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LEYTON
ORIENT - TUESDAY 13/02/07 |
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| With
no Crystal Palace to play this season, sadly
Leyton Orient becomes the big derby match for
the Albion this season. Today's game is
significant, not just because of the recent
history between the two teams, but because
defeat will send take Orient out of the
relegation zone and above Brighton. If Saturday
was a 6 pointer, this game is a 9 pointer.
Having won 4-1 over Orient at Withdean earlier
in the season, Dean Wilkins men would settle for
anything here to end their poor run of form and
restore a little confidence at Withdean |
| Mode
of Transport: |
For
the first time ever, a hybrid system was put in
place for the transport, with McCarthy piloting
the Mac Mobile to Redbridge Tube Station, and
then the short journey being taken underground
to Leyton
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| Team: |
Mr
Wilkins made several changes to his side, but
still deplored the 4-4-2 line up of: Kuipers,
El-Abd, Butters, Lynch, Rents; Ward, Bertin,
Hammond, Cox; Savage, Gatting
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| Kit: |
Orient
went for their all red home kit, while Brighton
chose to wear their away kit of white shirts,
blue shorts and blue socks. Michel once again
went with the aqua jersey with gold trim,
coupled with navy blue shorts and once again the
disastrous white socks
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| Dean
Wilkins Attire: |
It
was once again the tracksuit and trench coat
look, rounded off with white dancing shoes
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| Weather: |
A
horrible evening in the East End of London, with
rain chucking down in weather that is bizarely
hardly ever seen around Albert Square
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| Stadium
Rating: |
The
Matchroom Stadium, Brisbane Road has changed
somewhat since the last visit 6 years ago. Two
smart new stands have been built behind one of
the goals and along one side, while the old main
stand still remains. Flats have been built in
each of the four corners, which means that when
the game gets slightly boring you can enjoy
watching what people get up to in the 'privacy'
of their own homes. One end is yet to be
developed, and as such is a car park. 7/10
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| Food
Rating: |
It
was once again the rubber penis effort for a hot
dog, but these were still rather nice. On the
plus side, the outlets also offered soup which
is something of a rarity at football. 7/10
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| Entertainment: |
When
in the pub prior to the game, we met a Brighton
fan who remembered us from Brentford, and
introduced us to his Orient supporting friend
called 'Dan' - who also happened to be the the
clubs mascot. He provided great entertainment to
the crowd, which was not surprising given the
fact that 30 minutes before kick off he was in
the pub! 8/10
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| Friendliness
of Locals: |
Despite
the supposed rivalry between the two clubs, we
found the majority of Orient fans in the pub to
be perfectly normal, although this may be more
to do with the fact that it was an away fans
pub. 6/10
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| Standard
of Local Females: |
There
seemed to be very few females in attendance, but
the two who were working in the ticket office
could certainly tear off our stubs anyday. 8/10
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| Steward
Rating: |
No
trouble, didn't enforce the crowd to sit down
and did their duties with a distinct note of
professionalism. 8/10
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| Flag
Attention: |
The
flag was draped over a set of seats in an empty
part of the stand, and gained a fair amount of
attention from fellow fans. 6/10
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| Match
Report: |
Brighton
quadrupled the number of goals they had scored
in 2007 in one game as they destroyed Leyton
Orient 4-1 at Brisbane Road. A much changed team
went out and gave an accomplished performance
against arguably the divisions worst side, as
goals from Dean Hammond, a first for the club
from Bas Savage, Joe Gatting and Dean Cox
secured a morale boasting and valuable 3 points
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| Thought
of the Day: |
As
Kane, Potter and Upton purchased childs tickets
for the tube, McCarthy asked the question
"Does anyone have a razor?"
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