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SUNDERLAND
- SATURDAY 30/10/2004 |
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REPORT
| GEORGE McCARTNEY
THEMED EVENING |
| Oh
yes! The greatest match of the season. It was a
16 hour journey there and back to Sunderland. So
what better way to prepare for it than not going
to sleep the night before, instead chosing to
play some of the greatest board games ever seen.
The 'George McCartney Themed Evening' was only
ruined by the fact the inspirational Sunderland
defender was injured for Saturdays game. So,
just for you lucky people, we were awake for
over 24 hours to capture these photos from the
Stadium of Light |
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| The
walk to the bus station included passing the
real home of football |
The
other coach as seen from a marvelous view at the
back |
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| 2
hours later we arrive for breakfast at the
services. Witham shows he is starting to feel
the strain |
McCarthy
getting drugged up on caffeine to stay awake |
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| Stewart
enjoys a sleep on the comfortable coach |
After
8 hours, we arrive at Sunderland. It is a
fertile place, as these shrubs show |
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| The
stadium appears through the mist, on the banks
of the River Wear |
And
we reach our destination at long last |
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| This
was the sight outside the main entrance |
It
is a fantastic footballing arena |
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| It
begins to fill up |
The
Main Stand |
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| Stewart
and Witham tuck into a pre-match pie |
The
Brighton players warm up for the game |
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| "Ha'Way
the lads, should've seen us coming, everywhere
was blue and white and everyone was running, all
the lads and lasses and all the smiley faces,
going down the Shoreham Road, to see the
Brighton aces" |
Michel
Kuipers prepares for the match |
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| McCarthy,
Stewart and Witham prepare as kick off
approaches |
Witham
gets quite excited when he sees Jeff Whitley is
on the front of the programme |
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| Tom
Stewart gets 2 balonss, at which point Witham
pondered 'I wonder what it must be like having
breasts that big' |
The
baloons are released as the teams emerge onto
the pitch |
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| Here
they come |
The
Brighton team prepare for battle |
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| 0-0
at half time, as Stewart and Witham ponder over
the first half |
The
match is a good display of passing football |
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| The
Sunderland fans get behind their team |
And
they're soon very happy, as Brighton have to
re-start the game, after Julio Arca makes it 1-0 |
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| Brighton
soon slip 2-0 behind, and attempt to get
something back from the corner |
The
Stadium of Light...... |
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| Lives
up to its name, with the floodlights on |
And
the match finishes, Brighton going down 2-0. The
player applaud the traveling support |
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| And
Mark McGhee comes over to acknowledge the fans |
A
disappointing end to an otherwise splendid 24
hours |
