Wrexham 3
Chesterfield 1

Tuesday 28 December 2004 @15:00

MATCH STATS

Score and Scorers
Wrexham 3 Chesterfield 1
Steve Roberts 14' Mark Stallard 44'
Mark Jones 36'    
Chris Llewellyn 61'    

Starting Line Ups
Wrexham Chesterfield
01 Andy Dibble 01 Carl Muggleton
18 Shaun Pejic 14 Shane Nicholson
04 Steve Roberts 23 Ian Evatt
06 Dennis Lawrence 05 Steve Blatherwick
02 Jim Whitley 02 Alex Bailey
17 Mark Jones 83' 08 Mark Allott
10 Darren Ferguson 06 Derek Niven 56'
03 Alex Smith 30 Sammy Clingan
19 Andy Holt 10 Mark Hudson
09 Chris Armstrong 88' 19 Mark Stallard 67'
11 Chris Llewellyn 16 Caleb Folan 79'

Substitutes
Wrexham Chesterfield
15 Craig Morgan 03 Alan O'Hare
21 Levi Macken 83' 07 Mark De Bolla 67'
23 Hector Sam 09 Wayne Allison 79'
30 Juan Ugarte 88' 11 Mark Innes
31 Michael Jones (GK) 18 Adam Smith 56'

Yellow and Red Cards
Wrexham Chesterfield

39'

 Chris Armstrong - Not retreating 10 yards

20'

 Ian Evatt - Foul on Chris Armstrong
    22' Caleb Folan - Foul on Steev Roberts

Stat Attack
Wrexham Chesterfield
7 Shots on Goal 5
6 Shots on Target 4
61% Possession 39%
12 Fouls Committed 10
7 Corners 1
1 Yellow Card 2
0 Red Card 0

Match Notes
Venue: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Mark Cowburn - Blackpool Half Time: 2-1 Wrexham
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MATCH REPORTS

BBCi: Wrexham 3-1 Chesterfield
Chesterfield FC: WREXHAM 3 SPIREITES 1
Compton Street: Wrexham 3 Chesterfield 1
Daily Post: Wrexham 3, Chesterfield 1
TeamTALK: Dragons storm to victory
Western Mail: Jones turns on style for fired-up Dragons
Wrexham AFC: Reds win to close gap
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AUDIO REPORTS AND QUOTES

Red Passion Audio Report with Mark Williams  (WindowsMedia Format)
Match Report with Roger Hughes of BBC Radio Wales  (WindowsMedia Format)
Listen to Steve Roberts speaking to BBC Radio Wales  (WindowsMedia Format)
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PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Denis Smith: "Bringing back Mark Jones was possibly a bit of a gamble but it was a performance which was worth the admission fee on its own. We know what he can do but this was possibly the first time that he has produced it in the first team. His touches, his passes, all round he had a super game. Levi was a bit unlucky to be left out after having a good game at Bradford on Sunday. But it's not just him, Dibbs has had a super game for me, Chris Armstrong has laid a couple of goals on as he looks to be getting fit, Alex Smith has come back into midfield and had a couple of good games. We are getting experienced players back now and that gives us a chance of getting results. We need to get a little bit of confidence back and at time today you could see we were lacking that, especially when they got one back. We've needed to score more from set-plays and Chris gives us that option. Robbo was lucky to be up there for his goal as Dennis Lawrence had had a knock so we pushed Robbo forward. We had good movement from midfield and Alex Smith got into some good positions and you would put some money on Mark Jones scoring from the one that he just put wide. It's good now that we can pick and choose with bringing the youngsters in. Mark Jones wasn't even in the sixteen on Sunday but he did they job for us today. Today we could bring on Levi to go a job for the last ten minutes. All games are important but next weeks match with Blackpool is a big one for us and I hope that today's result will mean that we will get a good crowd." [Source: Wrexham AFC]
Roy McFarlane: "We are disappointed on our performance in conditions that we haven't played on much this season the pitch was very heavy. The one thing I said after Sunday was that we shouldn't feel sorry for ourselves and it looked like we did just that and felt sorry for ourselves. Let's not forget that Wrexham should have thirty points at this moment and not on twenty after the point reduction so they are no mugs and they should be well away from the relegation zone. The third goal affected us but the players kept going at them but nothing really broke for us in the box when maybe it could have done. But another set piece cost us a goal a couple of headers and tap home it will be interesting to look at the video to see where we were on that." [Source: Chesterfield FC]
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YOUR VIEW

