Wycombe Wanderers 4

Nathan Tyson 16' 81' Kevin Betsy 22' Tommy Mooney 58'

Wrexham 1

Mark Jones 54'

Tuesday 27 September 2005

 

Kick Off @ 19:45



Match Report

Second best Wrexham no match for Wycombe
By: Mark Williams

PRE-MATCH THOUGHTS: With all the injury problems the best we could hope for would be a draw against a team unbeaten in the league this season although I did predict a 3-0 thrashing on the way down!

CONDITIONS: Wet

SUM UP OUR PERFORMANCE IN ONE WORD: Embarrassing

TURNING POINT: Wycombe’s third goal ended our slim hopes of snatching a draw

MAIN INCIDENTS AND GOALS:

You knew Wrexham were going to be in for a difficult evening when Wycombe had two goals disallowed for offside in the opening quarter of an hour. To even come away from Adams Park with a draw would require the team to dig in but this effort was missing as the game proved to be a match too far for the injury ravaged side.

Injuries apart the players on the pitch should have matched Wycombe for effort and there would have be no grumbles but at times it appeared that Wycombe had an extra player on the pitch as they constantly ran through our non existent midfield onto our exposed defenders. Despite this Wrexham created the first opportunity of the game but Robbie Foy flashed a volley from Alex Smith’s cross over the bar.

Nathan TysonWith Wycombe looking dangerous with every attack by making full use of the flanks the manner of their opening two goals was disappointing. A simple ball from the right flank caught out the Wrexham defence with Bayliss, who had been limping from an earlier tackle, hopelessly appealing for offside as Tyson chased the ball down. Michael Jones rushed off his line and reached the ball before Tyson but misjudged the bounce as the ball went over him and Tyson was presented with his easiest goal of the season, finished with a diving header on the line!

Wrexham players were struggling to keep their footing on a sodden pitch but it was obvious that Wycombe were using the correct studs and a further slip from Bayliss resulted in the second goal midway through the first half. Bayliss looked to be cutting out the low ball through but his slip sent Betsy clear of the offside trap and he advanced into the box before slotting the ball under Jones and inside of the near post.

Wrexham some how managed to hang onto half time as the first half followed a predictable pattern with Wycombe appearing to attack at will and Wrexham were grateful to a challenge from Lawrence that deflected a shot from Bloomfield wide of the far post.

Wycombe started the second half where they left off and a good tip over from Michael Jones kept the deficit to two when he reacted quickly to Torres snap shot from the edge of the area.

 

The first half was as bad as I have seen for a long time

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This could have been the turning point as within ten minutes of the restart Wrexham hade halved the arrears with a well taken goal from Mark Jones. Jones picked up a through ball from Williams and a quick turn allowed him to break clear of his marker. Robbie Foy did well to take the defender away from Jones and this allowed the midfielder to measure a shot that bounced just in front of Talia and the wet surface zipped the ball into the net.

Wrexham could not take advantage of the life line and four minutes later the experienced Tommy Mooney effectively put the game beyond Wrexham. Nathan Tyson got the better of half time substitute Mike Williams, who was making his debut as a replacement for the injured Linwood, and his cross was perfect for Moody to restore Wycombe’s two goal advantage.
Mark Jones
If anything the third goal sparked Wrexham’s best period of the game with Bennett seeing his deflected shot narrowly missing the far post and quick passing between Smith and Walters resulted in Ferguson bursting onto the lose ball in the box but he was denied by a last ditch diving challenge.

The combination of Betsy, Tyson and Moody were too much for the Wrexham defence and the three players combined for Wycombe’s fourth goal although they did get the break of the ball when a challenge from Mike Williams deflected the ball into the path of Tyson who made no mistake from just inside of the area with nine minutes left.

There was still time for Jamie Reed to replace the ineffective Walters and the young substitute, with no name and number on his shirt, had two opportunities but pulled the first one wide from a narrow angle but should have done better with the second after he was picked out by Ferguson on the edge of the area.

OPPOSITION AND FANS: On this showing it was no surprise that Wycombe are unbeaten in the league this season as the three strikers contained the perfect balance of pace and power to dominate many a league 2 defence this season. Fans were lively but so would we during a comfortable 4-1 victory.

OFFICIALS: Too fussy with his whistle but had a good game overall and was helped with no controversial decisions to make, mainly down to Wrexham not offering any challenges.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Mike Williams – only come on half time and was one of our better defenders on the night.

IF YOU WERE DENIS SMITH: Change the formation as with a lack of pace the 3-5-2 is not working away from home. The wing backs were only delivering balls from deep and this makes life easy for the opposition defence. When the strikers were pulled out wide there was only one red shirt in the box with the wing backs not rushing in from their wings and the midfield not supporting the attack to make up the numbers.

