Lincoln City

Nat Brown 64' Dean Keates 90'

Wrexham 0

 

Tuesday 13 September 2005

 

Kick Off @ 19:45



Match Report

Dragons misfire at Lincoln
By: TEAMtalk

Wrexham's three match unbeaten run ended with a 2-0 defeat at Lincoln as Nat Brown and Dean Keates struck for the Imps.

Lincoln looked second best early on as the Dragons created a number of chances, with Mark Jones picking out Robbie Foy with a clever pass for the best of them only for the striker to lose control as the ball ran away from him.

Wrexham's Jon Walters then got in front of his marker but saw his header saved by Lincoln goalkeeper Alan Marriott and it was the hosts who broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute.

A corner from Scott Kerr was fumbled by Wrexham keeper Michael Ingham and in the scramble that followed Nat Brown forced the ball home.

Four minutes later, Ingham produced a backward diving save to keep out a long-range shot from Kerr, before Dean Keates smashed in a shot from 20 yards which flew inches over with Ingham rooted to his line.

Wrexham's frustration began to show with Alex Smith and Paul Warhurst yellow-carded for fouls and Lincoln clinched the game in stoppage time when a mistake by Warhurst let in Francis Green, who set up a tap-in for Keates.
 

Match Reaction

Denis Smith: "I can't say that this didn't hurt, because it did, but we were beaten by the better side tonight. We were never in the game and as good as we were Saturday, we were poor tonight. Fair play to them, they worked hard and once their got their goal, their tails were up." [Source: Wrexham AFC]

 

League 2 Table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
4 Rochdale 8 4 1 3 17 11 6 13
5 Chester City 8 3 4 1 14 11 3 13
6 Darlington 8 3 4 1 13 10 3 13
7 Leyton Orient 8 4 1 3 12 13 -1 13
8 Wycombe Wanderers 8 2 6 0 14 9 5 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 2 5 1 10 8 2 11
10 Lincoln City 8 2 5 1 9 7 2 11
11 Wrexham 8 3 2 3 9 7 2 11
12 Peterborough United 8 3 2 3 8 6 2 11
13 Northampton Town 8 2 5 1 9 8 1 11
14 Barnet 8 3 2 3 11 11 0 11
15 Stockport County 8 1 6 1 13 13 0 9
16 Shrewsbury Town 8 2 3 3 7 8 -1 9
17 Bristol Rovers 8 2 3 3 11 13 -2 9
18 Oxford United 8 1 5 2 9 11 -2 8
19 Macclesfield Town 8 2 2 4 10 13 -3 8
20 Boston United 8 1 4 3 12 17 -5 7
21 Rushden and Diamonds 8 1 4 3 7 12 -5 7
22 Mansfield Town 8 1 3 4 12 15 -3 6
23 Bury 8 1 2 5 7 13 -6 5
24 Torquay United 8 1 2 5 5 13 -8 5

Lincoln City

Starting XI:

01 Alan Marriott
17 Colin Cryan
05 Paul Morgan
06 Jamie McCombe
02 Lee Beevers
11 Scott Kerr
22 Dean Keates
23 Nat Brown
07 Derek Asamoah 76'
08 Gary Birch 87'
03 Paul Mayo

Subs:

04 Gareth McAuley 87'
09 Francis Green 76'
18 Oliver Ryan
25 Maheta Molango
26 Marvin Robinson

Stats:

Shots on Goal: 15
Shots on Target: 5
Shots off Target: 10
Possession: 60%
Fouls Conceded: 7
Corners: 11
Yellow Cards: 0
Red Cards: 0

Wrexham

Starting XI:

01 Michael Ingham
06 Dennis Lawrence
05 Paul Warhurst
19 Andy Holt 41'
12 Dean Bennett
08 Danny Williams
17 Mark Jones
10 Darren Ferguson
03 Alex Smith
09 Jon Walters
14 Robbie Foy 64'

Subs:

11 Lee McEvilly 64'
13 Michael Jones (GK)
19 Levi Mackin
20 Simon Spender
21 Paul Linwood 41'

Stats:

Shots on Goal: 2
Shots on Target: 1
Shots off Target: 1
Possession: 40%
Fouls Conceded: 8
Corners: 5
Yellow Cards: 2
Red Cards: 0

Match Notes

Venue Sincil Bank
Attendance 2,905
Half Time Lincoln City 0 Wrexham 0
Referee Andy Penn - West Midlands

Other Match Reports

BBC: Lincoln City 2-0 Wrexham

Lincoln City FC: Professional performance seals win

TEAMtalk: Dragons misfire at Lincoln

Wrexham AFC: Dragons out powered at Sincil Bank

Other Games

League 2 Results:

Bristol Rovers 1 Oxford United 1

Macclesfield Town 3 Rushden & Diamonds 1

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Saturday 17 September 2005, Kick Off @ 15:00