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HULL
CITY - SATURDAY 20/08/2005 |
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points out of a possible 9 wasn't really the
start Brighton would of wanted to the season.
The first Crocs on Tour match saw the team
travel to Hull, the marvelous KC Stadium, as
they took on ex-Albion manager Peter Taylor's
newly promoted side, including an overnight stay
in Scunthorpe the Friday before the game |
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of Transport: |
The
Witham Mobile was used for the journey, as we
traveled up on Friday night to stay in
Scunthorpe, before taking the short journey to
Hull on the Saturday
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| Team: |
A
4-4-2 line up of: Henderson, Dodd, McShane,
Butters, Reid, Robinson, Carpenter, Oatway,
Knight, Hammond, Kazim-Richards
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| Kit: |
Hull
were in the home kit of gold and black stripes,
black shorts and gold sticking, while Brighton
wore their Argentinean home kit of blue and
white stripes, white shorts and white stockings.
Wayne Henderson went for an unorthodox but
stylish grey goalkeepers kit with pink trim
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| Mark
McGhee's Attire: |
Mr
McGhee chose to wear a dark blue shirt, blazer
and tight fitting trousers. It was also evident
he had a black tie on at some point in the game
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| Weather: |
Despite
it raining on the Friday, the game was blessed
with bright sunshine and warmth
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| Stadium
Rating: |
The
Kingston Communications Stadium is wonderful
arena, a light year away from Boothferry Park.
Nice and modern, it is entirely enclosed, with
one two tiered main stand, and the rest being
single tiered. A good atmosphere is generated,
and a fine view guaranteed. 8/10
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| Food
Rating: |
The
Hotdogs looked and smelt delicious, but no food
was consumed by the team before the game, as
McCarthy and Kane went for an over-priced pint
at £3
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| Entertainment: |
Very
little was offered before the game, but during
the interval a small sided soccer game was put
on between two of Hull's center of excellence
teams, at under 9 level. It was a fine display
of football, and on that performance many of
those lads would walk into the Brighton team.
The music on offer was also well suited, if not
a little loud. 6/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
A
mixed bag really. Before the game we met a
particularly nice Tigers fan who directed us
towards the ground, and we spoke at length with
him over their new ground and the troubles with
Falmer. We also met a friendly and helpful
programme seller. However, in the flip side we
received a large amount of homophobic abuse,
which of course we don't mind but it certainly
tarnishes the reputation of the locals. 5/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
Very
few females were on offer from a Hull
perspective, which was disappointing. The ones
viewed though did appear to be dogs. 2/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
Birks.
They ejected several people before kick off, and
then ejected another one for standing at the
back. He wasn't so much ejected, more like
thrown down the steps. It could've ended up
being very nasty, and the police were the ones
who just wanted to prove they were hard. Not
impressive at all. 2/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
No
flag was present again, a situation that we hope
to address by the Leeds game
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| Match
Report: |
Brighton
were poor again for the third game running, and
lost the midfield battle. Hull opened the
scoring before half time, as Leon Knight was
tackled and proceeded to make a meal out of it
as always, allowing the Tigers to break and
score. With Mark McCammon introduced for the
second half, the Albion went forward a lot more
and looked the more dangerous side, and maybe
should of nicked a point. However, Hull broke
again, and Ben Burgess, who has torn Brighton
apart in the past for Brentford, was on hand to
make it 2-0 and seal a first 3 points of the
season for Peter Taylor's mean
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| Thought
of the Day: |
We
pondered over the idea of a bottomless drink,
and surely it was not possible, as if it was
bottomless it would never reach the top,
therefore being impossible to drink
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