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Apr 08, 2008 14:56 | #1

High up at altitude in Forest Green as Gloucester City win their third game on the bounce, this time 2-1 against Clevedon Town.

In the second half the sun came out and so did the 1.4x TC giving me some nice naturally lit images.

Here are some of the best

Crowd shot - "When Harry met Sally!"

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Scott Hendy (Clevedon) tries to throttle Jack Pitcher (City, ex-Clevedon!)

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Sweet! City boss Tim Harris tucks in!

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Uh Oh, it's the competition!

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Matt Rose bears down on goal

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Arf Arf - Bristolian Jack learned this trick at his local Zoo!

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Apr 08, 2008 14:57 | #2

Thwunkage with bonus points for a crowd in the background

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Boys, get a room!!!

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Surely he can't miss from there?

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Houston - "Can we have our ball back please?"

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Innocence

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The Lee Smith fan club

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Apr 08, 2008 14:57 | #3

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting...

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"He's big, he's round, he's worth a Million Pounds, Kev Sawyer..... Kev Sawyer!

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GOAL - Jack Pitcher scores against his former club

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If Carlsberg did celebration photos they wouldn't be better than this!!!!

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"Come in Number Three, your time is up..."

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Ouch - Syko sandwich anyone?

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Apr 08, 2008 14:58 | #4

Butterfingers

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Syko heads for goal

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Pitcher rounds the keeper...

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... and shoots AGAINST THE BAR...

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... but defender Josh Brigham is in the right place at the wrong time and chests the rebound in!

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Balls!

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Thanks for viewing, C&C appreciated, especially advice on shooting into the sun with the goalcam!

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Apr 08, 2008 15:01 as a reply to @ tigerroar's post | #5

And if you were told to just pick ONE to show us?

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Apr 08, 2008 15:54 | #6

Easy. The last one!

It's taken such a lot of effort to get my remote camera running that any unique photo like that will stand out

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Apr 08, 2008 15:56 | #7

HAHA. You have to post the boys get a room one in the funniest sport images thread. LMAO!

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Apr 11, 2008 17:29 | #8

Fantastic, I love them all. I hope the guy munching the bag of crisps isn’t the fitness coach?
Well done matey!!

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Apr 11, 2008 17:41 as a reply to @ dsul413's post | #10

The last shot is brilliant. You will never get a better one with a remote cam. Excellent all round.

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