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well what a lovely day,
to be honest we were crap but 2 good goals frome cureton and two beckhamesque ones from pook.

good turn out from tef, whits sonic sussex jmh walrus spencer white.

by the way we were shit defensively.

What was the line up?

Listened to highlights on southern counties radio but they were very biased.

bulman
jenkins
ohanlon
ifil
smith
roberts
pook
wells
caton
cureton
thorpe

It was a good day out. Nice to meet a few TEFers. Mex is ace - FACT.

Hard to judge how Town will fair in the league this year, Crawley were very well organised.

I'd give you a post-match analysis, but drinking since 6am means my head doesn't work properly.

I'm sure Sonic/Whits will do the honours when they get home.

fuckabaaaaaaaht :beers:

right have now finished my dinner can write some more.

started with 442 but that only lasted 10 minutes, the penalty was a total cock up, o hanlon left it and ifil shoulder barged the player. we were wide open at the back with crawley frequently getting in down their right hand side. smith looked out of his depth.

we changed to 352 and smith moved into the middle of the park, our main problem was imho smithpook and wells just didnt get or want the ball, we had resorted to hoof ball again with ifil being the main culprit.  jerel looked well out of match practice.

caton looked useful on the left and it was his great cross in which cureton lethally finished, good goal.

second half and no changes. then pook with possibly his first touch scored a screamer. subs were made colmyn platt on for o hanlon nicolau on for roberts fallon on for smith. then a cureton from a tight angle , then we conceded form a corner a goal we should have cleared.
another screamer from pook who then got subbed for shakes.
game sort of fizzled out.

we looked ropey and out of practice apart from  a 20 minute spell in second half, crawley were a good passing team and john robinson[ex charlton,wales] controlled a lot of the match.

there number 15 looked like quasi modo and we let him know with spencers crew singing chin  chinery chin chinery chin chin cheroo :soapy tit wank:

walrus is a fuckin head case :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Good crowd? Sounds like our defense is really abysmal. We need a decent experienced centre back.

Not liking the hoofs. We know what the teams capable of when we get it down and play.

there was about 4000 there about 1500 swindon,

our back three was ohanlon on left jenkins in middle and ifil on right.

apologies to all. :oops:

wish i was there but going out some stupid family bbq thing. :evil:

will definitely meet up with everyone soon though

fuck off magic you poof

yeah im coming im the big one yeah yeah yeah

Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once pushed me around

It's down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come,
She's under my thumb

Ain't it the truth babe?

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :oops:

Looked more like 6000 to me, and Parkin had a blinder


Oh..

i hate the m25

Nicholas not used-significant?

I don't think so. He was warming up at half time though.

Enjoyable day out, the game itself wasn't up to much though, our midfield was non-existant, Ifil made some very silly mistakes, Bulman didn't look anywhere near good enough for professional football and it was nigh on impossible to figure out what positions people were playing in.

On a more positive note, Pook took both his goals very well and so did Cureton. Caton looked very good in the first half and Nicolau impressed me when he came on, in the last 20 minutes or so we played the ball on the ground and created a few more chances using width and playing the ball through to the front men.

The abuse being thrown at the Crawley players was fucking class 8) Good to meet Sussex, JMH, Mex, Spencer and Walrus as well.

I hope you had a group hug :|

http://whitsontour.thetownend.co.uk/craw/DSC00086.JPG - pen after 2 mins!

http://whitsontour.thetownend.co.uk/craw/DSC00087.JPG - bloke down injured and part of me flag

http://whitsontour.thetownend.co.uk/craw/DSC00088.JPG - nice stand

http://whitsontour.thetownend.co.uk/craw/DSC00090.JPG - a car that made the traffic jam on the m25 a little bit easier!!

nice to meet all of you cunts to  :D

Yeovil - you're just jealous...

I didn't think we were that bad, 4 good goals from Swindon.  We just look a bit shit defensively.  But what's new?  I got a bit wound up at 2-0 down, as I was thinking of the stick I'd have got tonight if it had stayed way!  Feel a bit mean for calling Fallon a useless donkey.  Was well up for giving King a good ole ear-bashing though  :|

Hardcore TEF presence, made the atmosphere in the Broadfield.  Everyone is exactly not how I imagined them, and Mex seemed to more about football than Reg...  Well he knew John Robinson played for Crawley, and noticed we'd changed formation.  These sort of things usually pass me by...  :D

I'm gutted we didn't get to see you shave your head  :cry:

We heard the M25 was shut listening to the cricket on the way back. Went via Guildford and Basingstoke.

How come you stayed behind after FT? I know we won 4-3 but a pitch invasion was uncalled for.

It all starts getting a bit tasty after the game and Spencer's crew do a runner.

