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Evening, welcome along to the best from the NPower Football League.

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In many ways, it was your average week with Leeds' new owners

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rejecting another takeover bid, Notts County saw off a spurious

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winding up order while, in the dug out, Mark Robins joined

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Huddersfield from Coventry, who yesterday had their bank accounts

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frozen. Graham Westley parted company with

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Preston. Plenty then for Leroy to get stuck

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into, and that's not even including today's games.

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They've been in the play-off places virtually all season.

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This week's promotion rivals Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough

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went head-to-head for what could turn out to be a priceless three

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points. We'll see whether Tranmere could

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get their promotion charge back on track in Friday's home game with

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Shrewsbury. John Ward is proving the old adage 'never go back' wrong

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as an improving Bristol Rovers go in search of a fifth win in six.

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I'm at the Memorial Stadium for the visit of another team transformed

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by a new manager, Wycombee Wanderrs. We have all the goals, including a

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couple of real gems from all three divisions.

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First to the game between fifth and sixth in the Championship as

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Crystal Palace took on Middlesbrough at Selhurst Park.

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For Palace, six draws in their last 11 has held the Eagles back from

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threatening the top two while Boro were looking to build on their

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Of 2013 after beating Leeds in midweek.

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COMMENTATOR: Six points separating five clubs within the promotion

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frame, victory for Crystal Palace or Middlesbrough will be a momentum

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booster as the season reaches its booster as the season reaches its

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final third. There have been three path of Parr, who will keep it in

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play. Stp Haroun made a mess of it. Murray turns it in. Brilliant play

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by Zaha. Murray knows who to think for the provision of the simple

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list of goals. Zaha seemed as if they was closed in. It was a cul-

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de-sac, not for him. The deflection on the cross took it straight to

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Murray. Haroun made a hash of it. Zaha's delivery and Murray

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gratefully on the end, of all people to leave unmarked, albeit

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via a deflection that took it to given to them by Glenn Murray in

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the ninth minute. It was provided by Zaha, who is on the ball again.

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Great ball. Murray. Oh, it could have been two! Another fabulous

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ball in. Another terrific bit of wing play by the 20-year-old, who

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is a constant menace to Parnaby. His ball into the area was pin-

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point accurate. Murray, stretched as he did, could not quite get the

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touch that would confirm Crystal with ease. Murray. He could have

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had a hat-trick. He maybe should have had a hat-trick. Zaha is just

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too good for Parnaby at the moment. Ian Holloway will know this game

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should be beyond the visitors, this the second of two really

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presentable openings. The first he stretched for, but couldn't convert.

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This one he reached, but planted Palace and a good tackle by Friend.

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Everything that Crystal Palace are doing in that final third has an

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end product at the end of it. Lovely one, two, Murray almost

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through. Good tackle by Friend. Half an hour of Crystal Palace

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dominance. Was that going to go straight in? Steele went from far-

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post to near to get it away. I wonder if that would have crept in,

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it might well have done, you know. Haroun, back to his goalkeeper.

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Steele, out as far as Dobbie, who hits it, just beyond the post. The

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clearance was brought down well by Dobbie. There was only one thought

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in his mind, there is a smile on his manager's face that he would

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even try it. He brought it down. Saw the scrambling goalkeeper in

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front of him. It swung off the side of his boot and away from that far-

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on the far side. Cleared by Ramage. Took up a good position, Ramage,

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behind his goal keerp. Just as well that he did -- goalkeeper. Just as

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well that he did because Speroni was beaten. I don't think there is

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any doubt it was over the line. Palace. Murray couldn't quite get

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the touch. Excellent combination between Williams and Zaha. 19 years

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old and 20 years old. The Palace Academy graduates almost setting up

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a second goal. Palace corner. Murray jumps. And Ramage. At last,

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Crystal Palace get themselves what had seemed an elusive second goal.

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Not too much emotion on the face of the gaffer. Ramage, who cleared the

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ball off the line to deny Middlesbrough an equaliser when

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Haroun came close, he pops up at the other end and makes it 2-0. It

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was a lovely turn and hit from the centre half. Really good turn and

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Steele with the clear. Middlesbrough still down to 10.

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Dikgacoi, beaten to it by Friend. Murray! Oh, fabulous! He may have

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missed a couple to make it a hat- trick in the first half, but, if he

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can pull one out as good as that, maybe a hat-trick is still on for

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Glenn Murray. Brilliant goal, celebrated with a punch in the air

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by the gaffer. Wonderful hit by Murray. Beyond Steele. Three goals

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for Palace. Three points for Palace. Still more than half an hour of

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tournament for Middlesbrough. 57 minutes gone, Crystal Palace 3,

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to do to avoid having an afternoon to forget at Selhurst Park. Dobbie

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might make it four! He maybe should have done. I think he was just

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looking too much as Steele's arrival. Murray played the ball in.

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Dobbie was favourite to get there. I think, in the corner of his eye,

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he could see the goalkeeper coming at him. He just took his eye off it.

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I'm sure he could have got there first. Roy Hodgson has choose an

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good afternoon to come to Selhurst Park and look at some of his young

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superstars, picked up his first England Cap against Sweden in

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November. I'm sure more England Caps will be coming his way if he

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can produce like this. This is before he become as Premier League

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footballer with comuend. -- Manchester United. He has been

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outstanding this afternoon. What an ideal time to come on for Kevin

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Phillips. Palace in control. 3-0 up, full of confidence. There is 20

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minutes for him to stretch his legs, get goalside of a defender or two

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and maybe grab the fifth goal of go. If Middlesbrough were to pull

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one goal back it might plant a small seed of doubt in Crystal

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Palace's minds. Friend has probably been Middlesbrough's best performer.

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Can they pull one back? Yes, they can. 11 minutes to go. Maybe there

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is a way back into this for Middlesbrough? No emotion on the

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face of the manager, who knows it could just be a consolation only.

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It was a well constructed goal. Haroun on target. Nice little

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combination with Friend, who had won the tackle, and Miller who laid

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it on. Crystal Palace 3, yeah! I had a hunch he might get a

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goal today. In fact, every time he gets onto the field you have a

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hunch he will get a goal. That is why Ian Holloway has signed him.

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There is only one in his mind, Kevin Phillips, looking and finding

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the back of the Middlesbrough goal. Zaha with the pass. Just there it

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looked as though he might be laying it off. Once he got beyond Friend

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that trusty left boot, into the This division is very, very tough.

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You give... Everybody has really good players. You have to take

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advantage of the spells when you are on top. What a fantastic goal

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from Glenn Murray. He is having the best season of his life and he is

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improving. He is like a fine bottle of wine. At Ipswich we lost after

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half-time, a bad goal. Then gu chasing the game and you end up

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losing more. -- you go chasing the game and you end up losing more.

