Hartlepool United 2
Wrexham 0

Tuesday 30 September 2003 @ 19:45

MATCH STATS

Score and Scorers

Hartlepool United

2 Wrexham 0
Darrel Clarke 23' 37'    

Starting Line Ups

Hartlepool United

Wrexham
19 Jim Provett 01 Andy Dibble
02 Michael Barron 18 Shaun Pejic 46'
05 Michael Nelson 05 Brian Carey
06 Chris Westwood 06 Dennis Lawrence
03 Mark Robinson 07 Carlos Edwards 46'
07 Darrel Clarke 02 Jim Whitley
25 Gavin Strachan 72' 10 Darren Ferguson
04 Mark Tinkler 89' 19 Steve Thomas
08 Ritchie Humphreys 03 Shaun Holmes 73'
09 Eifion Williams 08 Lee Jones
23 Paul Robinson 84' 11 Chris Llewellyn

Substitutes

Hartlepool United

Wrexham
01 Anthony Williams (GK) 04 Steve Roberts 46'
15 Adam Boyd 84' 13 Paul Whitfield (GK)
21 Steve Istead 89' 14 Paul Edwards 73'
22 Matty Robinson 16 Matt Crowell
28 Ryan McCann 72' 23 Hector Sam 46'

Yellow and Red Cards

Hartlepool United

Wrexham

77'

Mark Robinson - Foul on Darren Ferguson

42'

Brian Carey - Foul on Eifion Williams
   

66'

Dennis Lawrence - Foul on Eifion Williams

Stat Attack

Hartlepool United

Wrexham
8 Shots on Goal 11
6 Shots on Target 6
14 Fouls Committed 15
3 Corners 5
1 Yellow Card 2
0 Red Card 0

Other Information

Venue: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,677
Referee: Chris Foy - Merseyside Half Time: Hartlepool 2 Wrexham 0
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DETAILED MATCH REPORTS

BBCi: Hartlepool United 2 Wrexham 0 - Minute-by-minute

Daily Post: Hartlepool Utd 2, Wrexham 0
Hartlepool United FC: Trigger Happy!
In the Net: Clarke double sees Pool move up to fourth
Sporting Life: Hartlepool United 2 Wrexham 0 - Match Stats
Western Mail: Clarke slays Red Dragons
Wrexham AFC: MATCH REPORT - Hartlepool 2 Wrexham 0
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OTHER MATCH REPORTS

Ananova: FT- Hartlepool 2 Wrexham 0

BBCi: Hartlepool 2-0 Wrexham
Nationwide Football: Hartlepool 2 Wrexham 0
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AUDIO REPORTS AND QUOTES
Denis Smith: "We put ourself in a difficult position" (RealPlayer Format)
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PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Denis Smith: "In the first half we allowed them to dictate. They launched balls in behind us, which we should have been able to deal with, but we didn’t defend particularly well. We didn’t take our chances! In the second half we got about them and dictated things to a certain degree, but again we haven’t scored. If we don’t take these chances, then we aren’t going to win games. We have had chances in both halves and if you look at these chances, we have had better ones than them. The two that they have had, I can’t believe the goals that they have scored, as twice the lad has got clear in the box. In fact, for the first one I missed it as I was writing something down, which obviously shows that I didn’t feel it was a particularly dangerous situation! I think I know what happened, which I will confirm when I look at the video, and I’m not particularly happy about it. We were defending at the time, so he shouldn’t have got clear and while I won’t name names, there were people who didn’t do their job. Which is something we have been doing so far this season, we have been defending well. We then had to work hard to get back into the game, but apart from scoring a couple of goals, there wasn’t much more we could have done in the second half. Nobody is finding us a pushover and we didn’t get eight put passed us. Indeed, Andy Dibble had such a quiet second half that he could have taken his deckchair out there with him! We lost Carlos at half time with an ankle injury and obviously to be without your most attacking player is a problem, but I thought Ozzie did the job quite well. Pej looked a little bit tired and he wasn’t the only one, but I only had one defender on the bench to bring on.” [Source: Wrexham AFC]

Neale Cooper: "We played some exceptional football in the first half, but we knew we couldn’t keep it up for the whole game. We practice two and three touch football on the training ground and you saw the end result out there tonight. We knew that they would keep coming at us in the second half, but we defended well. Michael Nelson and Chris Westwood were superb again and both Mickey Barron and Mark Robinson supported them well. Mark got his chance tonight because he’s worked hard and shown me something in the past two weeks that I hadn’t seen before – a kind of hunger. Up front, Eifion did well considering he’s been in bed for the past two days with a cold, but we asked him to give us his best with Marco being missing, and he did us proud.  Clarkie is a very honest player and has played well in the last two games. We told him to be more of a goal threat for us and he’s come up trumps.” [Source: Hartlepool United FC]
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DIVISION TWO

Results

Blackpool

0-1

Grimsby Town

Crane 72'

5,491

 

Chesterfield

Robinson 33'

1-1

Bournemouth

Fletcher 80'

3,131

 

Colchester United

Vine 76'

1-1

Brentford

Rougier 36'

3,343

 

Hartlepool United

Clarke 23' 37'

2-0

Wrexham

4,677

 

Oldham Athletic

J Sheridan 11' (p)

Vernon 46'

2-0

Stockport County

Daly Sent Off 82'

7,015

 

Plymouth Argyle

0-1

Bristol City

Peacock 27'

13,923

 

Port Vale

McPhee 12' 67'

Collins 86'

3-0

Peterborough United

5,495

 

Queens Park Rangers

Gallen 60'

Rowlands 61'

Ainsworth 63'

Thorpe 77'

4-0

Barnsley

11,854

 

Rushden & Diamonds

Gray 50' (p)

1-3

Brighton & Hove Albion

Butters 42'

Knight 53'

Rehman 77'

4,634  

Sheffield Wednesday

McLaren 23' 53'

2-1

Notts County

Stallard 62'

20,354

WED

Swindon Town

Milner 8'

Howard 89'

Miglioranzi 46'

2-2

Luton Town

McSheffrey 65' (p)

Forbes 67'

Davis Sent Off 54'

7,573

WED

Tranmere Rovers

Dadi 41'

Senda 82' (og)

2-1

Wycombe Wanderers

Bell 78'

6,847

 

League Table

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