Macclesfield Town 3

Martin Gritton 36' David Morley 90' Danny Thomas 90'

Wrexham 2

Michael Proctor 6' (p) Chris Llewellyn 22'

Saturday 13 October 2007

 

Kick Off @ 12:30 pm

Wrexham
Starting XI:
01 Anthony Williams
04 Shaun Pejic
08 Danny Williams 46'
06 Richard Hope
02 Simon Spender
07 Mark Jones
26 Robbie Garrett
11 Chris Llewellyn
25 Neil Taylor
09 Neil Roberts
10 Michael Proctor 63'
Substitutes:
13 Michael Jones (GK)
14 Eifion Williams 63'
15' Mike Williams 43'
16 Silvio Spann
21 Marc Williams
Stats:
4 Shots on Goal
2 Shots on Target
2 Shots off Target
54% Possession
16 Fouls Conceded
1 Corners
2 Yellow Cards
1 Red Cards

Macclesfield Town
Starting XI:
01 Tommy Lee
02 Richard Edghill
04 David Morley
21 James McNulty
14 Kevin McIntyre
13 Levi Reid 67'
15 Adam Murray
25 Terry Dunfield
12 Danny Thomas
08 Francis Green 62'
09 Martin Gritton

Substitutes:
03 Carl Regan
07 Simon Wiles 67'
16 Izak Reid
26 Gareth Evans 62'
30 Jonny Brain (GK)
Stats:
11 Shots on Goal
6 Shots on Target
5 Shots off Target
46% Possession
8 Fouls Conceded
8 Corners
2 Yellow Cards
0 Red Cards

Match Notes
Venue: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,256
Half Time: Macclesfield 1 Wrexham 2
Referee: Lee Probert

Match Incidents
06' Michael Proctor (Wrexham)
22' Chris Llewellyn (Wrexham)
26' Mark Jones (Wrexham)
36' Martin Gritton (Macclesfield)
39' Robbie Garrett (Wrexham)
80' Tommy Lee (Macclesfield)
80' Robbie Garrett (Wrexham)
80' Robbie Garrett (Wrexham)
90' Dave Morley (Macclesfield)
90' Danny Thomas (Macclesfield)
90' David Morley (Macclesfield)

Match Reports

WSA Final Whistle Podcast

BBC: Macclesfield 3-2 Wrexham

Macclesfield Town FC: Macclesfield Town 3 - 2 Wrexham

TEAMtalk: Macc claim dramatic win

Wales on Sunday: Wrexham reel from shock defeat

Wrexham FC: Macclesfield Town 3 Wrexham 2

Wrexham MAD: Macclesfield Town 3 Wrexham 2

League Two Results
Friday:
Brentford 1 Rotherham 1
Chester 1 Hereford 1
Grimsby 1 Rochdale 2
Morecambe 2 Bradford 1

Saturday:
Barnet 1 Mansfield 1
Macclesfield 3 Wrexham 2
Notts County 1 Bury 3
Shrewsbury 2 Chesterfield 3

Sunday:
Dag & Red 1 Accrington Stanley 3
Darlington 4 Stockport 0
MK Dons 4 Lincoln City 0
Peterborough 2 Wycombe 1

League Two Table
    PLD GD PTS
1 Milton Keynes Dons 11 15 25
2 Darlington 11 15 22
3 Chesterfield 11 10 21
4 Hereford 11 9 21
5 Chester 11 8 21
6 Peterborough 11 6 20
7 Barnet 11 5 19
8 Wycombe 11 1 17
9 Morecambe 11 1 16
10 Rotherham 11 0 15
11 Bury 11 -1 15
12 Accrington Stanley 11 -2 15
13 Shrewsbury 11 -1 14
14 Macclesfield 11 0 13
15 Rochdale 10 -2 13
16 Stockport 11 -6 13
17 Brentford 11 -5 12
18 Dag & Red 11 -8 12
19 Notts County 11 -6 11
20 Grimsby 11 -5 10
21 Bradford 11 -7 10
22 Wrexham 10 -8 9
23 Lincoln City 11 -10 8
24 Mansfield 11 -9 5

Next Five Games

Sat 20 Oct: Barnet (h) 15:00

Sat 27 Oct: Notts County (a) 15:00

Sun 04 Nov: Shrewsbury (a) 12:00

Wed 07 Nov: Wycombe (h) 19:45

Sat 10 Nov: FA Cup First Round

Match Report
Despite entering four minutes of injury time with a 2-1 lead, we somehow left Moss Rose with no points as the Silkmen struck twice in injury time to secure their first home win of the season.

We literally coasted into a 2-0 lead courtesy of a Michael Proctor penalty and a well taken Chris Llewellyn goal but our hosts pulled one back before half time.

Despite holding the advantage, you always felt we required a third goal to secure our win but we just sat back and invited the inevitable pressure on our defence.

