Wrexham 2
Plymouth Argyle 2

Saturday 20 September 2003 @ 15:00

MATCH STATS

Score and Scorers

Wrexham 2 Plymouth Argyle 2
Dennis Lawrence 28' David Norris 31'
Lee Jones 42' (p) Tony Capaldi 49'

Starting Line Ups

Wrexham Plymouth Argyle
01 Andy Dibble 23 Luke McCormick
18 Shaun Pejic 02 David Worrell
05 Brian Carey 15 Paul Wotton
06 Dennis Lawrence 05 Graham Coughlan
07 Carlos Edwards 03 Lee Hodges
02 Jim Whitley 88' 07 David Norris
10 Darren Ferguson 08 Jason Bent
14 Paul Edwards 73' 06 Steve Adams
11 Chris Llewellyn 14 Tony Capaldi
08 Lee Jones 19 Marino Keith 84'
24 Armand One 46' 10 Ian Stonebridge 58'

Substitutes

Wrexham Plymouth Argyle
03 Shaun Holmes 73' 09 Micky Evans 58'
13 Paul Whitfield (GK) 16 Hasney Aljofree
15 Craig Morgan 20 David Beresford
19 Steve Thomas 88' 21 Blair Sturrock 84'
23 Hector Sam 56' 24 Peter Gilbert

Yellow and Red Cards

Wrexham Plymouth Argyle

51'

Paul Edwards - Foul on Marino Keith

75'

Paul Wotton - Foul on Hector Sam
77' Jim Whitley - Foul on Lee Hodges    
89' Steve Thomas - Diving for penalty    

Stat Attack

Wrexham Plymouth Argyle
12 Shots on Goal 14
6 Shots on Target 5
12 Fouls Committed 13
9 Corners 5
3 Yellow Card 1
0 Red Card 0

Other Information

Venue: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,945
Referee: M Ryan - Lancashire Half Time: 2-1
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DETAILED MATCH REPORTS

BBCi: Wrexham 2 Plymouth Argyle 2 - Minute-by-minute

Greens on Screen: Wrexham 2 Argyle 2
Plymouth Argyle FC: Wrexham 2 Argyle 2
Sporting Life: Wrexham 2 Plymouth Argyle 2 - Match Stats
Wales on Sunday: Dragons score but still need points
Wrexham AFC: MATCH REPORT - Wrexham 2 Plymouth 2
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OTHER MATCH REPORTS

Ananova: FT- Wrexham 2 Plymouth Argyle 2

BBCi: Wrexham 2-2 Plymouth
Evening Herald: ARGYLE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A DRAW
Evening Herald: STURROCK TELLS ARGYLE THEY NEED TO TIGHTEN UP
Nationwide Football: Wrexham 2, Plymouth 2
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PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Denis Smith: "Both sides had chances and we can’t say we were robbed. In the week I felt we should of got something out of it, but today we could have won, but equally so could they. We made the mistake for the first one, with Pej giving it away, but having said that it could have gone anywhere once it hit Brian (Carey). When lucks with you, the worst it does is hit the bar, but when it’s against you, it goes where it did today, right in the top corner. That’s life, but we could have done with holding onto that first lead for a little bit longer. Before they got their second equaliser, we have created enough chances at the start of the second half to have taken the game away from them. But at least we are creating the chances, even if we haven’t quite got the balance right yet. If you look at it, this was possibly our worst defensive display of the season, but we are still making them at the other end. I have never worried about it coming together, but today we didn’t have the balance right. I don’t want to be too defensive, but then again I’d don’t want us to be suicidal, so we have to get that right and we will as the season goes. Things will chance and I have had the opportunity to do just that with Armand coming in when Lee Jones was not fit. Chris Llewellyn and Lee are linking up superbly together in this new formation; they could have done with Chris Armstrong in there with them. When Hector came on at half time, we saw what he can do, but then he disappeared a little again. But we know that Hector is always liable to cause those sorts of problems. As for the Steve Thomas incident at the end, I think that referees have to see a nailed on penalty before they will give them and you can’t blame for that after incidents like the Perez one.” [Source: Wrexham AFC]

