Bristol City 1
Wrexham 0

Saturday 16 April 2005 @ 15:00

MATCH STATS

Score and Scorers
Bristol City 1 Wrexham 0
Scott Murray 66'    

Starting Line Ups

Bristol City

 Wrexham
01 Steve Phillips 33 Ben Foster
17 Bradley Orr 60' 18 Shaun Pejic
33 Cole Skuse 15 Craig Morgan
16 Clayton Fortune 06 Dennis Lawrence
06 Louis Carey 07 Carlos Edwards
04 Tommy Doherty 39' 16 Matt Crowell 76'
28 David Cotterill 74' 17 Mark Jones 65'
14 Luke Wiltshire 10 Darren Ferguson
34 Scott Goulbourne 19 Andy Holt 82'
09 Paul Heffernan 30 Juan Ugarte
08 Leroy Lita 11 Chris Llewellyn

Substitutes

Bristol City

 Wrexham
03 Mickey Bell 03 Alex Smith 82'
07 Scott Murray 60' 08 Danny Williams
21 Ryan Marley 74' 09 Chris Armstrong 65'
25 Joe Anyinsah 12 Dean Bennett
29 Scott Brown 39' 23 Hector Sam 76'

Yellow and Red Cards

Bristol City

 Wrexham

None

90'

 Chris Armstrong - Unsporting behaviour

Stat Attack

Bristol City

 Wrexham
16 Shots on Goal 6
9 Shots on Target 2
55% Possession 45%
11 Fouls Committed 12
8 Corners 3
0 Yellow Card 1
0 Red Card 0

Match Notes
Venue: Ashton Gate (Bristol) Attendance: 8,267
Referee: P Melin (Surrey) Half Time: 0-0
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MATCH REPORTS

BBC: Bristol City 1-0 Wrexham
Bristol City FC: Super sub Scott keeps playoff hopes alive
Bristol City FC: Match Photos
Over the Gate: City Limp to Victory
TEAMtalk: Robins push dragons closer to drop
Wales on Sunday: Dragons face the drop
Wrexham AFC: Bristol City 1 Wrexham 0
Wrexham MAD: Bristol City 1 Wrexham 0
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AUDIO REPORTS AND QUOTES

Red Passion Audio Report with Mark Williams  (WindowsMedia Format)
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PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Denis Smith: "The first-half was ok, the second was appalling. That was the worse performance for a long, long time and we were very fortunate to come away only losing 1-0. There are no excuses for a performance like that, it was totally unprofessional and I am extremely angry. We gave them too much space and didn't close them down, that was absolutely appalling. I can't come out with anything constructive from that game. We had a hell of a chance of three points today but we didn't take it. We don't normally play like that. In the second half nobody took responsibility and nobody wearing our colours can walk off the field feeling proud of themselves. I have told the players that I wasn't happy with that and if we play like we did today then we will go down. For some reason we just didn't come out in the second-half. I don't like losing but if we do lose then I expect to lose in the correct manner and I didn't feel that today we did." [Source: Wrexham AFC]
Brian Tinnion: "I wasn't happy at half time because I felt we were playing at end-of-season pace. I reminded the lads that if we won our last four games we could still make the play-offs. I don't want to see the season petering out. We needed to raise the tempo and the lads did just that to keep Wrexham under pressure. I'm delighted for Scott Murray that he scored. His form has dipped at times this season, but you can never accuse him of giving less than 100 per cent. We had to replace Tommy Doherty in the first half because unfortunately he had twisted a knee, but Scott Brown did an excellent job as replacement. Now I want the same attitude as we showed in the second half taken into the final three games, starting at MK Dons next Saturday. If we can win all our remaining fixtures I still believe we can finish in the top six." [Source: Bristol City FC]
Scott Murray: "I've been due a goal. Thankfully Heff (Paul Heffernan) missed the cross and I've managed to get a toe on the ball to stick it in the back of the net. I may have even given Heff a nudge to make sure it was my goal because I haven't scored one for ages. It could be a very important goal, you never know. Watching from the bench I remember seeing Heff hit the crossbar early on but apart from that neither side really created any clear-cut openings. The gaffer pulled me across on the hour and told me to get on the pitch, run around like a headless chicken as per usual and see if I can create something. Thankfully I managed to nick the winning goal and hopefully the win will give the lads renewed confidence going into our remaining matches."  [Source: Bristol City FC]
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YOUR VIEW