RogerRed: "Some Of The Displays Were Excellent With The Much Maligned Llewellyn And Mark Jones On Top Form. Steve Roberts Was Awesome At The Back. Jones Goal Was As Good As Anything Seen At Cae Ras In A Long Time, it Almost Warmed Me Up. Keep Up This Type Of Display And Relegation Will Not Be For Us."
redarmywxm: "Arguably the best performance at The Racecourse this season and arguably the best goal your likely to see as well - from M Jones. Wrexham were in total control really on a slippery surface. Man of the match Jones scored with a superb curving shot which got old blokes standing up cheering in the PGS."
Shabba Jonze: "A well deserved win today. I thought our midfield did well, Mark Jones in particular. Some of his touches and turns were class, and a quality goal from outside of the box. Smith did well at times. Dibble's kicking was comically bad and looked like it may cost us at times. He repeatedly kicked it out of touch from goal kicks, then when he wanted to find touch as a player was down, he couldn't find touch."
BrynOffa5: "I thought we flattered to deceive. After going 2 up, and looking like we were cruising, we let them back in, let them have the ball much too much, and I thought we were going to blow it. However, overall, we should have won by another 2 clear goals."
Redgnasher: "I thought some of the stuff we played today was good and we actually knocked the ball around well spreading the play etc. We had a sticky patch early second half but we weathered the storm and I thought our midfield was superb. Dibble made a good save, the defence didn't really play well but at the same time didn't do much wrong."
SE19: "All in all, we looked like the Wrexham of the opening day of the season and not the Wrexham who went down to MK Dons and Hartlepool."
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LEAGUE ONE

Results

Barnsley

Vaughan 14' 47'

Shuker 43'

3-3

Stockport County

Feeney 60'

Barlow 73'

Lambert 81'

8,448

 

Bournemouth

Spicer 17' 51'

2-2

Huddersfield Town

McAliskey 38'

Mirfin 60'

10,236

 

Bristol City

0-0

Hartlepool United

13,034

 

Hull City

Allsopp 21'

Elliott 86'

2-1

Doncaster Rovers

Mulligan 45'

24,117

WED

Luton Town

Vine 37' 48'

2-2

Colchester United

Garcia 34'

Halford 62'

8,806

 

Milton Keynes Dons

McLeod 40'

Palmer 73'

Smart 82'

3-1

Blackpool

Taylor 81' (p)

4,943

 

Oldham Athletic

Vernon 46'

Kilkenny 54'

2-1

Peterborough United

Logan 48'

5,618

 

Port Vale

0-2

Sheffield Wednesday

Jones 27'

McGovern 43'

8.671

 

Swindon Town

Hewlett 42'

Howard 67'

Parkin 76'

3-0

Brentford

6,875

 

Torquay United

0-0

Bradford City

4,119

 

Walsall

0-2

Tranmere Rovers

McAteer 57'

Taylor 81'

7,217

 

Wrexham

Roberts 14'

Mark Jones 36'

Llewellyn 61'

3-1

Chesterfield

Stallard 44'

4,273

 

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
3 Tranmere Rovers 24 13 6 5 36 30 6 45
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 6 7 43 32 11 39
5 Hartlepool United 24 12 3 9 40 37 3 39
6 AFC Bournemouth 23 11 5 7 39 29 10 38
7 Bradford City 24 11 5 8 34 33 1 38
8 Brentford 24 11 4 9 28 33 -5 37
9 Bristol City 24 9 9 6 43 33 10 36
10 Swindon Town 24 10 5 9 40 33 7 35
11 Chesterfield 24 9 7 8 29 27 2 34
12 Huddersfield Town 24 9 6 9 36 32 4 33
13 Barnsley 24 8 8 8 35 30 5 32
14 Doncaster Rovers 24 8 8 8 31 36 -5 32
15 Oldham Athletic 24 9 4 11 37 38 -1 31
16 Walsall 24 8 7 9 35 40 -5 31
17 Port Vale 24 9 2 13 28 37 -9 29
18 Colchester United 23 7 6 10 32 30 2 27
19 Torquay United 24 6 8 10 28 38 -10 26
20 Blackpool 24 5 7 12 29 36 -7 22
21 Peterborough United 24 5 6 13 27 32 -5 21
22 Wrexham 24 8 7 9 28 39 -11 21
23 Milton Keynes Dons 24 5 6 13 29 45 -16 21
24 Stockport County 24 3 5 16 26 50 -24 14 
NB Wrexham deducted 10 points for being subject to an administration order
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