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Frustrated at the moment. You got the master coming on, at 239 years

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old, I said, "I think you will score when you are 110." He is

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embarrassing. He is brilliant. I think he is one of the best

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strikers I have ever worked with by quite a way. He is so focused. To

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come off the bench when you are cold and look like you are in the

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speed of the game is some mean They carried on where they left off

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against Middlesbrough and they had no chance today. Glenn Murray is

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the top scorer in English football, 27 goals to his fame and he could

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have had more. He could have done, and he is a poacher. We have seen

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this many times, Zaha with his this many times, Zaha with his

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magic in the white areas, drawing defenders and Glenn Murray gets the

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tap-in. Again, Zaha drawing defenders towards him, Glenn Murray

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can't quite get there. You can't blame him for that one that you can

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for this one, he doesn't tuck his chin in quick enough to get it on

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target. But his 27th goal this season, and arguably his best, a

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terrific striker, top corner, deserved in the top scorer in the

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division. We saw in Holloway waxing lyrical about Kevin Phillips. He

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knows him, he had him at Blackpool and heat it seemed options. They

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gave him a good run out and he was well rewarded with a call that sums

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up Kevin Phillips. Yes, he comes on for the young man and he may have

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lost a bit of pace but he is doing the same thing he did 20 years ago,

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getting he shot off early and giving the court he for no chance.

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That is what he will bring, more goals. Middlesbrough never conceded

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four voles and again last season, they have now done it three times

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in this campaign -- goals. They in this campaign -- goals. They

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have to be careful that all of the hard work doesn't get undone.

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have talked about injuries to three of their regular back four, but

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they can't use that as an excuse. Tony Mowbray knows the players who

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can going they can do better and some of the defending was not up to

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scratch. -- go in there. They need to do better in the final part of

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the season, the players in the squad are in there to do the job

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and at the moment, they are not. Bristol City had been enjoying

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something of a revival under new manager Sean O' Driscoll. Last

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week's win over his previous employers, Nottingham Forest, was

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City's third in four games. Well, next up for the Robins - a trip

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across the Severn bridge to face the leaders Cardiff, who began the

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day nine points clear at the top, thanks to the League's best home

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As if they need their help, harder called in the Dragons before the

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called in the Dragons before the match, Chinese, not Welsh.

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Apparently it Ward off evil spirits, which could be useful for the run-

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in. Unfortunately, it does nothing to stop wicked free kicks. That job

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fell to Tom Heaton, who kept Craig Bellamy from the scoresheet. He had

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an outstanding game back on his old ground, equally agile with a

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confrontation against an old friend from Manchester United, Fraizer

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Campbell. But the striker enjoyed the last laugh, bursting on to

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Tommy Smith's pass before the break. It turned out to be fair terrific

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home debut for the �650,000 signing from Sunderland. His second goal

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from a long throw had Cardiff in command. Bristol City's mini

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revival seemed to have hit the buffers but they refused to go

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quietly. Steve Davis letting fly. David Marshall was equal to the

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shot, which turned out to be crucial. In stoppage time, Malky

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Mackay's side conceded for the first time in three games. Time for

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first time in three games. Time for a refund on those Dragons. But Ben

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Nugent's mistake did not take the shine off the managers afternoon.

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thought we were fantastic today, really delighted with the way they

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applied themselves and saw the game out. I thought the application and

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their attitude was first class and against a very good Cardiff team,

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so we knew it was going to be difficult and we had to try and be

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cannot have been rubbing his hands together to keep warm. Perhaps it

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was the prospect of taking advantage of a Birmingham side who

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cannot seem to pull away from the relegation scrap. The Hornets got

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to work quickly, Jack Button and denying them. -- Jack Butler and.

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Wes Thomas tried his luck but failed, a rare highlight the Blues

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he was struggling. Seven minutes before the break, the perfect cross

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for Troy Deeney. If Lee Clark had concerns about the defending, he

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was in for more head-scratching as it Jenny Ania -- Anya indeed --

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continued to shine. Birmingham tried to stir themselves back into

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action, but Thomas missed his cue. It failed to disrupt Watford's

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rhythm, breaking four on four, the outcome seemed inevitable. Troy

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Deeney made it 3-0. Watford are averaging three goals a game and

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refused to switch off. Almunia staying focused to deny Peter

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Lovenkrands and keep that clean sheet. Watford raised the score

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with five minutes to go as Birmingham's unbeaten run came

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crashing to a halt. The top two will be looking nervously over

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their shoulders. The last game, against Palace in

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the second half, we dropped a little bit too much physically, and

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so I was concerned about our physical condition, but today I

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loan signings from Egypt, engineered by Egyptian Board

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chairman, could help Hull reached the Top Gear of the football

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pyramid. David Meyler was close to snatching some of the attention

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away from the North African contingent. Andy Dale Stephens's

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diligence denying him. -- Only. Steve Bruce has said substance over

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style will be the order of the day during the run-in and to prove the

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point, the winning goal was a scrappy as they come. Mohamed Gedo

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scoring for the second game running. Hull had won all but one of the 15

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matches they scored first in this season and could have ensured that

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run continued in comfort. Chris Powell has said his side need to be

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more clinical, but they couldn't quite he'd hit their manager's

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almost seal that later on as Tom Cairney went close. I didn't think

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it would be possible to get to international footballers on loan

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from two of the biggest clubs in Africa but thankfully his

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connections in Egypt, and the turmoil there with no food for

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going on, has enabled us to get to read a good players. Fashion a

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football. They may not be as prolific as

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Palace, but it is another tight win for Hull. It is easy to be cynical

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when you have Egyptian owners and juicy Egyptian players coming

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through but these players are clearly effective. -- and you see.

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They are good footballers. Matt Wilhelm Hammarby has come in from

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Sunderland and we know he is a good football -- football. Amid Guido

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looks like a natural goalscorer and since Fraizer Campbell was there,

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they haven't really had that -- has got to be Watford. A lot has

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been made of the loan system, but credit to the Horn it, because they

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have exploited a loophole, but a player came to the for that not

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many of us have spoken about on the programme. Ikechi Anya, one goal

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and two assists and he has had quite a journey to get there.