red bristol: "I've just got back from the game and was surprised how uninterested we seemed. The BCFC keeper didn't have one save to make. Foster generally kept us in the game in the second half. BCFC really could and should have been beaten, they looked like their season was over and one goal from us would have seen their heads drop and a win for us. After the excitement at Cardiff we weren't up for today sad as it seems. We started brightly , passing the ball around but not really creating anything."
Port Talbot Red: "Went to the game and we didn't have a looking really. I think we had one half chance which to Shaun Pejic and he hit it over the bar. Foster made a couple of saves but when Scott Murray came on for Bristol, I knew we were going to lose (He always scores against us) but before that I was quite optimistic were were going to get a draw or we might sneak it! Also, I felt Smith made the wrong decision in taking off Mark Jones for Armstrong as he seemed to create some openings."
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LEAGUE ONE

Results

Barnsley

Johnson 6' 79'

2-2

Oldham Athletic

Killen 37'

Beckett 66'

8,856

 

Bradford City

Windass 6' 37'

Bridge Wilkinson 23' 45'

4-1

Brentford

Tabb 79'

6,743

 

Bristol City

Murray 66'

1-0

Wrexham

8,267

 

Chesterfield

Allison 17'

Blatherwick 76'

2-3

Bournemouth

Fletcher 47' 90'

Stock 63'

4,009

 

Hartlepool United

Boyd 2' 18' 58'

3-0

Sheffield Wednesday

6,429

FRI

Huddersfield Town

Abbott 20'

Schofield 82'

2-2

Colchester United

Danns 19'

Chilvers 90'

10,831

 

Hull City

Hull are promoted

0-0

Swindon City

23,125

 

Luton Town

Chorley 31' (p)

1-0

Milton Keynes Dons

9,000

 

Peterborough United

0-2

Walsall

Standing 64'

Wrack 76'

3,841

 

Stockport County

Allen 28'

Le Fondre 45'

2-4

Doncaster Rovers

Ravenhill 2'

Green 72'

McIndoe 82'

Brown 87'

4,508

 

Torquay United

Constantine 90' (p)

1-0

Port Vale

3,592

 

Tranmere Rovers

0-0

Blackpool

8,568

 

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
3 Tranmere Rovers 43 21 13 9 70 51 19 76
4 Hartlepool United 43 21 7 15 73 59 14 70
5 AFC Bournemouth 43 20 9 14 73 57 16 69
6 Brentford 42 20 9 13 51 53 -2 69
7 Sheffield Wednesday 43 18 14 11 73 55 18 68
8 Bristol City 43 16 15 12 67 52 15 63
9 Huddersfield Town 43 17 10 16 68 65 3 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 16 12 58 55 3 61
11 Bradford City 43 16 13 14 59 58 1 61
12 Swindon Town 43 16 11 16 63 62 1 59
13 Barnsley 43 13 18 12 66 58 8 57
14 Colchester United 43 13 15 15 57 48 9 54
15 Blackpool 43 14 12 17 53 55 -2 54
16 Chesterfield 43 13 14 16 53 60 -7 53
17 Walsall 43 13 12 18 56 68 -12 51
18 Port Vale 42 15 5 22 43 56 -13 50
19 Oldham Athletic 43 13 10 20 57 69 -12 49
20 Milton Keynes Dons 43 10 15 18 48 65 -17 45
21 Torquay United 43 10 15 18 50 76 -26 45
22 Wrexham 41 11 14 16 54 74 -20 37
23 Peterborough United 43 8 12 23 48 69 -21 36
24 Stockport County (R) 43 6 7 30 48 91 -43 25 
Key C = Champions; P = Promoted; Pl = Play off spot; R = Relegated
NB Wrexham deducted 10 points for being subject to an administration order
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