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SWANSEA CITY |
2-0 |
MANSFIELD TOWN |
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Watkin 29 pen, Romo 81 |
Saturday 16th March 2002 - Nationwide League Division 3 |
Attendance: 3, 597 (Stags approx 250) |
Pictures courtesy of Gary Martin |
Stags poor away form
continued to hamper their progress towards promotion as they slipped to
the fourth defeat in 5 away games at Swansea this
afternoon. In truth it was a game that turned on one incident when keeper
Kevin Pilkington gave away a penalty and was immediately sent off after
just 30 minutes. Substitute keeper Michael Bingham was unable to save the
penalty, and despite a spirited second half effort, a late second goal won
the points for the Swans. Stags continued with the policy of just
one player up front that they had used in the second half against Oxford,
with Andy White dropping to the bench. Martin Pemberton had recovered from
injury to play at left back, and Stags packed 5 into the midfield with
Craig Disley's first start since December. Man of the Match: Bobby Hassell Report by Martin Shaw & Jeff Barnes |
STAGS RATINGS | ||
Pilkington | 5 | Good handling early on, but then spilled long range-shot and gave away penalty and sent off in one incident. |
Hassell | 7 | Defended well and some typically good forward runs. |
Pemberton | 6 | Started off at left back and looked solid. Moved into midfield and looked busy. |
Robinson | 6 | Defended ok. Was beaten for pace by the fastest player in the football league. |
Reddington | 7 | Defended well, showed positive attitude and got into forward positions. Missed best chance to equalise. |
Corden | 7 | Looked dangerous in the first half and nearly scored. |
Kelly | 6 | Quiet in opening 30 minutes. Sacrificed for Bingham when Pilkington was sent off. |
Murray | 6 | A bit anonymous. |
Williamson | 6 | Was played too deep to be effective. Didn't win many 50:50 balls, and was clearly rattled by booing of home fans. |
Disley | 7 | Not quite back to his best but looked positive and always tried hard. |
Greenacre | 7 | Battled for everything and won plenty of balls that he no right to win. Unlucky with a couple of long range efforts. Needs another striker to play alongside him. |
Subs: | ||
Bingham | 6 | (for Kelly, 29) - Made one excellent save and generally did ok. Poor kick from a back-pass nearly gave away a goal. |
Barrett | 6 | (for Corden, 55 ) - Slotted in at left back and did ok. |
Wheatcroft | 7 | (for Murray, 72 ) - Looked positive, some nice touches, and went so close to equalising with a good effort just wide from a corner. |
Subs Not Used: Sisson, White. |