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Nigerian father, Iranian mother, on loan from Glasgow, and quite a

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journey, but he is playing very well in that win back well. He is

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somebody who likes to get forward. It is so important to have somebody

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who can get up and down and affect the game going forward. He likes

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staying in that wide position. He attacks the fullback. If he is a

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defensive wing back, he doesn't do this but he finds a yard and hits

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the back of the net. That is the way Watford have been playing,

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relying on the wing backs all season. Again, look at the running

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power, getting forward. It is a great release and he picks out a

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lovely pass for Troy Deeney. Again, a terrific break. 64 goals in 32

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games for Watford and a clean sheet despite one of the changes in

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defence. As for Birmingham, Lee Clark said Nicolas Zigic and his

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bad for training, I surprised he went to public? I haven't got a

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problem with him disciplining someone for bad training but I have

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got a problem with coming out to the press. It is to be in house. It

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may be a message to the supporters but I don't think it does for club

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any good, it doesn't do see kitchen he could. He might lose a player he

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may need -- it does not do Nicolas Zigic have been it. Interesting to

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see how get back from that. Let's round of the rest of the

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Championship, starting with Billy Davies's second homecoming at

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Nottingham Forest. Could he end the club's three-game losing streak

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against Bolton, managed by the former Forest striker Dougie

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revolving door, the man who says he has unfinished business. Philip

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Davies twice took the clubs into the play-offs in his first spell in

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charge at Billy Davies. There was a spring in the step that would have

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raised his hopes of a hat-trick. Henri Lansbury was foiled. The

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high-tempo start from the team who have won just one of their last

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seven league games, lifted by the buoyant atmosphere. They maintained

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the momentum. Alex Bogdan continued his busy half as he kept out Simon

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Cox. There's a lot of ground to make up if the Nottingham club is

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to make it into the top six this season but there are some skilful

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players at the City Ground, and Darida among them. His fabulous

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folly gave them the lead -- Andy Reid. But in the unpredictable

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Championship this season, dominance doesn't guarantee results. David

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N'Gog stretched the home defence and teed up fellow substitute Craig

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Davies. Do the fruit and said his players deserved the draw for their

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tenacity and they certainly faced a final testing minutes -- but

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Friedman. Well, that a man light as they prepare for the final

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onslaught. At Bolton. There was no second Forest goal to get Davies

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after a fire, just a draw and a display the Scotsman felt was full

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of promise -- off to a flyer. was nice to get a look at the team

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and individuals within the team and what they can give us and on

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today's performance, I have got to say I'm very pleased with what we

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where he made a name for himself as a player. He made his return still

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searching for that elusive first win with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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This was far from a classic. Jamie O'Hara's strike was the best they

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had to offer in a poor first half. Wolverhampton Wanderers's position

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is becoming increasingly precarious and a young Dobbie team was

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standing firm. -- Derby County team. Not even the inform Jamie Ward

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could affect the scoreline. He was stopped from scoring for a 5th

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successive league match. Wolf hunt wonders of one. Fear from trouble

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while Derby County are seven points adrift of the top six -- 400

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wondrous are one point for a way both teams scribbled -- struggle to

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create chances. It is not a disaster, and I think looking at

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the result, it may help of a little bit. -- it may help us.

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Be it may be like father like son next week, with Thomas Ince

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expected to see his father Paul Tecau as black Ford boss on Monday.

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That could herald a new dawn for the Tangerines -- his father Paul

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just one of their last 22 matches, but Iago couldn't quite get his

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angles right to continue that runs -- Gomes. Mick McCarthy said he had

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quite a few clubs enquiring about Michael Chopra last month and he

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was glad he said no, as he backed up the views of former player Marta

:28:43.:28:46.

Stewart that he could be vital in the remaining months. -- Marcus

:28:46.:28:51.

Stewart. Mick McCarthy has said he is happy to win a belief. He got

:28:51.:28:55.

the scoreline he was looking for after Frank Nouble diverted Alex

:28:55.:29:00.

Baptiste's header wide. Ipswich are now four points clear of the drop

:29:00.:29:06.

zone. There is speculation about Paul, I think it should get tied up

:29:06.:29:10.

over the weekend and probably a press conference on Monday. And are

:29:10.:29:15.

you staying on at the club? I spoke to Paul and we had a good chat. I

:29:15.:29:19.

have always said that if he wants it to be part of his team,

:29:19.:29:23.

fantastic. I have enjoyed it as a number one, it is something I want

:29:23.:29:29.

to pursue in my career, Sir Kibiwot Spik to help him out, like I say,

:29:29.:29:34.

I'll help him out -- if he wants me to. Steve Thompson will be a bit of

:29:34.:29:38.

stability. It is ironic, turned down by Sean O'Driscoll and Billy

:29:38.:29:42.

Davies, but the man they are going to a point, for all pounds, is Paul

:29:42.:29:48.

Ince, who was right under their nose to begin with. He has been

:29:48.:29:52.

watching his son perform well for them all season and for him. He is

:29:52.:29:57.

itching to get back in, he still has enthusiasm and it is a good

:29:57.:30:01.

club to go to. Do you think it will have a bearing on Thomas Ince's

:30:01.:30:07.

future? I don't think so. It is being dictated by what is happening

:30:07.:30:10.

in the transfer window, winner he was linked to the Premier League

:30:10.:30:15.

and Liverpool and he needs to play at a higher level, no doubt. If the

:30:15.:30:17.

Premier League club comes in at the end of the season, he will be

:30:18.:30:22.

allowed to go. Will it matter he is not necessarily their first choice?

:30:22.:30:26.

Not at all. They wanted a certain person who buys into the way they

:30:26.:30:30.

do things and that is why he took his time finding the right manager.

:30:30.:30:34.

The couple got away, very good managers, but Paul has got

:30:34.:30:37.

experience and he knows how the club was one and Steve Thompson

:30:37.:30:41.

will be very important to him, I hope he stays there. It is that

:30:41.:30:43.

constant thread, which is always needed.

:30:43.:30:47.

A great reception at the City Ground, as you have come to imagine,

:30:47.:30:52.

for Billy Davies. Eight points from the play-offs, they were unlucky

:30:52.:30:57.

not to come away with all three points against Bolton. Can he

:30:57.:31:07.
:31:07.:31:15.

galvanised them enough to make the He needs the players to buy into

:31:15.:31:22.

the way he wants to do things. They dominated games like they did today

:31:22.:31:28.

against bolt objecton. He will be disappointed with not getting all

:31:28.:31:32.

three points. Saunders has come away with a draw at his old club,

:31:32.:31:39.

Derby. That first win evades him. Cleansheet. Defended better. Looked

:31:39.:31:45.

morselied. It is only a matter of time. He is breathe a sigh of

:31:45.:31:50.

relief. You don't think it is too far away? No, not after that

:31:50.:31:52.

performance today. To League One now and after being

:31:52.:31:55.

knocked off the summit in midweek by Bournemouth, Tranmere had the

:31:55.:31:58.

chance to regain top spot on Friday night as they welcomed Shrewsbury

:31:58.:32:00.

Town to Prenton Park. Ronnie Moore made just one change

:32:00.:32:03.

as Michael O'Halloran came in for David Amoo, who dropped to the

:32:03.:32:05.

bench. While Graham Turner made three

:32:05.:32:07.

changes. Marvin Morgan and new loan signings,

:32:07.:32:15.

