Wrexham |
Starting XI: |
01 |
Anthony Williams |
05 |
Steve Evans |
04 |
Shaun Pejic |
15 |
Mike Williams |
31 |
Wes Baines |
29 |
Sam Aiston |
03 |
Ryan Valentine |
11 |
Chris Llewellyn
|
25 |
Neil Taylor
|
09 |
Neil Roberts
71' |
10 |
Michael Proctor
64' |
Substitutes: |
07 |
Mark Jones |
13 |
Michael Jones (GK) |
21 |
Marc Williams
71' |
23 |
Michael Carvill
64' |
24 |
Gareth Evans |
Stats: |
4 |
Shots on Goal |
1 |
Shots on Target |
3 |
Shots off Target |
51% |
Possession |
13 |
Fouls Conceded |
5 |
Corners |
2 |
Yellow Cards |
0 |
Red Cards |
|
Stockport County |
Starting XI: |
26 |
Conrad Logan |
04 |
Jason Taylor |
15 |
Michael Raynes |
05 |
Gareth Owen |
03 |
Michael Rose |
07 |
David Poole
46' |
28 |
Paul Turnball |
08 |
Gary Dicker |
17 |
Anthony Pilkington |
20 |
Liam Dickinson |
31 |
Adam Proudlock
46' |
Substitutes: |
09 |
Anthony Elding
46'
|
11 |
Adam Griffin
46'
|
16 |
James Tunnicliffe |
18 |
Greg Tansey |
19 |
Paul Tierney |
Stats: |
4 |
Shots on Goal |
2 |
Shots on Target |
2 |
Shots off Target |
49% |
Possession |
9 |
Fouls Conceded |
8 |
Corners |
1 |
Yellow Cards |
0 |
Red Cards |
|
Match Notes |
Venue: |
Racecourse Ground |
Attendance: |
4,287 |
Half Time: |
Wrexham 0 Stockport 0 |
Referee: |
Richard Beeby |
|
Match Incidents |
27' |
|
Neil Taylor (Wrexham) |
37' |
|
Chris Llewellyn (Wrexham) |
59' |
|
Anthony Elding (Stockport) |
89' |
|
Adam Griffin (Stockport) |
|
Match Reports |
WSA: Final Whistle
Podcast
BBC:
Wrexham 0-1 Stockport
Stockport County FC: Wrexham 0 County 1
TEAMtalk: Super-sub Elding slays Dragons
Wales
on Sunday: Valentine penalty miss costly for Dragons
Wrexham FC: Wrexham 0 Stockport County 1
Wrexham MAD: Wrexham 0 Stockport County 1 |
League Two Results |
Barnet 0
Chesterfield 2
Bradford 1 Hereford 3
Brentford 3 Chester 0
Bury 0 Dag & Red 2
Darlington 0 MK Dons 1
Grimsby 1 Lincoln City 0
Macclesfield 2 Rochdale 2
Mansfield 1 Accrington 2
Morecambe 3 Peterborough 2
Notts County 0 Rotherham 1
Shrewsbury 0 Wycombe 1
Wrexham 0 Stockport 1 |
League Two Table |
1 |
MK Dons |
23 |
26 |
51 |
2 |
Hereford |
23 |
17 |
45 |
3 |
Rotherham |
22 |
13 |
43 |
4 |
Darlington |
21 |
23 |
40 |
5 |
Chesterfield |
22 |
15 |
40 |
6 |
Peterborough |
23 |
13 |
40 |
7 |
Wycombe |
23 |
4 |
39 |
8 |
Morecambe |
22 |
5 |
36 |
9 |
Chester |
22 |
5 |
35 |
10 |
Shrewsbury |
23 |
4 |
34 |
11 |
Rochdale |
20 |
4 |
32 |
12 |
Accrington Stanley |
23 |
-7 |
32 |
13 |
Stockport |
23 |
-1 |
30 |
14 |
Barnet |
22 |
-6 |
28 |
15 |
Brentford |
23 |
-12 |
26 |
16 |
Bradford |
22 |
-6 |
24 |
17 |
Grimsby |
23 |
-11 |
24 |
18 |
Bury |
22 |
-4 |
23 |
19 |
Macclesfield |
23 |
-10 |
23 |
20 |
Notts County |
22 |
-9 |
22 |
21 |
Dag & Red |
23 |
-18 |
21 |
22 |
Lincoln City |
23 |
-17 |
18 |
23 |
Mansfield |
21 |
-6 |
16 |
24 |
Wrexham |
22 |
-22 |
15 |
|
Next Five Games |
Tue 01 Jan: Chesterfield (a) 15:00
Wed 09 Jan: Llanelli (a) 19:00
Sat 12 Jan: Grimsby (a) 15:00
Tue 15 Jan: Mansfield (a) 19:45
Sat 19 Jan: MK Dons (h) 15:00 |
|
Match Report |
Wrexham fell to their fifth
straight defeat and will start the New Year bottom of the table after
Stockport scored the only goal of the game in the second half.