Paul Sturrock: “It was a very zany situation in the first half, with two scary goals [given] away, and then we had to chase the game. To be fair, the players showed fantastic attitude to come back in the game twice, and we had several chances in the second half to have turned the game completely, but I think, overall, a draw was the fair result. There’s actually no point in dissecting it any longer. Every week we’re talking about this [goal] and that one, or that one and this one, and it’s got to the stage where we should maybe sweep it under the carpet. We sit here, seven games without defeat, which I can’t believe, with the number of goals we’ve conceded. We must have the worst goals-against and most goals-for in the league. It’s pretty scary at the minute how many goals we’re scoring and how many goals we’re letting in. As usual, it must have been an exciting game for the fans to watch. It’s not great for people sitting in dug-outs. We have shown good attitude again to come back into the game. I thought our midfield four were excellent today. I though Marino [Keith] was excellent today, too. I was very pleased with their contribution. Chuck Norris was immense. Everybody’s played their part today. We’ll have a free week, thank goodness, and we can stand on that training-ground and get back to being the China Wall that we used to be. Hopefully, we can get it all ironed out.”  [Source: Plymouth Argyle FC]
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DIVISION TWO

Results

Barnsley

Fallon 77'

1-1

Swindon Town

Parkin 20'

9,006

 

Bournemouth

Feeney 69. 71'

2-1

Rushden & Diamonds

Lowe 2'

6,464

 

Brentford

Sonko 13'

Wright 48'

2-1

Hartlepool United

Tinkler 42'

4,501

 

Brighton & Hove Albion

Knight 8'

McPhee 83'

2-0

Sheffield Wednesday

6,602

 

Bristol City

0-1

Port Vale

Paynter 71'

11,369

 

Grimsby Town

Campbell 23'

Hockless 56'

Cas 73'

Edwards 80'

4-0

Chesterfield

Ulenbeek Sent Off 55'

4,141

 

Luton Town

McSheffrey 60'

1-1

Queens Park Rangers

Furlong 90'

8,339

 

Notts County

Stallard 4'

Platt 71'

2-2

Tranmere Rovers

Haworth 7' 56'

4,215

 

Peterborough United

Wood 57'

Rea Sent Off

1-2

Colchester United

Fagan 36'

Keith 90'

4,690

 

Stockport County

Lambert 27'

1-3

Blackpool

Grayson 56'

Clarke 61'

Murphy 68'

Danns Sent Off 74'

5,420

 

Wrexham

Lawrence 29'

Jones 42' (p)

2-2

Plymouth Argyle

Norris 31'

Capaldi 49'

3,945

 

Wycombe Wanderers

Bell 49' 76'

2-5

Oldham Athletic

Murray 1' 85'

Hall 16'

Zola 21'

Killen 75' (p)

3,920

 

League Table

Pos Team                   P  W  D  L   F   A   GD Pts
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 1  Port Vale              9  6  1  2  15  12    3  19
 2  Brighton & Hove Alb    9  5  2  2  15   9    6  17
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 3  Queens Park Rangers    9  4  4  1  18   8   10  16
 4  Swindon Town           9  4  4  1  17  11    6  16
 5  Barnsley               9  4  4  1  12   8    4  16
 6  Hartlepool United      9  4  3  2  20  11    9  15
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 7  AFC Bournemouth        9  4  3  2  11   9    2  15
 8  Plymouth Argyle        9  3  5  1  19  15    4  14
 9  Luton Town             9  4  2  3  14  12    2  14
10  Sheffield Wednesday    9  4  2  3  14  13    1  14
11  Colchester United      9  4  2  3  13  12    1  14
12  Bristol City           9  3  4  2  12   6    6  13
13  Rushden and Diamonds   9  4  1  4  16  15    1  13
14  Wrexham                8  3  2  3   7   8   -1  11
15  Grimsby Town           9  3  2  4  15  18   -3  11
16  Blackpool              8  3  2  3  12  16   -4  11
17  Oldham Athletic        9  2  4  3  16  16    0  10
18  Brentford              9  3  1  5   7  14   -7  10
19  Peterborough United    9  2  3  4  12  12    0   9
20  Tranmere Rovers        9  1  5  3   9  11   -2   8
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21  Stockport County       9  1  3  5  11  17   -6   6
22  Notts County           9  1  3  5   6  18  -12   6
23  Wycombe Wanderers      9  1  2  6  11  20   -9   5
24  Chesterfield           9  0  4  5   5  16  -11   4
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