Match Reaction

Denis Smith: "I don't often lose my temper but I did at half-time and then again at full-time. At 2-1 I thought they had gone so to concede a goal from a throw-in in their half the pitch took some doing. Unfortunately, we seemed to be in a very generous mood this evening. We have only conceded nine goals so far this season but we could have conceded nine in this game alone. We made it easy for Wycombe but it wasn't the younger players it was the more experienced ones. Some people will have a go at Carrots for the first goal but he, along with Mike Williams and Jamie Reed, did well afterwards and showed some character. Hopefully, whoever is manager in two to three years time will get the benefit of these lads coming through. Obviously we had a lot of injuries but I did make a promise to myself not to talk about that side of things as I am fed up of the situation." [Source: Wrexham AFC]

 

John Gorman: "Wrexham did well to come back into the game. But even when we lost a goal our heads didn't drop and we just kept playing the same way as before. In fact, we picked it up a gear and went onto get the third and fourth and that was very pleasing. I thought Mooney was the best player on the pitch. He was outstanding, played a part in every goal and scored a great one for himself. It came at a crucial moment in the game and we then finished them off in handsome style. It was nice to see that they came to win the game and I thought it was a good advert for the league. They're a good little football team and Darren Ferguson is a very good player. It would have been nice for the result to have been 4-0 but they did well to score. Cheltenham felt that Wrexham were the best team they'd come across in the league. If that's the case we beat them well so we're not doing too bad." [Source: Wycombe Wanderers FC]

League 2 Table

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

Wycombe Wanderers

Starting XI:

01 Frank Talia
02 Danny Senda
05 Roger Johnson
06 Mike Williamson
03 Clint Easton
22 Sergio Torres 73'
10 Matt Bloomfield
04 Stefan Oakes
07 Kevin Betsy
16 Tommy Mooney 87'
09 Nathan Tyson 90'

Subs:

08 Joe Burnell 73'
11 Ian Stonebridge 90'
12 Russell Martin
18 Jonny Dixon 87'
21 Steve Williams (GK)

Stats:

Shots on Goal: 13
Shots on Target: 10
Shots off Target: 3
Possession: 51%
Fouls Conceded: 17
Corners: 5
Yellow Cards: 0
Red Cards: 0

Wrexham

Starting XI:

13 Michael Jones
21 Paul Linwood 45'
04 Dave Bayliss
06 Dennis Lawrence
12 Dean Bennett
08 Danny Williams
17 Mark Jones
10 Darren Ferguson
03 Alex Smith
09 Jon Walters 79'
14 Robbie Foy

Subs:

19 Levi Mackin
20 Simon Spender
22 Matt Done
25 Mike Williams 45'
27 Jamie Reed 79'

Stats:

Shots on Goal: 5
Shots on Target: 5
Shots off Target: 0
Possession: 49%
Fouls Conceded: 13
Corners: 8
Yellow Cards: 0
Red Cards: 0

Match Notes

Venue Causeway Stadium
Attendance 4,166
Half Time Wycombe 2 Wrexham 0
Referee Gary Lewis (Cambridgeshire)

Match Incidents

16' Nathan Tyson opens the scoring following a mistake by Michael Jones
22' Kevin Betsy takes advantage of a slip by Dave Bayliss to double Wycombe's advantage
54' Mark Jones gives Wrexham a glimmer of hope with a strike from twenty yards
58' Tommy Moody ends Wrexham's hopes converting a cross from the right
81' Nathan Tyson completes the rout after the ball breaks to him from a challenge

Other Match Reports

BBC: Wycombe 4-1 Wrexham

Bucks Free Press: Wycombe 4 Wrexham 1

Chairboys on the Net: Wycombe 4 Wrexham 1

Daily Post: Wycombe 4, Wrexham 1

TEAMtalk: Wrexham suffer defeat

Western Mail: Dragons hit by Tyson knockout

When Skies are Blue: Impressive Blues Maintain Form

Wrexham AFC:Wycombe 4 Wrexham 1

Wrexham MAD: Wycombe Wanderers 4 Wrexham 1

Wycombe Wanderers FC: Wycombe Wrex'd 'em

Other Games

League 2 Results:

Bury 1 Bristol Rovers 0
Cheltenham 2 Peterborough 1
Chester 2 Carlisle 0
Darlington 0 Boston United 0
Grimsby 4 Notts County 0
Leyton Orient 2 Torquay 1
Lincoln City 2 Stockport 0
Macclesfield 1 Mansfield 1
Rochdale 0 Oxford United 1
Rushden & Diamonds 1 Northampton 3
Shrewsbury 2 Barnet 2

Next Game

Stockport County (h), Coca Cola League 2

Saturday 01 October 2005, Kick Off @ 15:00