I never thought I'd see the day   :wink:

you might as well be reading spence

And I was stuck in bloody nottingham! Wish I had come, sounded like a laugh

Saturday was class, except for the quality of the football, but that took second place to abusing the Crawley players especially number 15 A.K.A Hunchback of Notre Dame, he kept shouting Esmeralda to all of his team mates when he wanted the ball. (thank you very much, i'm here all week!) :?

Another bonus was that I travelled from Walton to Clapham, then Clapham to Crawley, then Three bridges to Croydon, then Croydon to Clapham and finally Clapham to Earlsfield, all without buying a single ticket, result! :wink:

Great to meet TEF guys, Mex, Sussex, Walrus, Sonic, Whits and Spencer.

Mex – legend, 8)  in real life nothing like his TEF persona

Sussex – Initially thought that he was a bit odd/shy, but it was just that he was pissed from drinking from 6.00. Great bloke, but anyone who drinks Stella before midday needs to be kept an eye on. :wink:

Walrus :shock:  – See below

Sonic – Great bloke, the oracle for members of TEF. Had a go at me for not posting much. :cry:

Whits – Knows his football, and a great bloke, (plus he’s built like a brick out house, so if you thought that he was a cunt you wouldn’t tell him)

Spencer – Chief heckler, funny as fuck. Only lost points for turning up to the pub late. :nono:

Walrus is the funniest bloke in the world, :D  but at the same time you think that he could go off on one and get everyone arrested at any second. :shock:

He gained 3 older brothers on Saturday me, Mex and Sussex. I even cuffed him round the head for calling Fallon a useless donkey (which he definitely heard Walrus!). Then gave him £2 and told him to go and buy himself some sweets. He also drives like a maniac! (ask Sussex). Cheers for the lift to the station mate.


As for the footy, first half was very poor especially the first 20mins. Second half was a bit better, last 20 mins following the substitutions we actually played some decent stuff.

Negatives:
The back 4 were woeful
No backbone in midfield
Roberts looks disinterested (I think Whits could be right, that he may leave soon)

Positives:
Pooks goals
Nicolau who looked lively when he came on
Fallon who didn’t get many chances but intimidated the defence and looked well up for it. Although his confidence is now dented after Walrus’s comment (stupid boy!)

Cureton (Walrus’s mate), looked pretty lively. Could link up very well with Fallon.

Can’t wait for the start of the season!

South Coast (and Greater London) Reds on tour
 :\/

JMH - Bloody missed a good afternoon out by all accounts gutted! Only consolation is i got a lush pair of lacoste trainers thats all I can think of, still would of rathered beinga t crawley than outside in that rain at donnignton

Spencer was working in the morning - give him a break

No worries mate, i'm sure that there will be many more occaisons for a TEF group drink and hug. Especially now that I know where the Merlin is (it's changed name since I lived in Swindon).

Lacoste trainers nice, hope you didn't ruin them in the rain.

Spencer - My apologies, didn't know you worked in the morning :?

Thnak god I didnt wear them, I ruined everything else I was weari ng never been so wet in my life! After the experienec I have decided I will never go camping. FACT!

Camping is fun Ash.  I'll be in a tent on Saturday night after a day of Quad Biking, Dune Buggy racing, Archery and Clay Pigeon shooting, all followed by a bbq, beer and :doobie:.  Doing this for a mates birthday, should be great fun.

Actually that sounds a laugh!

Oi what was wrong with my driving?!  I was as safe as houses!

I do feel mean for calling Fallon a donkey, 'cos I'm a big fan and was only joking!  I do love Cureton though, good to see him smiling.

Was a good afternoon, and I thought not bad football given it was a friendly, and the youth we had in midfield.  The most important thing for me was the result, rather than the performance!

Only kidding mate, cheers for the lift to the station.

How was the rest of your weekend? Did you go to that 21st party? Any action?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  its all muscle, honest  :--

Abuse thrown at Crawley players in a pre-season friendly? Wish I had been there!

get the internet at home, then you can become a full time geek like the rest of us 8)

Not to bad.  Yeh I got to the party, though ended up getting pretty badly concussed on the bouncy castle, plus I struggle to get drunk.  It must have been all the naffing about on the bouncy castle!  But yeh was a gud'un!  How 'bout you - go out that night?

JMH, that was my mouthy mates not me. I do get mouthy when I get fired up though. I was the one in the white polo.

Im so sick of my job. Every other saturday morning. 2003-04 season I used to get the 9.30 over from Didcot and be in the Groves with an ice cold £1.10 bottle of Stella at 10.05am. Daily Sport, adver back pages. Waiting for all the mates to turn up. Sorry Ronny burger and chips. Thats heaven for me.  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Now I have to save all my days off for aways.

Spencer that's just completely thrown me. I thought you were the tall one in the stripey blue polo shirt?  :shock:

I was a bit pissed mind  :?

Yeah I was the tall one. But it was def a white HL polo.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/sussex_red/DSC00088.jpg

 8)

I've got a pair of Adidas Tuscany's, they're lush