Wrexham
v Bristol City 
Saturday 08 December 2001
Kick Off 3:00 pm
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Match Stats |
| Wrexham |
0-2 |
Bristol City | ||
| Coles | 55' | |||
| Tony Thorpe | 62' | |||
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Line Ups |
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| Wrexham | Bristol City |
| 13 | David Walsh | 28 | Mike Stowell |
| 26 | Jim Whitley | 02 | Louis Carey |
| 03 | Shaun Holmes 
67' |
18 | Matthew Hill |
| 15 | Steve Roberts | 19 | Joe Burnell |
| 25 | Keith Hill | 23 | Danny Coles |
| 19 | Steve Thomas | 31 | Craig Woodman |
| 10 | Darren Ferguson | 24 | Tommy Doherty |
| 04 | Martyn Chalk 
67' |
07 | Scott Murray |
| 27 | Kevin Sharp | 12 | Aaron Brown |
| 09 | Lee Trundle | 10 | Tony Thorpe
90'  |
| 17 | Andy Morrell 
86' |
16 | Lee Peacock |
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Substitutes |
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| Wrexham | Bristol City |
| 20 | Michael Blackwood 
67' |
32 | Marvin Brown
90' |
| 23 | Hector Sam 
67' |
14 | Steve Phillips |
| 14 | Robin Gibson 
86' |
08 | Simon Clist |
| 05 | Brian Carey | 25 | Steve Jones |
| 21 | Kristian Rogers | 30 | Clayton Fortune |
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Yellow and Red Cards |
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| Wrexham | Bristol City |
| 65' | Tony Thorpe - Foul |
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Other Info |
| Venue: | Racecourse Ground | Half Time: | 0-0 |
| Attendance: | 3,091 | Referee: | C H Webster - Chester-le-Street |
| Detailed Match Reports |
| Bristol City FC: Coles on target as City go Fourth |
Sports.com:
Wrexham 0 Bristol City 2
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| Wrexham
FC: Robins slay Dragons!
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| Wrexham
FC Supporters Association: Diamonds Aren't Forever
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Audio Reports |
| Match
Report by Dylan Griffiths Hughes of Radio Wales
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| Listen
to Denis Smith speaking to Radio Wales
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| Press Conference Quotes |
| Denis Smith: "It was always going to be a tight game. You talk about goals
changing games, and we've let a soft goal in, an own goal by Stephen Roberts, I've just been told. I asked him why he didn't get across his man,
why he let his man get to the ball first, and he said he didn't. But the goalkeeper should deal with a ball like that, and he hasn't.
You're going to get games like that, games where you have to grind results
out, and that's the problem with Wrexham - it has all got to be excitement
and flourish, and that's great, but you've got to win games. What we were doing was grinding a result out against a team at the top of the league, and
then we went and threw a goal in, which changed it. Then all at once we've
let in a second silly goal in because two midfielders went for the same ball, and you think "Here we go again!" If you've let one silly goal in you
don't compound it by doing it again. I'd like to see Michael Blackwood's goal again, it didn't look offside from
where I was, so the luck's not going with us, but again, you make your own
luck. They're a good side, we planned to stop them playing, which we did, but
unfortuantely it stopped us a little bit. If you watch football at all levels you'll see lots of games like that, where teams are fencing with each
other and testing each other out, trying to work openings. You see a lot of
games like that higher up, it becomes more tactical. We were saying "Okay,
we're not going to be opened up, we're keeping it tight.", and I thought that was fine, we're looking for a break, a bit of magic from Mister Trundle
or whoever, but we didn't get that. Instead, we got a bad goal against us.
Whether it's a free kick or not you'll have to look at the video, but it bounced in the six yard box, it should be dealt with before it bounces. The
keeper should come if it bounces in the six yard box. We've gone flat after
that. I'm not particularly happy. We're not going to dominate games all the time
against teams near the top of the league, we're not good enough, but we shot
ourselves in the foot, I want to go away and analyse it, because against Northampton
and Stoke there was plenty of entertainment, but there wasn't today. We closed them down and stopped them from playing, but we didn't get it
going ourselves. I didn't feel we created enough when we had the ball. We looked solid, but everyone wants the pretty
stuff, I want the pretty stuff, but it's when we do it. If it had stayed 0-0 a little longer I'd have
brought on the wide players and we'd have had the pretty stuff. The reason
we're down the bottom is we're not winning enough games. Joey says they were
saying the same things at the start of the season that we were saying again
now. Look at Manchester United, if you get into the habit of losing it's hard to get out, but that's why I'm making changes."
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| Danny Wilson: "I think the first half was very tight, and I was glad to come in 0-0 because we always knew it would be a tough game. I felt we would create chances as the game went on, and we started very positively in the second half, got the goal at the right time, and looking back, I think we were always going to win it after we got that goal. I was satisfied defensively at half time, but not offensively, I felt we had to take more chances and push it more going forwards, and that's what we did. The second was a good goal - it was a good move and when you get a one-on one situation you want Tony Thorpe to be there. The keeper did well to stop the first one, but I always thought he'd score - he scored the same way last Saturday. I know what Denis is like, he's a very experienced manager, and he knows what he has to do, and I have every faith in him getting Wrexham out of trouble." |
| All
quotes from Wrexham FC Supporters Association
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| Division Two |
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Results |
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Wrexham |
0-2 |
Bristol City Coles 55' Thorpe 62' |
3,091 |
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League Table |
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts ------------------------------------------------------ 1 Brighton & Hove Alb 21 12 7 2 30 15 15 43 2 Stoke City 20 12 4 4 29 17 12 40 ------------------------------------------------------ 3 Brentford 21 11 6 4 40 25 15 39 4 Bristol City 22 11 5 6 34 23 11 38 5 Reading 21 12 2 7 30 21 9 38 6 Cardiff City 21 9 8 4 33 23 10 35 ------------------------------------------------------ 7 Wycombe Wanderers 21 9 8 4 32 23 9 35 8 Huddersfield Town 21 9 6 6 31 23 8 33 9 Tranmere Rovers 21 9 5 7 39 31 8 32 10 Queens Park Rangers 21 8 6 7 29 24 5 30 11 Oldham Athletic 21 7 8 6 35 28 7 29 12 Colchester United 21 8 4 9 33 33 0 28 13 Blackpool 21 7 7 7 28 33 -5 28 14 Peterborough United 20 8 3 9 29 27 2 27 15 Swindon Town 21 7 6 8 22 28 -6 27 16 AFC Bournemouth 21 7 5 9 25 31 -6 26 17 Wigan Athletic 20 7 4 9 30 27 3 25 18 Port Vale 21 6 6 9 25 28 -3 24 19 Chesterfield 21 6 6 9 24 27 -3 24 20 Bury 21 6 3 12 21 36 -15 21 ------------------------------------------------------ 21 Notts County 20 4 7 9 25 35 -10 19 22 Wrexham 22 5 4 13 27 50 -23 19 23 Cambridge United 21 3 6 12 21 42 -21 15 24 Northampton Town 21 4 2 15 20 42 -22 14 |