Rob Edwards and Chris Porter all started.

:32:15.:32:25.
:32:25.:32:29.

Kevin Keatings was watching this there. He isn't happy with the

:32:29.:32:33.

challenge there, the referee. He will check with his assistant to

:32:33.:32:40.

see, oh, it is red Palmer is off, just five minutes in. Palmer is

:32:40.:32:49.

sent off. Well, you could look at that both ways. From Palmer's point

:32:49.:32:55.

of view it was attempt at the ball. He got plenty of his opponent.

:32:55.:33:05.
:33:05.:33:16.

Ronnie Moore has to rejig in terms goal keeping from fon Williams.

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Tranmere defence couldn't do anything about that. It looked an

:33:20.:33:25.

easy take here for fon Williams. Launched in by Richards. It ended

:33:25.:33:31.

up being a tap-in for the debutant. First game on lone from Sheffield

:33:31.:33:40.

United. That will do for Chris Portder. That is a howler from the

:33:40.:33:50.
:33:50.:34:10.

Moore envisaged losing his player after five minutes to a straight

:34:10.:34:20.
:34:20.:34:28.

McCallister! Good save. That was heading into the bottom corner, I

:34:28.:34:31.

think, via the right foot of David McCallister. We will see it better

:34:31.:34:38.

from this angle. He has to save this fon Williams otherwise it's 2-

:34:38.:34:48.
:34:48.:34:52.

0. A fine stop. He was a former player/manager with Shrewsbury.

:34:52.:35:02.
:35:02.:35:20.

see it straight down his throat in the end. A slight deflection this.

:35:20.:35:28.

Tranmere captain, he is going to force the issue here with the

:35:28.:35:37.

support of Bakayogo. Stockton! He has been Tranmere's most used

:35:37.:35:47.
:35:47.:35:49.

substitute. He got his opportunity at the beginning tonight owing to

:35:49.:35:59.

that sub spenges. -- suss pension. Porter has miszed his kick. Oh, my

:35:59.:36:07.

goodness. The tollup from Mc -- follow up from McAllister is over

:36:07.:36:17.
:36:17.:36:35.

crucially. An awkward one for the goalkeeper. Squeezed in here by Max

:36:35.:36:45.
:36:45.:36:50.

Power. Awkward for fon Williams. He has dropped it again. The keeper is

:36:50.:37:00.
:37:00.:37:11.

having one of those nights, isn't made a great save in the first half.

:37:11.:37:18.

He has made another tremendous stop here. In and out, that is the

:37:18.:37:22.

description for con Williams. A great reaction save. Going to his

:37:22.:37:31.

right, he has to adjust. There's Shrewsbury's second. They can't

:37:31.:37:41.
:37:41.:37:42.

deal with it. It's Cameron Gayle. His first goal on-loan from West

:37:42.:37:49.

Brom. He doubles Shrewsbury's advantage. That, against 10 men,

:37:49.:37:53.

you feel, should be enough. thought for a side under pressure

:37:53.:37:57.

we passed the ball well. We created one or two good opportunities in

:37:57.:38:01.

the second-half which we should have done better with. We deserved

:38:01.:38:06.

the points irrespective of the sending off. We started off nice

:38:06.:38:10.

and bright. We wanted to get at them. Does he have to make the

:38:10.:38:15.

tackle? It is bouncing. He had a go at it. The referee has made a

:38:15.:38:19.

mistake, you know, Iwelumo apologise for having a go at. It it

:38:19.:38:21.

changed the game. No doubt about changed the game. No doubt about

:38:21.:38:26.

that. It was going to be a tough ask for Tranmere. Let us get your

:38:26.:38:31.

view on the sending off, after five minutes. Was the referee right?

:38:31.:38:35.

Absolutely, right. It certainly had Absolutely, right. It certainly had

:38:35.:38:38.

a bearing on the game. Liam loses control of the ball here. We have

:38:38.:38:42.

seen this many times. He wants to retrieve the situation as quickly

:38:42.:38:48.

as possible. He goes over the top with the ball. Jacobson brings his

:38:48.:38:54.

left foot out of the way or he could have been in big trouble. The

:38:54.:38:58.

referee consults and sent him off. It was the right decision. Five

:38:58.:39:03.

minutes later we saw what happened with Owain fon Williams who, in his

:39:03.:39:09.

defence, has been terrific for Tranmere. 13 cleansheets in 32

:39:09.:39:15.

games. He takes his eye off it in the last moment, Porter took full

:39:15.:39:19.

advantage to give Shrewsbury the lead. He did it in the second-half.

:39:19.:39:24.

He was shakey, he dropped it. The defenders backed him up. He made

:39:24.:39:29.

terrific saves as well. This is a wonderful save with his left hand,

:39:29.:39:33.

moving across his right hand side. One of those days for Owain. He has

:39:34.:39:37.

been terrific. Shrewsbury, that could be a massive win for them?

:39:37.:39:41.

was a massive win. When a player is sent off it can be difficult to

:39:41.:39:45.

play against 10 men. They played with control and passed the ball.

:39:45.:39:50.

They got their rewards that three points gives them breathing space

:39:50.:39:55.

at the bottom. That was their own only third away win of the season.

:39:55.:39:59.

They have to improve away from home. A break with the sending off. They

:39:59.:40:04.

are a decent side. Graham is doing a good job. He needs to move them

:40:04.:40:07.

a good job. He needs to move them forward.

:40:07.:40:10.

Elsewhere in League One, Graham Westley's 13 months in charge of

:40:10.:40:13.

Preston came to an end on Tuesday night after a heavy defeat at

:40:13.:40:14.

Yeovil. The Lilywhites found themselves

:40:14.:40:16.

flirting dangerously with the relegation zone as they welcomed

:40:16.:40:26.
:40:26.:40:33.

the League's form side in insisted there was no pressure on

:40:33.:40:38.

him or Preston here. That psychology did the trick. They were

:40:38.:40:43.

ahead within 19 minutes. Beavon got the goal. He was one of several

:40:43.:40:49.

changes that were made to the Preston side. Wright scored their

:40:49.:40:54.

second. They inflicted upon Bournemouth a second defeat in 22

:40:54.:41:02.

league matches. They were brave out there today. They did as I asked

:41:02.:41:06.

them in terms of gameplan. We kept a cleansheet. All around, a good

:41:06.:41:12.

day for the club. We weren't at our best. Disappointed with how we

:41:12.:41:15.

played. It has been a rare thing for us. We have been excellent week

:41:15.:41:22.

in and week out. Today was a game too far. After their recent wobbles,

:41:22.:41:26.

Sheffield United are back in the groove. Off to a flyer against

:41:26.:41:34.