Wrexham only had one opportunity following Anthony Elding’s strike for
the visitors but Ryan Valentine’s spot kick was the third Wrexham
penalty to be saved at the Racecourse this season.
It was a much improved first half performance from the Boxing Day defeat
to Rochdale with Sam Aiston and Chris Llewellyn making positive runs
forward and Ryan Valentine looking assured in the holding midfield
position.
Stockport upped the temp in their game after the break and Wrexham again
had no answer after falling behind to a goal that again left question
marks about our defending.
There were three changes from the Rochdale game with Richard Hope,
Silvio Spann and Mark Jones missing out and Wes Baines, Shaun Pejic and
Mike Williams recalled as Wrexham reverted to a 3-5-2 formation.
Wrexham were playing into the wind in the first half on what was an
awful Racecourse pitch that cut up in all areas of the ground but
Wrexham got to grips with the pitch better than their rivals.
An early free kick from Michael Proctor was fired into the wall and Neil
Roberts did well to set up Chris Llewellyn from the edge of the area but
his well struck shot was only a few feet over.
Stockport failed to create anything in the opening half hour of the game
and with Wrexham also failing to hit the target, it was a quiet start
for both keepers who only had routine saves and catches to take.
The best the visitors could muster during the first half came after they
finally forced some pressure on the Wrexham defence with a succession of
short corners that the red shirts failed to pick up
Stockport’s chance came from one of these corners when the ball was
played low to David Poole on the edge of the area but he failed to keep
his shot down and the ball sailed into the Kop behind Williams’ goal.
There was one chance left in the first half for Wrexham following a
scramble in the Stockport area.
Both sets of players were struggling to get any contact on the ball in
the slippery conditions and when the ball finally broke to Sam Aiston,
the on loan midfielder fluffed his shot and the ball trickled through to
a relieved Logan in the Stockport goal.
With Stockport offering very little up front, it was no surprise to see
Stockport manager Jim Gannon make changes for the visitors during half
time with top scorer Anthony Elding and Adam Griffin replacing Adam
Proudlock and David Poole.
But it was Wrexham who should have opened the scoring immediately
following the restart when Neil Roberts should have done a lot better
from Michael Proctor’s cross, but the Wrexham skipper headed straight at
Logan from close range.
Stockport responded with a couple of corners and opened the scoring as
the game approached the hour mark.
The move was started and finished by Anthony Elding who set Adam Griffin
away down the right.
Griffin created the space to deliver a cross but Pejic directed his
header down instead of away and Elding got the better of Baines to fire
the ball low past Williams into the bottom corner of the net.
Wrexham replaced Michael Proctor with Mike Carvill five minutes
following the goal and our best chance came after Neil Roberts won a
free kick that Neil Taylor delivered into the box but Steve Evans
glanced his header wide.
There was one further change from Wrexham with Marc Williams replacing
Neil Roberts and it was the substitute who won the penalty when the
linesman flagged across his chest after Michael Raynes blocked Williams’
cross with his hand.
To be honest, none of the other players went near the ball for the spot
kick and the responsibility fell to Valentine but his effort lacked any
pace and Logan made a comfortable save by diving low dive to his left.
It was almost over two minutes later when Stockport looked like they
were going to double their advantage but Wes Baynes was well positioned
at the back post to clear Adam Griffin’s shot off the line.
Wrexham pushed Steve Evans up front for the final stages of the game
without any success and Neil Taylor came to the rescue of Mike Williams
in injury time with a goal saving tackle on Liam Dickinson after he had
dispossessed Mike Williams and rounded Anthony Williams in the Wrexham
goal.
There was no boos at the final whistle, more frustration as Wrexham did
enough today to at least take a point out of the game but 2007, a year
to forget with only ten league victories all year, is finally over. |
Match Reaction |
Brian Little: I think that we
should have got a result today but that is the first time that I have
been able to say that for a while. Obviously I'm very disappointed
because I think that we could have won. We had a great chance at the
start of the second half and we've missed a penalty obviously, and the
goal that we conceded was in one of those infamous five minute mad
spells that we have. I think young Wes made a mistake on the edge of the
box and then for five minutes we were all over the place. For the rest
of the game we were okay, Stockport have done okay but we held them.
From the sidelines you get bitter and twisted, I don't know why! All of
a sudden we have made a mistake and we don't know how to put it right
but really there was nothing to put right because at the time it was
still 0-0. The goal today was a disappointment to me based on the fact
that I think that we were okay, and then we role our sleeves up again
and have another go. Today it was better because I can stand here and
say that we should have got something out of the game which has now
always been the case." [Source:
Wrexham FC - click here for more]
Jim Gannon: "They (the substitutes)
injected a bit of life into us. We knew we needed to be solid in the
second half and defend in our shape and we knew those two would provide
an extension. No disrespect to Adam and David but they didn't do enough
in the first half and they didn't look like they were going to
contribute in the second half in the manner that we wanted So I think it
was the right substitutions at the right time and they made a
difference. I think throughout the second half they looked a threat and
it was excellent for the two of them to be involved in the goal. It was
a magnificent result for us." [Source:
Stockport County FC] |
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