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MILLWALL
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Johnstone Paint Trophy has often been considered
the ultimate Mickey Mouse competition. That is
until you reach the late stages of it, with a
big final. It has taken on even more importance
this year, with the rumour being that the final
will be the first game staged at the new Wembley
with 2/3rds capacity, in order to 'test' the
safety of the stadium. If Brighton could pick up
a victory away at Millwall, they would be just
three games away from the final. Two debut Crocs
in Dougie Lane and Dan Collin made the trip to
the New Den |
| Mode
of Transport: |
As
is tradition for Millwall, the train was used to
arrive in South Bermondsey, as we took advantage
of a Southern "4 for £20" ticket
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins again named an unchanged team, with a
4-4-2 line up of: Henderson, Whing, Butters,
Hinshlewood, Lynch; Fraser, Hammond, El-Abd,
Cox; Revell, Robinson
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| Kit: |
Millwall
were in the usual home uniforms of blue shirts,
white shorts and blue socks, while Brighton wore
their away kit of white shirt, blue shorts and
white socks. Wayne Henderson went for that
fashionable aqua and gold goalkeepers jersey,
coupled with navy shorts and socks
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| Dean
Wilkins Attire: |
Mr
Wilkins again went for a trench coat look over
his tracksuit, while standing out in the fashion
stakes were his bright white shoes
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| Weather: |
A
miserable day in East London, with drizzle
experienced at times throughout the day, and a
wind blowing on this November night in the
capital
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| Stadium
Rating: |
One
of the first to be built in the wave of new
grounds, the Den is still a decent place to
visit. Four identical sides complete the makeup
of the stadium, each made of two tiers. A decent
view is afforded, with Albion fans housed in the
upper tier behind one of the goals. 8/10
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| Food
Rating: |
Woeful.
No hot food was available at half time, due to
Milwall expecting only 1/9th of the 900 away
supporters who made the journey. Lane had to
settle for a bag of Fruit Pastilles. 1/10
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| Entertainment: |
Nothing
was on offer, which was disappointing given that
the Paint Pot is supposed to be a competition to
attract families to games. But then again, no
responsible parent is going to expose their
child to Millwall away. 1/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
Horrible
people. A fight very nearly kicked off on the
train returning to London Bridge thanks to some
12 year olds who accused one person of being a
Brighton fan. His response was: "You think
I'm Brighton, I'm wearing ******* Stone Island
mate. Come down the ******** train and I'll show
you I'm ******* Millwall". These
intelligent chaps finally realised we were
Brighton, and when asked, McCarthy did the
sensible thing of answering "Yes".
Then, when asked if he took it up the arse,
"occasionally". Needless to say these
were cretinous yobs of the highest calibre.
-5/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
No
females were seen around the ground, which is
highly surprising as it would more than likely
have resulted in them being raped and pillaged.
However, we saw several attractive ones on the
train journey to London. 5/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
Slightly
heavy handed at times. 3/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
Kane
was in charge of the flag, so we were unable to
gauge its attention
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| Match
Report: |
Brighton
marched through to the Southern Section
Semi-Final of the Johnstone Paint Trophy thanks
to a penalty shoot-out victory over Millwall.
The home side took the lead following Guy
Butters sending off, and it took until the last
minute for Jake Robinson to pull back an
equaliser with his 11th of the season. Going
into the penalties, Robinson and Dean Hammond
converted, while Joe Gatting and Dean Cox
missed. With Wayne Henderson producing a save,
it meant that it was down to Kerry Mayo to score
and send the Albion through, and the veteran
left back coolly netted
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| Thought
of the Day: |
If
you had a magnetic toilet seat, would someone
with a metal hip become stuck to it?
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