Colchester after Thomson put Robson on the deck. He was determined to

:41:34.:41:40.

make the most of his start. He gave his side a fourth minute lead. The

:41:40.:41:45.

Blades could have been two up. This drive shook the woodwork before

:41:45.:41:49.

Robson fired over the rebound. Having lost their three previous

:41:49.:41:56.

outings at home they needed a killer second. McDonald got the

:41:56.:42:05.

shot into the second-half. Kitson rounded it up at the end. Kitson

:42:05.:42:09.

tap-in secured their third win in the week. They are now up to second.

:42:09.:42:14.

The last two goals came later in the game, didn't they? The

:42:14.:42:18.

performance deserved the goals we got. Should we have got them

:42:18.:42:25.

earlier? Possibly so. I felt their our reaction was good. We got into

:42:25.:42:33.

good attacking positions. I felt we looked a threat. We lost

:42:33.:42:37.

unfortunately. What an outstanding performance in recent weeks from

:42:37.:42:43.

Yeovil. After Scunthorpe's keeper denied Foley they wracked up a club

:42:43.:42:52.

record of eight wins on the spin. Their opening goal came in off

:42:52.:43:00.

Byron Webster. Webster appeared to bring down Sodje, the referee took

:43:00.:43:10.
:43:10.:43:10.

no action. Brian Laws was shown a red card. Yeovil got two more. This

:43:11.:43:14.

challenge on Foley saw the referee point to the spot. James Hayter

:43:14.:43:21.

opened up the crucial two goal advantage. Soon Paddy Madden, who

:43:21.:43:24.

picked up his League One player of the month award before kick-off,

:43:24.:43:30.

was scoring in his seventh consecutive league game. A feat

:43:30.:43:38.

that equaled a club record and wrapped up the points for a red hot

:43:38.:43:46.

Yeovil. When Mark rob sons deflected to Huddersfield, it was

:43:46.:43:50.

business as usual for Leon Clarke. His 17th goal of the season

:43:50.:43:55.

suggests the chopping and changing hasn't affected him. The Sky Blues

:43:55.:43:58.

made light of Robins departure. This run from Elliott almost

:43:58.:44:03.

brought about a second goal. The post intervened. Bailey was denied

:44:04.:44:11.

on the goal-line. Coventry gave themselves breathing space. Carl

:44:11.:44:15.

Baker's 11th goal secured a winning start for interim manager. There

:44:16.:44:24.

was a wobble before the end. Ajose thought he got one back. The keeper

:44:24.:44:31.

preserved Coventry's cleansheet. Walsall were out to put more

:44:31.:44:37.

pressure on the play-off pack aiming for a sixth home win on the

:44:37.:44:45.

spin. Will Grigg found aa way through. The danger was cleared.

:44:45.:44:53.

Grigg did get his opportunity. That gave the leading scorer the chance

:44:53.:45:00.

to take his season's tally to 11. Walsall ahead by the break. The

:45:00.:45:04.

tables turned in the second as Notts County went in search for

:45:04.:45:10.

their first win in four. Judge wasting a chance to equallise. That

:45:10.:45:20.

run of 22 away game games without defeat seemed a long way away now.

:45:20.:45:26.

Arq uin restored parity. It was an evil game. We were the better team

:45:27.:45:30.

first half they were the better team second-half. The surface

:45:30.:45:34.

played a part today. It had a lot of rain over the last few weeks. A

:45:34.:45:39.

few games on there where it has been tough to cope with it. It

:45:39.:45:42.

played the part and turned it into a horrible game today. We had to

:45:43.:45:46.

adjust to the pitch. Very difficult, you want to play football, but not

:45:46.:45:51.

over play. Second-half I thought we deserved to win the game. We will

:45:51.:45:56.

good opportunities to win. It disappointed. First half, if you

:45:56.:45:59.

said we would come out and played second-half, I would have been

:45:59.:46:09.
:46:09.:46:19.

points adrift at the bottom of the table. But today, they stormed back

:46:19.:46:25.

to record the wind which kept them off the bottom sense -- for the

:46:25.:46:32.

first time since late October. Paul Hartley's bullet header to equalise

:46:32.:46:38.

did not arrive until two minutes from time. It looked like honours

:46:38.:46:43.

even, but with almost the last kick of the game, Hartlepool grab the

:46:43.:46:47.

dramatic winner. Lick James latching on to a knock-down from

:46:47.:46:51.

Steve Howard. And you wonder if the great escape could be on for a side

:46:51.:47:01.

who looked doomed only a few weeks ago.

:47:01.:47:04.

With new on and off the field problems every week, Portsmouth

:47:04.:47:09.

could do with a change of fortune. Jon Paul McGovern's free kick

:47:09.:47:12.

suggested that for once, their luck might be in. Another trying week

:47:12.:47:15.

for Pompey, who were not allowed into their new training base until

:47:16.:47:22.

Friday. The delay has not affected Simon Eastwood's reflexes. But

:47:22.:47:26.

Carlisle were ahead soon afterwards, taking the lead following Lee

:47:26.:47:33.

Miller's perfect pass. East would not so sharp this time. -- Simon

:47:33.:47:41.

Eastwood. But Portsmouth still have some spirit about them. Mark the

:47:41.:47:48.

less be sending the striker flying -- Mark Gillespie. Walker found the

:47:48.:47:52.

corner to make it unbeaten back-to- back matches for Pompey, who are

:47:53.:47:54.

grateful for small mercies these days.

:47:54.:48:03.

the run without a win goes on. We saw a management change at Deepdale,

:48:03.:48:06.

Graham Westley not in the dug-out, and they pick up their first home

:48:06.:48:11.

win in four months. It never really happened under Graham, did it?

:48:11.:48:17.

didn't. 37 players out, 22 in, it seemed like a revolving door. They

:48:18.:48:24.

needed to settle down. Stuart Beavon has returned from injury and

:48:24.:48:30.

gets it going. Graham needed for players to buy into what he wanted

:48:30.:48:35.

to, and the fans and it just didn't happen. He had a recipe that

:48:35.:48:39.

brought him success before by bringing familiar players from his

:48:39.:48:44.

previous clubs. Yes, and it didn't quite work for him at Preston. The

:48:44.:48:48.

fans became impatient, the Ford became impatient and I think Graham

:48:48.:48:52.

was a bit impatient -- the board. Some of the players that he signed,

:48:52.:48:57.

he moved on, and he was only there for 18 months. He had to reduce the

:48:57.:49:01.

budget, I think he managed to do that by 60 or 70%, so it was a

:49:01.:49:05.

tough job and he needed a bit more time, which he office he didn't get

:49:05.:49:09.

because the fans and the board were looking for more -- which he didn't

:49:09.:49:13.

get. Coventry fans thought they were getting somewhere, and they

:49:13.:49:20.

were, under Mark Robins. What a week they have had to endure. And

:49:20.:49:22.

the problems continue with the stadium but they picked themselves

:49:22.:49:31.

up. But they have their backs against the wall again. Mark Robins

:49:31.:49:34.

did a terrific job that you can't blame him for going to Huddersfield.

