Wrexham |
Starting XI: |
12 |
Gavin Ward |
02 |
Simon Spender
|
28 |
Phil Bolland |
05 |
Steve Evans
|
06 |
Richard Hope |
36 |
Carl Tremarco |
09 |
Neil Roberts
|
34 |
Danny Sonner |
11 |
Chris Llewellyn |
35 |
Stuart Nicholson
90' |
33 |
Paul Hall
34' |
Substitutes: |
01 |
Anthony Williams |
04 |
Shaun Pejic |
10 |
Michael Proctor
34' |
20 |
Matty Done |
37 |
Jeff Whitley
90' |
Stats: |
3 |
Shots on Goal |
1 |
Shots on Target |
2 |
Shots off Target |
50% |
Possession |
16 |
Fouls Conceded |
5 |
Corners |
3 |
Yellow Cards |
0 |
Red Cards |
|
MK Dons |
Starting XI: |
12 |
Willy Gueret
|
21 |
Luke Howell
75' |
05 |
Drissa Diallo |
06 |
Sean O'Hanlon |
03 |
Dean Lewington |
14 |
Mark Wright |
04 |
Keith Andrews |
10 |
Colin Cameron
61' |
20 |
Alan Navarro |
23 |
Jemal Johnson
87' |
16 |
Aaron WIlbraham
|
Substitutes: |
08 |
Kevin Gallen
75' |
11 |
Lloyd Dyer
61' |
24 |
Matt Carbon
87' |
29 |
Nathan Abbey (GK) |
32 |
Jordan Hadfield |
Stats: |
7 |
Shots on Goal |
1 |
Shots on Target |
6 |
Shots off Target |
50% |
Possession |
10 |
Fouls Conceded |
3 |
Corners |
3 |
Yellow Cards |
0 |
Red Cards |
|
Match Notes |
Venue: |
Racecourse Ground |
Attendance: |
4,319 |
Half Time: |
Wrexham 0 MK Dons 0 |
Referee: |
Clive Oliver |
|
Match Incidents |
49' |
|
Steve Evans (Wrexham) |
56' |
|
Stuart Nicholson (Wrexham) |
64' |
|
Aaron Wilbraham (MK Dons) |
79' |
|
Simon Spender (Wrexham) |
71' |
|
Neil Roberts (Wrexham) |
71' |
|
Willy Gueret (MK Dons) |
83' |
|
Jermail Johnson (MK Dons) |
|
Match Reports |
WSA: Final Whistle
Podcast
BBC:
Wrexham 1-0 MK Dons
MK Dons FC: Wrexham 1 MK Dons 0
TEAMtalk: Dragons shock Dons with win
Wales
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Wrexham FC: Wrexham 1 MK Dons 0
Wrexham MAD: Wrexham 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0 |
League Two Results |
Accrington v Brentford - Postponed
Barnet v Peterborough - Postponed
Bury v Stockport - Postponed
Dag & Red 1 Grimsby 0
Macclesfield v Lincoln City - Postponed
Mansfield 0 Darlington 1
Notts County 1 Chester 0
Rochdale v Bradford - Postponed
Rotherham 1 Wycombe 1
Shrewsbury 2 Morecambe 0
Wrexham 1 MK Dons 0
Chesterfield v Hereford (Monday) |
League Two Table |
1 |
MK Dons |
27 |
26 |
57 |
2 |
Rotherham |
26 |
17 |
50 |
3 |
Darlington |
25 |
28 |
49 |
4 |
Hereford |
25 |
19 |
49 |
5 |
Peterborough |
26 |
19 |
46 |
6 |
Wycombe |
27 |
7 |
44 |
7 |
Chesterfield |
26 |
13 |
43 |
8 |
Morecambe |
27 |
1 |
42 |
9 |
Rochdale |
24 |
6 |
41 |
10 |
Stockport |
26 |
3 |
39 |
11 |
Shrewsbury |
27 |
2 |
37 |
12 |
Chester |
26 |
1 |
36 |
13 |
Brentford |
26 |
-9 |
35 |
14 |
Grimsby |
27 |
-7 |
34 |
15 |
Accrington Stanley |
27 |
-17 |
33 |
16 |
Barnet |
24 |
-5 |
32 |
17 |
Bradford |
24 |
-1 |
30 |
18 |
Notts County |
26 |
-12 |
26 |
19 |
Macclesfield |
26 |
-13 |
26 |
20 |
Bury |
24 |
-7 |
24 |
21 |
Lincoln City |
26 |
-17 |
22 |
22 |
Dag & Red |
26 |
-20 |
22 |
23 |
Mansfield |
25 |
-11 |
19 |
24 |
Wrexham |
25 |
-23 |
18 |
|
Next Five Games |
Tue 29 Jan: Morecambe (a) 19:45
Sat 02 Feb: Darlington (h) 14:30
Sat 09 Feb: Peterborough (a) 15:00
Tue 12 Feb: Bradford (h) 19:45
Sat 16 Feb: MK
Dons (a) 15:00 |
|
Match Report |
Wrexham ended a run of eight straight defeats with an encouraging
1-0 victory over league leaders MK Dons courtesy of a delightful Neil
Roberts chip in the second half.
