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Kieran Maguire - Albion from afar profile »
Kieran follows the Albion from the sleepy footballing backwater that is Manchester, and can normally be seen at away matches in his flat cap with his whippet, Sir Alex, eating black pudding and lard sandwiches at half time.
Posted at 5:46pm Wednesday 5th August 2009
Unrealistic Expectations?
The hype is nearly over, the waiting nearly at an end. Albion fans all around the country are currently giddy with excitement at the prospect of a good season ahead, and with currently up to eight new faces to see at Withdean on Saturday there will be a lot of matching faces to shirt numbers for the first 90 minutes at least -and it’s only Walsall we are playing, so we are bound to stuff them out of sight . . . or are we?
Posted at 4:28pm Friday 31st July 2009
Great Expectations
Supporting the Albion from Manchester is tough, at times ridiculously so. With the world’s best supported, and the world’s richest club within a short distance, what is it that drives the North West Seagulls thousands of miles a year to watch the Stripes? Is it madness, nostalgia, rose tinted glasses or stupidity?
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