:49:34.:49:38.

What has happened at Coventry with the ground and the frozen bank

:49:38.:49:43.

account yesterday, you can't really blame him. This is a man who was

:49:43.:49:47.

out of work for for for years and it is like buses, they come along

:49:47.:49:52.

at once. But he has taken Coventry into a fight position and I am sure

:49:52.:49:55.

they will prefer the five funds that he was there rather than none

:49:55.:50:00.

at all. It has taken John Hughes a little while to get going at

:50:00.:50:04.

Hartlepool, but off the bottom for the first time in four months.

:50:04.:50:09.

he has target. They are unbeaten in five now and John will want to keep

:50:09.:50:12.

them playing with pride and keep moving forward, that is the job he

:50:12.:50:16.

has got to do and they are certainly doing that. What can you

:50:16.:50:20.

say that hasn't already been said about Yeovil Town? Eight wins in a

:50:20.:50:25.

row, sensational. They are flying at the moment, a club record of

:50:25.:50:29.

eight wins in a row. The best home form in the division, they have won

:50:29.:50:32.

10 games at home and it is a fortress for them and if they keep

:50:32.:50:36.

that going, I would be surprised if they go straight to. Gary Johnson

:50:36.:50:39.

has done it before, he has been with them being on the end they

:50:40.:50:42.

have that mentality where they don't care, whoever turns up they

:50:42.:50:46.

will give them the game. Well done to them and what an achievement,

:50:46.:50:51.

the best run in the Football League this season.

:50:51.:50:54.

Our look at League Two starts at St James Park, Exeter, where the

:50:54.:50:58.

Grecians set a new club record of ten away wins following their 3-0

:50:58.:51:00.

victory at Morecambe last week. On Friday, they were hoping to

:51:00.:51:03.

transfer some of that form at home against relegation threatened

:51:03.:51:13.
:51:13.:51:18.

from only their second away point since November when they showed why

:51:18.:51:22.

they are in serious trouble towards the bottom. They keep and

:51:22.:51:27.

alarmingly static defence watched the Devon side break the deadlock,

:51:27.:51:31.

who despite their lofty position, have struggled for wins on their

:51:31.:51:37.

own turf. They almost threw it away in bizarre fashion, when Danny

:51:37.:51:42.

Coles attempt to play it safe when -- nearly went wrong. But

:51:42.:51:46.

Accrington seal their own fate, an ambitious back-pass catching the

:51:46.:51:52.

Kamara and the goalkeeper by surprise -- the Kamara. Michael

:51:52.:51:56.

Kier him with his second ticket the pressure on their rivals. --

:51:56.:52:06.
:52:06.:52:08.

out to be the Morecambe winner and it will not have pleased Micky

:52:08.:52:13.

Adams -- goal. But she would have expected the country's tops for us

:52:13.:52:18.

to have found an equaliser. But a terrific clearance shut out Darren

:52:18.:52:25.

Purse. And for the last 18 minutes, they had an extra man as well.

:52:25.:52:28.

Morecambe's wing back Andrew Wright showed that shown a second yellow

:52:28.:52:34.

for a body-check. He took his time to leave the field of play, but

:52:34.:52:37.

once he departed for but the remaining 10 performed heroics for

:52:37.:52:44.

Morecambe. Especially the goalkeeper Barry Roach. A double

:52:44.:52:51.

save from Williams made certain of a third straight win for Morecambe.

:52:51.:52:57.

Port Vale, with 64 League goals already, were having a nap -- an

:52:57.:53:02.

off day and they failed to find the net for the second consecutive need

:53:03.:53:08.

-- week after Daniel Jones just fizzed a shot wide. Winning any

:53:08.:53:13.

game away from home is a fantastic achievement. To do it against a

:53:13.:53:16.

team who are riding high and scoring plenty of holes, and we

:53:16.:53:21.

were certainly up against it in the last 25 minutes, but we do have

:53:21.:53:31.
:53:31.:53:35.

been there and ground out a victory. scored the Gillingham opener, but

:53:35.:53:40.

the referee overruled his assistant. The Dagenham in 7th -- sense of

:53:40.:53:43.

injustice inspired an impressive start the second half. They soon

:53:43.:53:51.

levelled the match. Gillingham's recent home record is not the best.

:53:51.:53:54.

Nerves were starting to fray when Charlie Lee headed wide from Matt

:53:54.:54:01.

Fisher's cross. But two minutes later came the second decision that

:54:01.:54:05.

incensed Dagenham. Did Chris Lewington get the ball? The referee

:54:05.:54:10.

said no and awarded a penalty. Having only just stepped off the

:54:10.:54:15.

bench, Deon Burton slotted in the most composed of penalties. That

:54:15.:54:18.

winning goal takes the Gills back to the top of the table. Dagenham's

:54:19.:54:26.

arguments about decisions they have been more muted had a margin of

:54:26.:54:35.

victory being malls -- been more. The post prevented a more one-sided

:54:35.:54:45.
:54:45.:54:45.

which made for a tight first half with no hint of the drama to come

:54:45.:54:50.

after the break, when Burton Albion turned up the heat. Billy Kee and

:54:50.:54:53.

Alex MacDonald forced into saves from Scott Davies. The keeper was

:54:53.:54:56.

also at the heart of the action which decided the course of the

:54:56.:55:03.

match. Referee Gary Sutton decided the striker was clipped by the

:55:03.:55:08.

goalkeeper and opted for a penalty and a red card. David Lucas donned

:55:08.:55:13.

the gloves and faced the man who had been fouled. He will have been

:55:13.:55:16.

disappointed not to have got a firm hand on the spot kick, but there

:55:17.:55:20.

was nothing Lucas could do when Billy Kee turned smartly on the

:55:20.:55:26.

edge of the box and increased the advantage. Fleetwood's ten men in

:55:26.:55:31.

big trouble. They avoided further damage until the final few minutes

:55:31.:55:40.

but tired legs began to tell. Calvin Zola setting his team-mate

:55:40.:55:47.

away. Previously, Albion had a managed 11 away goals all season.

:55:47.:55:53.

