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HUDDERSFIELD
TOWN - TUESDAY 18/03/08 |
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| Miraculously,
a victory in their game in hand would see the
Albion move into the play-off places with only 9
games left to go in the League One season. The
opponents were Huddersfield Town at their
fantastic Galpharm Stadium. Despite being nearly
15 years old, it is still admired across the
country for its architectural genius and as such
is arguably the best stadium in the division.
With the new Falmer stadium designed to bear a
resemblance to it, the Crocs made the long
journey north, hoping to see the Seagulls climb
into promotion contention |
| Mode
of Transport: |
Tom
Witham lead todays outing, as the Witham Mobile
was the mode of transport to enter the deep
North of Yorkshire
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins chose to name a 4-4-2 line up consisting
of: Kuipers,
Whing, Elphick, Lynch, Mayo; Cox, El-Abd,
Thomson, Westlake; Murray, Forster
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| Kit: |
Huddersfield
were in their home uniforms of blue and white
stripes, white shorts and rather excitingly,
flair socks consisting of blue and white hoops.
The Seagulls were in their away uniforms of all
yellow, while Michel Kuipers chose a stunning
ruby and gold jersey, coupled with navy shorts
and socks
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| Dean
Wilkins Attire: |
Mr
Wilkins appeared in a tracksuit, alongside his
regulation trench coat and excitingly, his
famous white dancing shoes
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| Weather: |
A
breezy evening in Huddersfield ensured it was a
little fresh, but thankfully it was not moist
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| Stadium
Rating: |
The
Galpharm is delightful. Two two tiered stands
are complimented by two single tiered stands,
with the roofs being shaped like a semi-erect
penis or banana, and joining at the floodlight
area. Unfortunately, the lack of crowd was disappointing
for such a grand arena. 9/10
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| Food
Rating: |
Shockingly,
the stadium had no lubricated penis on offer.
Indeed, the only food we saw available were
pies, an item which Ali Jenkins ended up eating
with his fingers instead of a fork, that may
have denoted how cold they were. 1/10
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| Entertainment: |
The
only entertainment on offer was that of a huge
dog, which we can only presume to be a terrier.
Disapointingly, he did no sort of acrobatics,
attempted intercourse with peoples legs or
mauling of random spectators. 2/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
The
few we spoke to in the pub were extremely
friendly with their broad Yorkshire accents, and
if possible seemed even more negative towards
their own team than the Crocs are towards the
Albion. 8/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
A
number of attractive females in the area, as we
have come to expect on our many trips to
Yorkshire over the years. 6/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
Extremely
helpful. Directed us towards ticketing booths in
order to enter the ground, and then were more
than happy to allow us to gain an erection of
the flag in the ground. 8/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
The
flag was placed over the seats at the front of
the Galpharm Stadium, along with several others
to create a wall of intimidation. 7/10
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| Match
Report: |
Brighton
blew the chance to move into the play-off zone
for the first time in 2008 as they went down 2-1
to a resolute Huddersfield side. The Terriers
opened the scoring when their left back was
allowed to ghost through the Albion side in a disappointing
first half. A Nicky Forster penalty gave the
visitors hope in the second half, but
Huddersfield grabbed a winner in the last 15
minutes after a dubious penalty was awarded to
give the home side the three points
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| Thought
of the Day: |
In
slow moving traffic, and Andy Rumble decided to
wind down his window and shout "You fucking
wanker" at a bloke perched on the back of a
lorry. Luckily, we managed to escape before he
could cause any serious damage to the Crocs Love
Wagon or its occupants
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