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Albion v Bournemouth - direct from The Amex [The Argus]



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Jun 5, 2011
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3:52pm
Camp came to Bournemouth’s rescue again in added time. Crofts picked out Ulloa with a superb ball over Elphick and Ulloa took it down.
But Camp was out quickly and blocked his volley away for a corner.
There was* still time for David to angle a long ball between the central defenders and Ulloa seemed to have taken it down, only for it to bounce away from him.
Half: Albion 0 Bournemouth 1

3:46pm
The contest, and home crowd, had gone very flat again.
Eddie Howe’s side were doing a good job of frustrating the hosts and keeping the ball at times.
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3:37pm
The Seagulls looked to LuaLua for inspiration. He was fouled tight to the touchline but Camp fisted away David’s inswinging free-kick away from almost under his own bar under pressure.

3:35pm
Arter, back from a suspension, was first into the book on 31 minutes for scything through Bridcutt after the home man had played a pass.
But Cherries were seeing more of the ball now and the Albion pressure had eased.
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3:28pm
LuaLua let fly from outside the box but the ball passed fairly comfortably wide as Camp dived to cover the bottom corner.
Elphick did well to head away at the far post after David stood up an inviting ball to the far post.
The clearance fell to LuaLua outside the box and his right-foot drive was superbly helped around the post by Camp.
Albion kept pushing forward. David picked out Upson with a free-kick and his header was deflected for a corner which caused chaos before Camp dived on the loose ball as Ulloa rather optimistically claimed he had been impeded.
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3:21pm
Bournemouth had offered little threat – but they went ahead after a laughable penalty decision by referee Simon Hooper. He stunned both sides by pointing to spot after Calderon slid in to nudge the ball away left-footed from Pugh. After lengthy arguments, GRABBAN drilled the spot kick into the bottom half.
Albion responded well and Ulloa had a right-foot blast well saved by Camp.
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3:13pm
Elliott Ward did more good work when he cut out a low cross by David Lopez who had been sent away down the right by Bridcutt’s fine pass.
LuaLua had a first run at Francis and his low ball in deflected to ulloa, whose touch let him down as the ball ran away from him for a goal kick right in front of the away fans.
Ulloa’s control was then awry when David drilled an intelligent low ball into him on the edge of the box.
But Albion kept coming – and Crofts’ use of the conditions so nearly brought a breakthrough.
He looked to keep a shot low as he let fly from 25 yards and the ball seemed to skid under Camp’s dive before smacking against the post.
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3:07pm
A poor pass by David Lopez on the edge of his own box put Albion in a spot of bother but they managed to slither the resulting cross to safety before the gaze of a slightly anxious North Stand.
A simple ball over the top then got Ulloa in behind the Bournemouth defence to the right of goal but Elliott Ward made up ground quickly to slide in and nudge the ball out for a corner – from which Albion were penalised for a shove.
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3:02pm
No change of ends. We will be under way just as soon as Bournemouth have completed their huddle.

3:02pm
Elphick gets the expected warm welcome from Albion fans as his name is read out.

2:58pm
Reports are filtering through from the Emirates that Vincent Tan is wearing a blue jumper!
So which will be the colour of success here today?
Albion are putting their faith in Kazenga LuaLua for some attacking width but*I suspect some fans will be disappointed not to see the Ulloa/Barnes pairing which started at Blackpool.
Arter is a busy midfielder and Cherries will be glad to have him back after a one-game ban.

2:47pm
There could be a first in the offing here at The Amex in the first match of 2014.
Albion could move into the top six for the first time this season (if you exclude the in-running league table after about 15 minutes of the opening game).
Or Bournemouth could complete a hat-trick of away wins in the second tier for the first time in their history.
We know Woodingdean boy Tommy Elphick will enjoy his first match at The Amex.
And that Leo Ulloa will start a game here for the first time in exactly three months.
Other than that, though, it’s a hard one to call as the Seagulls, who have been fallible at home, take on a Cherries side set up to defend in numbers and break forward quickly.
It was 3-2 to the Seagulls when these sides met at Withdean on New Year’s Day 2008.
Let’s see if Albion can, er, “Revell” in the wet conditions today.
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