They hate crease that by a third. Calvin Zola getting the 4th and

:55:53.:56:03.
:56:03.:56:04.

boosting Burton's prospects of counted, said the Aldershot boss

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Dean Holdsworth. After Michael Hector went mighty close early on,

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his players stepped up to the plate by taking the lead midway through

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the first half. Ben Herd's cross was only partially cleared and

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Danny Rose latched on to the cup back. They nearly doubled the lead

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shortly after, a cracking effort from keirin can Logan, dipping just

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done with, because midway through the second half, Paul Bengtsson put

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away his second in consecutive games after coming on loan from

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Swindon. It was anybody's game and after Anthony Tonkin was shown a

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second yellow card 17 minutes from time for obstructing -- a

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obstruction, you fancied Cheltenham to take advantage. But this turned

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out to be an excellent point for Aldershot.

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Southend are suffering from a lack of bodies. Northampton's opening

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goal, scored by Roy O'Donovan, for trade a back four decimated by

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injury and suspensions. -- the trade. So much so that there was an

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unexpected olive branch to his French centre-back. Another red

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card came with only 27 minutes gone. To their credit, Southend levelled

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in the second half when Matty Lund's header went in off Kelvin

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Langmead. In a game of heroes and villains, Kelvin Langmead was both.

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Not only is the skipper a rock in defence, he has recently turned

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goalscorer. His second in as many games secured a vital win over

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their play-off rivals and only their 4th away from home this

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Northampton's promotion challenge on track. All of the headlines will

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be about the sending off. It was clearly a gamble taken by Paul

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Sturrock. In hindsight, is it too easy to say it was one that

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backfired? It is too easy. He has ability, and for once to give him

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every chance that you can give somebody too many chances and that

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is his fifth sending off the second. You have to build trust players

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that they will do the job for your answer to the Trust that will stay

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on the pitch -- that they will stay on the pitch, and for will have to

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do with that in his own way and then to the conclusion whether he

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gives him another chance or not. is fair to say that Morecambe had

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to with standard bit of pressure from Ford fell. -- withstand a bit

:58:55.:59:04.

of pressure. Their budget is not as big as the clubs around them and he

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is having to play catch-up. only the technical side of it, but

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there was real guts and that display, because it was like the

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Alamo against Port Vale, so a great three points. Down to ten men as

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well after 80 minutes, so GB showing them how to play, he is

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developing as a coach and developing their mentally as well.

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If that wasn't the result to make you stand up and take notice,

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Burton's certainly is, four goals away at Fleetwood. After what they

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did against the nine men of rock from last week, Exeter next week,

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they are in a powerful patch against teams around them --

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against Rotherham. A great strike by Billy Kee and as you say,

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beating the teams around them is so important for a side in the top six.

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And this is a good goal, a lovely if finish. They are enjoying

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playing anybody at the moment, they don't care who they play. To come

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away with those two results is exceptional.

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More from League Two now and what a turnaround at Bristol Rovers. The

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Pirates were in a relegation dog fight when John Ward returned for

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his second spell as manager in December. They began the day five

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points clear of the drop zone in 19th. Clem was at the Memorial

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Stadium for the visit of another side steadily climbing the table -

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:00:39.:00:45.

Ward started his original three- year tenure with Bristol Rovers. Oh,

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Carolina by shaggy was number one. Home games were temporarily been

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played 30 miles down the road in Bath. And after three seasons in

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what is now the Championship, they were heading for relegation. 17

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:01:13.:01:18.

years and 80 managers later, they What do you think of that fella

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there? Is it true you used the same ticket, you bought it to go to

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Plymouth and got off a stew stops before? I phoned Plymouth. They

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:01:39.:01:40.

were good about. It I got the train ticket and got off at Temple Meads.

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They were guys I didn't know well, the fizz Yeo had a bigger squad

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than I had. Two years' time there is a new ground on the horizon here.

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That will happen. That will give Bristol Rovers the opportunity to

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push forward. I find it tough to keep talking about that. My time is

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now. I have to make sure the team that goes into that ground in two

:02:06.:02:12.

years' time are worthy of it. you put a finger on what the gafer

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has done since he came in? Worked on the back four, got us tight, he

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did it with the midfielders and the strikers. We have not conceded that

:02:23.:02:29.

many goals, he has done a good job. A hell of a month for you? It has.

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21st birthday then Player of the Month. Yeah. It shows the system

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works. People are out there spotting good players? I turned 21.

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I had the captain band. To make the month better I got Player of the

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Month. Hopefully we will get three points today to make it even better

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for me. Can you tell instantly the good managers from the bad?

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would like to think so. You have been through a few? You know that

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you could get a boot where you don't want one. I keep pushing the

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players to do that extra bit and never let them think we have

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cracked. It we haven't. We are still in danger. We have to get out

:03:18.:03:28.
:03:28.:03:31.

of that as quick as we can. COMMENTATOR: A fine move saw Ryan

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Brunt tee up seven-minutes in. When Brunt tee up seven-minutes in. When

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another opportunity came his way His execution was sharper. This

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cross took a deflection to find him. There was nothing lucky about the

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finish. With Wycombe having lost once in their last six away games

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:04:01.:04:01.

they had to be strong at the back. O'Toole could have made things a

:04:01.:04:07.

lot less nervy for the hosts, but couldn't keep his cool from close-

:04:07.:04:12.

range. It was 19 points from 24 this year. The highest return of

:04:12.:04:17.

any League Two team in 2013, despite anxious moments during

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:04:27.:04:34.

I suspect, if I told awe month ago you would pick up 16 points from

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your next possible 18 you would have snapped my hand off? Both

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hands we would have taken off you there. There are different ways to

:04:41.:04:45.

win. We had to dig in today. We can play Bert than that. Digging in has

:04:45.:04:48.

been fantastic. Fair play to the team. There is something about you

:04:48.:04:51.

and this football club, isn't there? I quite like it, yeah. I

:04:51.:04:55.

quite enjoy. It we have to keep doing it though. It doesn't stop

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here. Well done. Thanks. Incredible to think six weeks ago that fixture

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would have been seen as a relegation six-pointer. Bristol

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Rovers get another three points. They are out of the bottom six. You

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are not surprised by what John has done? No. I have known him a long

:05:16.:05:22.

time. I thought it was a perfect appointment. Not just his

:05:22.:05:28.

organisation, but his players he has. Right down the spine of that

:05:28.:05:32.

team, all the signings made an impact. If you take a snapshot of

:05:32.:05:36.

the League since he took over they would be second in the division

:05:36.:05:40.

behind Port Vale on good difference. Fantastic job. I think it will

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continue. You see this, don't you, you see managers go to other clubs

:05:44.:05:49.

not working out. There is a certain fit and John and Bristol Rovers is

:05:49.:05:55.

certainly is an example of that? Bristol Rovers are a unique club,

:05:55.:05:58.

passionate supporters and passionate atmosphere. John knows

:05:58.:06:02.

that. Have to fit into the community if you go there as

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manager. He knows what makes them tick, he knows how to get the best

:06:07.:06:14.

out of the players and the supporters. They are 12-man. A last

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look at League Two now. A South Yorkshire Derby as

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promotion-chasing Rotherham welcomed Chesterfield to the New

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:06:36.:06:40.

