a
"Withdean" effort of temporary seating
with no roof. 6/10
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| Food
Rating: |
The
rubber penis effort was once again on show, and
McCarthy and Kane were both presently surprised
with what they received. Rumble however was not
due to the lack of vegetarian options on offer,
in particular cheese and onion pasties. 6/10
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| Entertainment: |
Nothing
was on offer to entertain the fans, despite the
best efforts of the mascot, a giant horse called
"Tommy True Blue". 2/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
Gillingham
is renowned for its sheer pikiness, and this was
never any more in evident with the amount of
burbery-hatted people wandering the streets, and
in particular one girl whom we met in a kebab
shop, who at no more than 15 was a mother to one
unruly child and wore enough make-up to single
handedly keep the local Superdrug open. 2/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
See
above - if you wanted a women who would get into
bed quicker than you could say "Syphilis"
then this was the place to be. 1/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
Generally
friendly, and allowed people to just get on with
watching the game. 7/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
Due
to Potters ineptness, the flag was left in the
boot of the Kane Mobile
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| Match
Report: |
Bas
Savage was booed with every touch of the ball as
he returned to former club Gillingham, but it
was the big striker who had the last laugh in
netting the only goal of the game to give the
Albion their third straight win over their
former land lords. A gritty performance saw them
hold onto the three points, despite Gillingham
dominating the second half and deserving a point
out of the game
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| Thought
of the Day: |
One
fan complained to Rumble at half time about the
amount of songs about Bas Savage being sung, to
which Kane responded: "What are they
singing, Bas Savage is a black bastard?"
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