Coca-Cola Football League One
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Milton Keynes Dons Swindon Town
J.Stirling (65')
HT: 0-0 B.Paynter (52'), S.Cox (90' pen)
Attendance:  8,846 (1,203 away fans)   Referee:  S. Bennett



Lineups
12
Willy GUÉRET
                 
Phil SMITH
1
2
Jude STIRLING
 70'
           46'
Kasali Yinka CASAL
16
3
Dean LEWINGTON
                 
Hasney ALJOFREE
6
6
Sean O'HANLON view STFC profile
                 
Jerel IFIL
5
14
Carl REGAN
   59'       90'     
Jack SMITH
2
7
Mark WRIGHT
                79'
Anthony MCNAMEE
11
17
Shaun CUMMINGS
                 
Michael TIMLIN
4
22
Peter LEVEN
                 
Lilian NALIS
17

24
Flavien BELSON
                 
Craig EASTON
8

9
Aaron WILBRAHAM
              78'
Billy PAYNTER
20
15
Sam BALDOCK
 77'
            
  Simon COX
31
Substitutes
8
Jemal JOHNSON

70' 
              
Jon-Paul MCGOVERN
10
10
Kevin GALLEN

77' 
90'          
46' 
Kevin AMANKWAAH
15
20
Alan NAVARRO view STFC profile
              
79' 
Mark MARSHALL
18
28
Adam CHICKSEN
              
78' 
Lee PEACOCK
32
1
Nathan ABBEY
                 
Peter BREZOVAN
12















































Match report posted by John_  (view the full thread on the forum view thread)


Delighted though I am with the three points I feel that this game had a draw written all over it.
The first half was instantly forgetable. The searing heat was the only winner and the only real chance fell to the Franchise but Phil Smith, who''d replaced Brezovan, dealt with it.
JP McGovern had been dropped for Easton and I''m assuming it was he who was filling the right side of midfield. The trouble was he looked to me to be playing more as a right-sided centre-midfielder and this gave the team a rather lopsided look.

Aljofree made a careless mistake early on and this was met by a rather disappointing response of jeers from the Town faithful. Unfortunately this riled Hasney a bit who turned to his taunters and hand gestured. It wasn''t what you think but even so this sort of thing is doing none of us any favours.

At half-time we scarpered back up into the concourse to cool down.

The second half was everything the first wasn''t. The Town fans found their voices we looked more composed and determined on the ball and, most importantly of all, we were attacking the end we were all situated at. Well, we were sort of in the corner but you catch my drift.
Casal had departed this world at half-time from cramp and Amankwaah came on to replace him. He went to right-back and Jack Smith moved over to the left side.
we took the lead on 52 minutes. Sean O''Hanlon, bless him, was caught out by a persistant Simon Cox and suddenly he was clean through. He cut inside and unselfishly laid it on a platter to Billy Paynter to drill home from 7 yards to cue a frenzy in the away end.
The Dons roared back into it and we were sitting quite deep at times. The equaliser came from a corner. I''m sorry, but from my perspective, Phil Smith went to claim it and totally misjudged the cross. Jude Stirling was waiting to smack a head home. At the train station afterwards some Dons fans were suggesting Billy Paynter or someone got the last touch but we''ll wait and see the highlights later.
Simon Cox''s last minute penalty winner was, as expected, celebrated as though the FA Cup had been won, but there were certainly a few of us who felt we were very fortunate indeed to have been awarded it in the first place.

Who cares, we won.








Results on Saturday, August 30, 2008: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Leyton Orient   
  Carlisle United 4 - 1 Yeovil Town   
  Cheltenham Town 0 - 4 Leicester City   
  Colchester United 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic   
  Hereford United 2 - 0 Crewe Alexandra   
  Leeds United 2 - 2 Bristol Rovers   
  Millwall 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town   
  Milton Keynes Dons 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Peterborough United 1 - 2 Hartlepool United   
  Stockport County 0 - 3 Scunthorpe United   
  Tranmere Rovers 4 - 1 Northampton Town   
  Walsall 5 - 2 Southend United   

Table as at Saturday, August 30, 2008:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Leicester City 4 3 1 0 9 1 8 10 
2 Oldham Athletic 4 3 1 0 12 5 7 10 
3 Carlisle United 4 3 1 0 11 5 6 10 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 2 2 0 5 2 3
5 Walsall 4 2 1 1 9 6 3
6 Scunthorpe United 4 2 0 2 6 4 2
7 Hartlepool United 4 2 0 2 6 5 1
8 Tranmere Rovers 4 2 0 2 7 7 0
9 Milton Keynes Dons 4 2 0 2 5 5 0
10 Swindon Town 4 2 0 2 6 7 -1
11 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 11 7 4
12 Colchester United 4 1 2 1 7 7 0
13 Millwall 4 1 2 1 6 6 0
14 Leeds United 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1
15 Yeovil Town 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2
16 Leyton Orient 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2
17 Stockport County 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2
18 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2
19 Southend United 4 1 1 2 4 8 -4
20 Peterborough United 4 1 0 3 4 4 0
21 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 0 3 5 9 -4
22 Hereford United 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5
23 Cheltenham Town 4 1 0 3 4 12 -8
24 Huddersfield Town 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3

Key: Promotion places Play-offs Relegation