But apart from a couple of second half breakaways in the second half, it was Macclesfield who were the team in the ascendency during but their keeper, Tommy Lee, produced one of the most disgraceful ‘professional’ acts that resulted in Robbie Garrett collecting his second yellow card.

The red card did spur us on but slack marking allowed the Silkmen to equalise with a free header from Morely levelled the game one minute into injury time and a fluke of a goal from Thomas two minutes later was just a bitter pill to swallow.

Wrexham stuck with the same team that won convincingly in our last match at Accrington but it was Macclesfield who had the first attempt when defender Dave Morley found space in the box but could only divert the ball well over from a tight angle.

Wrexham responded with Michael Proctor and Neil Roberts causing havoc in the home defence and after the ball broke to Proctor, a rash challenge from McNulty resulted in a penalty and Proctor made no mistake from the spot by sending Lee the wrong way with a confident finish.

The Macclesfield defence looked uneasy and Proctor charged down a clearance from Lee but McNulty managed to save his keeper’s blushes by rescuing the ball but this proved to be only a short term relief for the Macclesfield defence.

Mark Jones made the most of a flick on from Neil Roberts by bursting to the area and his low cut back was met by Chris Llewellyn who despatched low into the far corner for his first goal of the season.

For some reason, we just sat back on this lead and invited pressure on our defence that had been untested for the opening half hour of the game.

Danny Thomas was the main attacking outlet for Macclesfield down the left and indecision from Mark Jones and Simon Spender resulted in Jones being penalised for shirt pull on Thomas on the edge of the area.

This earned Jones the first booking of the game but the wall did its job by deflecting the ball behind but we were unable to keep Macclesfield at bay for much longer.

Thomas, as ever, was the main danger and after Anthony Williams failed to come for his telling cross, Neil Taylor was out muscled by Levi Reid and his header back across goal was converted by Martin Gritton nine minutes before half time.

Robbie Garrett then collected the first of his yellow cards for a rash lunge on the touch line and despite a promising attack, Michael Proctor was unable to pick out a red shirt in the box and the Silkmen cleared the resulting corner.

Wrexham finished the first half without Danny Williams who limped off to be replaced by Mike Williams but there were no changes during the break with the second half starting in much of the same way that its predecessor ended.

Macclesfield finished the half with a superb shot from Thomas that narrowly drifted wide but it was Gritton who should have levelled matters following the restart when he headed McIntyre’s centre over the bar.

The striker then went onto surpassing this miss when he put a clear diving header wide of the target but despite expecting a Macclesfield onslaught, this failed to materialise and the Wrexham defence remained comfortable for the majority of the second half.

Eifion Williams had replaced Michael Proctor just after the hour mark and was denied by the quick thinking of Lee who had raced off his line but it was Macclesfield who had enjoyed the better of the possession without ever threatening our goal.

The turning point of the game came with ten minutes left when Robbie Garrett chased down a back pass and his momentum took him into the Macclesfield keeper.

Lee was fully aware that Garrett was already on a yellow card and grabbed hold of the on loan midfielder and following the inevitable scuffle, both players were shown a yellow card and Garrett’s second caution was followed up with a red.

Wrexham remained with the same outfield players with Neil Roberts operating as a midfielder but it was Wrexham who created the best chances on the breakaway but Chris Llewellyn was off target with both of his finishes on the outside of his left foot.

If one of these strikes had registered on the target then the game would have been over but Wrexham could not hold on as the fourth official displayed that there would be four minutes of injury time to be played.

Mark Jones conceded an unnecessarily free kick on the left touch line and Wrexham were made to pay for this in emphatic style when Dave Morley was allowed a free header in the box from McIntyre’s set play to bullet a header home past Williams.

This came one minute into injury time and after Wrexham cleared another corner you thought we had secured a point but this was lost when Thomas collected the ball on the left wing but he miscued his cross that sailed past Williams and went in off the far post.

Absolute disaster! Garrett or no Garrett, we somehow contrived to snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory as the referee soon blew up for half time.

It was an astonishing ending to a game where we should have gone home with three points but ended up with none.

Match Reaction
Brian Carey: "I thought the game was dead and we were comfortable, dealing with everything they threw at us. The sending off totally changed the nature of the game. Robbie was trying to get out of the clutches of the goalkeeper who grabbed onto him and wouldn't let him go. The referee books Robbie and I can't believe that we've played against Macclesfield and again I'm talking about a referee. Robbie was very hard done by. There was a collision and he's trying to get away from the keeper, but he's got hold of him and he couldn't run away. But the referee's done what he's done and we've lost the game. We pushed on again today and got a couple of goals; the game plan was working perfectly. We've dealt with everything they've thrown at us. You can't legislate for what happened today with us going down to ten men and giving them the impetus. They'd gone quiet themselves and didn't know where the goal was going to come from - until they were given a helping hand." [Source: Wrexham FC - click here for more]