In a game played on a heavy pitch, chances were few and far between but
Wrexham coped better with the conditions as the game wore on and hardly
gave the runaway league two leagues a sniff in the second half.
We did get a lucky break in the first half when Colin Cameron shot wide
from close range but this was a rare clear opportunity for the Dons with
Steve Evans a commanding figure at the heart of a five man defence.
The game looked like it was heading to a drab goalless draw but a rare
moment of quality, which was in complete contrast to the game, with
nineteen minutes left from Neil Roberts proved to be the difference come
the final whistle.
Wrexham forced a corner down the right but the MK Dons looked to have
defended it well until the clearance only found Roberts on the edge of
the area.
Roberts shaped up to strike the ball but with Dons ‘keeper Willie Gueret
six yards off his line, Roberts floated the ball over the crowd of players in the box and watched as it sailed over Gueret
and the defender on the line into the net.
Gueret thought he was fouled when coming to claim the corner and took
his protests to far and ending up in the book of referee Clive
Oliver who had a stinker of a game.
Everything went the way of the away side until we got the vital goal and
he somehow managed to six players in a game without a bad
foul all afternoon.
It was a completely new line up for the Racecourse faithful to get
familiar with as four players made their home debuts and another two
making their first start in a Wrexham shirt.
Gavin Ward, Phil Bolland, Danny Sonner and Paul Hall all made their
first Racecourse starts whilst Carl Tremarco and Stuart Nicholson made
their debuts after signing for the club on Friday.
All six made a contribution to the improved performance with Danny
Sonner showing what we have been missing in midfield this season with
his composed display.
Ward and Bolland did everything that was required from them and the fact
that Ward had a relatively quiet afternoon for a Wrexham goalkeeper this
season demonstrated the much improved performance ahead of him.
Carl Tremarco looked solid in defence with the Dons struggling to create
a chance from this wing all afternoon.
The one final element that you cannot buy is luck and we certainly rode
ours after fifteen minutes of the game.
It had been quiet opening with both teams struggling to fashion any
chances but the Dons did cut open the Wrexham defence following a
surging run from Johnson down the Wrexham right.
He skipped past Spender with ease and delivered a low ball for Keith
Andrews and his lay off was perfect for Cameron but he somehow fired
wide from only eight yards out.
Apart from this chance, there were not many other opportunities on goal
with the Dons blocking shots from Llewellyn and Nicholson from the edge
of their area.
Paul Hall then went down awkwardly by the corner flag and had to be
replaced thirty four minutes into his home debut by Michael Proctor with
Wrexham continuing with the effective 5-3-2 formation.
Chances remained at a premium with Andrews firing a long range free kick
just over the bar for the Dons and Steve Evans had two chances from
corners but both of his headers went wide of the target.
There were no changes during the half time break from both sides and it
was no surprise that the second half followed the same pattern as its
predecessor.
Wrexham continued to battle well in midfield and this denied the Dons
any time on the ball as possession remained fairly even throughout,
although you sensed that the win was there for Wrexham if the
breakthrough would come.
The home crowd responded to this with the players urged on with every
opportunity and the deft chip from Neil Roberts with twenty minutes
lifted the roof off the stands.
This sparked wild celebrations on and off the pitch and Wrexham had
further chances to extend the lead when they caught the Dons on the
break but the final ball was lacking.
The MK Dons responded by making two substitutions but despite their
increased attacking options, they could not force an opening with the
Wrexham defence holding strong.
Stuart Nicholson left the field to a standing ovation as Wrexham ran
down the clock with Jeff Whitley making an emotional return after his
well stated personal problems.
Chris Llewellyn was running the ball into the corner but noticed Neil
Roberts free in the area and Gueret did well to block the header from
Wrexham's goal scorer.Danny Sonner showed all his experienced in the three minutes of injury
time by playing the ball down to the corner flag and it wasn’t long for
the final whistle to be greeted with huge cheers from the home crowd. |
Match Reaction |
Brian Little: "It was a great
result but I don't want to really analyse the match too much at the
moment. The result was the all important thing for us and even a point
would have been a step in the right direction but it is a massive result
for us and I am very, very pleased. We got a break at the time, and we
got a couple of breaks around the goal, but in fairness I think that the
determination to not let them score was evident. All round it was better
than some of the things that we have produced up to now. It was an
excellent goal, a quality goal; there were so many people in the box
that the only way that he could get it from there was with a chip and
more often than not that will go wide or over. It was a great goal, but
Neil worked really well in his midfield role again today. From week to
week he has been playing in different positions but he doesn't grumble
he just gets on with it." [Source:
Wrexham FC]
Paul Ince: "The pitch was shocking
and it made it level playing field. It was a scrappy game, it could have
easily ended nil-nil but the referee's made a disgraceful decision for
the goal. The goal itself was a fantastic finish but the lad Bolland has
jumped right into Willy and the referee has to see that. I thought in
the second half he was poor. It's like a cow-field out there and the
groundsman said he hasn't been on it for 19 days! It didn't allow us to
play our football but we still created a great chance for Colin Cameron
to score early one and he should have done. But the more the game went
on the worse the pitch got and it was always going to be a mistake that
won the game. That mistake came from the referee and we'll have to put
it down to experience." [Source:
MK Dons FC] |
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