COMMENTATOR: The second-half followed a similar pattern, they

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will reflect on what might have will reflect on what might have

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been. They were undone by a set- piece. Rotherham are up to sixth in

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the table. It was what we had been trying to work on. It was high

:06:59.:07:03.

tempo. Players on the front foot creating chances. When we do that,

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the crowd is behind us, that is all the ingredients for a good

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performance and win. That is what we got. Delighted. Bradford boss

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was delighted with his side's performance in winning 3-0 at

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Wycombe on Tuesday. After Garry Thompson stuck them in front they

:07:26.:07:32.

conceded two goals in the last seven-minutes. Dickson put through

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an own-goal. Just eight days ahead of club's big day at Wembley, they

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failed to pick up Gary Alexander at the near-post. They will need to

:07:44.:07:54.
:07:54.:07:56.

mark Michu and co tighter next weekend. Plymouth have been hard to

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beat. James Constable's early gone for Oxford posed a problem for

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which they had no answer. They had the chances to thaend poor spell. -

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- to end that poor spell. Cole rescued Argyle. Sheridan was

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perplexed. Constable clipped the post and had to settle for that

:08:22.:08:30.

single goal. They now return to the comfort of mid-table. Keith Hill

:08:30.:08:34.

has his first win in his second spell as Rochdale boss it could

:08:34.:08:39.

have been a different story had this slip been punished by

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Torquay's Mr Reliable. He missed the chance to score for the fourth

:08:44.:08:49.

game in a row. Michael Pope did well to keep him out the first time,

:08:49.:08:53.

but couldn't stop the follow-up. Dale came into the game after

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blowing winning positions more than any other club in the division.

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Breathing space would have been welcome. It's now four defeats in

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the five games Torquay have played without their manager who is absent

:09:06.:09:11.

due to illness. Sean Taylor expects to be in charge on Tuesday. They

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:09:21.:09:26.

Barnet from the relegation zone. When Stevens put through his own

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net, this free-kick caused confusion. Yiadom ensured the ball

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crossed the line. Barnet haven't travelled well this season. Sensing

:09:37.:09:42.

the possibility of a rare away success, they committed players

:09:42.:09:50.

forward. Nurse enjoyed one of their better opportunities. The switch

:09:50.:09:58.

worked a treat. Hyde was the match- winner. The player providing a

:09:58.:10:05.

decisive contribution. There was a late lettoff for the visitors. They

:10:05.:10:10.

held off, they are two points clear of the drop-zone. In a season of

:10:10.:10:15.

struggle, it's a step in the right direction. Barnet coming out on top

:10:15.:10:21.

with the two managers winning European Cups not often you can

:10:21.:10:25.

European Cups not often you can Cisse that in League Two. York

:10:25.:10:30.

going off the boil at the worse possible time? They haven't won in

:10:30.:10:39.

eight. The goals are drying up. They have to try and keep a

:10:39.:10:44.

cleansheet to get anything out of the game. It's not happening for

:10:44.:10:49.

them. Rotherham got bragging rights against Chesterfield. 11,000 at the

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against Chesterfield. 11,000 at the New York Stadium. Evans is trying

:10:52.:10:57.

it get that level of consistency, isn't he, maybe this win will help

:10:57.:11:00.

them? They don't do anything by them? They don't do anything by

:11:00.:11:06.

halves. They have won 10 at home. Lost four. If you draw five or six

:11:06.:11:10.

of those games you are right in there. They have a couple of games

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in hand. They haven't picked up points when they haven't performed

:11:14.:11:21.

as well. Priceless victory for AFC Wimbledon. One of the most

:11:21.:11:25.

outstanding results against Bradford. Could they be guilty for

:11:25.:11:28.

having their eye on something bigger? Of course. You can't blame

:11:28.:11:34.

them either, can you? The last eight minutes or so AFC Wimbledon

:11:34.:11:41.

came up with a couple of goals. They had one eye on something else.

:11:41.:11:45.

Wimbledon took advantage. It gets them in touch of the people above.

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A massive win for them. You share my view that all the best goes out

:11:50.:11:56.

to Martin at this time, Torquay want to get stability in as he

:11:56.:12:01.

recovers from his illness? Yes. They want Martin and Sean to

:12:01.:12:05.

continue next season they need someone in to help out until the

:12:05.:12:15.
:12:15.:12:16.

end of the season. We wish Martin a and they stay eight points clear of

:12:16.:12:18.

Hull in second, who also picked up all three points.

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Watford and Crystal Palace both took advantage of Leicester not

:12:21.:12:23.

playing, by moving above them, while Middlesbrough stay in sixth.

:12:23.:12:26.

Bristol City were the only team in the bottom three to play on

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Saturday and they lost at Cardiff. Wolves picked up a point, but are

:12:30.:12:33.

still without a win in 2013. Ipswich take advantage of those not

:12:33.:12:35.

playing around them and move up two places.

:12:35.:12:37.

Bournemouth stay top of the NPower League One, despite losing at

:12:37.:12:39.

Preston. Sheffield United won and move back

:12:39.:12:42.

into the top two, while League One's surprise package Yeovil kept

:12:42.:12:45.

up their incredible run with an eighth consecutive win and move up

:12:45.:12:54.

to third. Tranmere, the only other top six

:12:54.:12:58.

side to play and their defeat sees them drop down to a season low of

:12:58.:13:00.

fifth. Portsmouth are bottom of League One

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for the first time this season and are still without a win since

:13:03.:13:05.

October, replacing Hartlepool. Bury, who are above the Pools, lost.

:13:05.:13:08.

Oldham were in FA Cup action, while Scunthorpe and Colchester both came

:13:08.:13:11.

away pointless. Gillingham are once again top of

:13:11.:13:14.

the NPower League Two after they won and Port Vale surprisingly lost.

:13:14.:13:17.

Burton kept up their good form and move into the top three.

:13:17.:13:19.

Cheltenham drop to fourth. Exeter, Rotherham and Northampton

:13:19.:13:23.

all move above Fleetwood. The bottom two stay as they were

:13:23.:13:26.

with just two points separating AFC Wimbledon who are bottom and Barnet

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Wimbledon who are bottom and Barnet in 20th.

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That's almost it from us, but don't forget to join Colin Murray for

:13:42.:13:44.

forget to join Colin Murray for Match of the Day 2 on Sunday night,

:13:44.:13:46.

which comes from Anfield. That's on BBC One at 11.05pm.

:13:46.:13:49.

There's more Six Nations Rugby next Saturday as England meet France.

:13:49.:13:51.

Live coverage from 4.30pm on BBC One.

:13:51.:13:54.

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