Re: Crawley in League 1
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:56 pm
Crawley Town 2 Swansea 3
Crawley go out of the league cup after a closely fought battle last night at the Broadfield.
Both teams had a few missed chances before, in the 27th minute, Swansea's Miguel Michu put a strong shot past Jones. One down but Crawley continued to push at the Swans and had a few attempts including an overhead kick from Billy Clarke that just missed. Then, seconds before the half time whistle, Josh Simpson put us back on equal terms with a low shot from outside the box and took one or two deflections before finding the net!
The second half started brightly for the Reds and in the 62nd minute our pressure was rewarded by a goal from Hope Akpan low into the goal from close range 2-1 and Hope had given us hope Swansea came back at us and put us under more pressure but the Reds were giving as good as they got and had the odd chance too. We were doing well at defending our fragile lead until, in the 74th minute their Danny Graham shattered our hopes by heading home from close range. 2-2, it looked like extra time and possibly penalties would decide the match. Worse was to come, in the second minute of added time (injury time) their Garry Monk found the Crawley net with a headed goal 2-3 and a few minutes later the ref blew for the end of the game.
The Reds can hold their heads high, they did very well against Premier opposition, even scoring goals and being ahead at one stage which has not happened before in the club's history. It was a very enjoyable game to watch, the score being the only downside. It was also nice to see fellow ers dub and nevis at half time, enjoying the match.
I'm not going to issue warnings about possible sell-outs for the time being as it seems like scaremongering. Last night's attendance was a quite unremarkable 3963, including 937 Swansea fans. This was against Premier League opposition, albeit in a cup.
Anyway, we move on and hope the strong effort displayed against Swansea continues in the league when we face Carlisle away on Saturday. I'm booked on the coach and overnight stop at Morecambe. This will no doubt be a beer and curry evening hopefully to celebrate an away win, otherwise to drown our sorrows
The next home match at Broadfield is versus Bournemouth on Tues 2 Oct, KO 7:45 pm... I hope we get to see Tubbsy... but I hope he doesn't score!
COME ON YOU REDS!
Crawley go out of the league cup after a closely fought battle last night at the Broadfield.
Both teams had a few missed chances before, in the 27th minute, Swansea's Miguel Michu put a strong shot past Jones. One down but Crawley continued to push at the Swans and had a few attempts including an overhead kick from Billy Clarke that just missed. Then, seconds before the half time whistle, Josh Simpson put us back on equal terms with a low shot from outside the box and took one or two deflections before finding the net!
The second half started brightly for the Reds and in the 62nd minute our pressure was rewarded by a goal from Hope Akpan low into the goal from close range 2-1 and Hope had given us hope Swansea came back at us and put us under more pressure but the Reds were giving as good as they got and had the odd chance too. We were doing well at defending our fragile lead until, in the 74th minute their Danny Graham shattered our hopes by heading home from close range. 2-2, it looked like extra time and possibly penalties would decide the match. Worse was to come, in the second minute of added time (injury time) their Garry Monk found the Crawley net with a headed goal 2-3 and a few minutes later the ref blew for the end of the game.
The Reds can hold their heads high, they did very well against Premier opposition, even scoring goals and being ahead at one stage which has not happened before in the club's history. It was a very enjoyable game to watch, the score being the only downside. It was also nice to see fellow ers dub and nevis at half time, enjoying the match.
I'm not going to issue warnings about possible sell-outs for the time being as it seems like scaremongering. Last night's attendance was a quite unremarkable 3963, including 937 Swansea fans. This was against Premier League opposition, albeit in a cup.
Anyway, we move on and hope the strong effort displayed against Swansea continues in the league when we face Carlisle away on Saturday. I'm booked on the coach and overnight stop at Morecambe. This will no doubt be a beer and curry evening hopefully to celebrate an away win, otherwise to drown our sorrows
The next home match at Broadfield is versus Bournemouth on Tues 2 Oct, KO 7:45 pm... I hope we get to see Tubbsy... but I hope he doesn't score!
COME ON YOU REDS!