Re: League Two
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:57 pm
Crawley 4 Cheltenham 2
Great result for Tubbs-less Crawley especially after the work put in by fans to clear the pitch of snow in the days leading up to this match. Our new signings all made brilliant appearances with Sanchez Watt scoring twice on his home debut.
Unfortunately this was the first home match that I have missed this season. I haven't been that great this week ...man-flu probably, but that and being bent over double after a stint of plastering left me feeling totally unable to go. A triple whammy for me. I was keen to see our new signings in action and it seems that they all played very well, Cheltenham were top of the table and I hate missing football I had to settle for live commentary from the Reds Player instead.
Cheltenham took an early lead against the run of play when in the 4th minute their Luke Garbutt hit a low ball into the bottom of our net from outside the penalty area. We weren't behind for long though - in the 12th minute Sanchez Watt got the equaliser and his first Crawley goal with a long drive from outside the area. By all accounts this goal was class Then, in the 14th minute Barnett was on hand to hit another long one into the top of the goal. Class again! in the 39th minute Barnett was on hand again to hit another one from the edge of the box again into the top of the goal HT 3-1
The second half started with Crawley in control again and Cheltenham adopted the risky strategy of using all three of their substitutions at around the hour mark. It didn't help though as Sanchez Watt hit his second from close-in just after that, in the 64th minute 4-1 with 25 minutes to go is a winning score but Cheltenham weren't having any of that and 10 minutes later their Darryl Duffy got a consolation goal from close range. 4-2 with 15 minutes to go! But we held on!
Karl Hawley was brought on as a substitute for fellow débutante Billy Clarke in the 86th minute and, by all accounts, put in a good show for his first few minutes of action in a Crawley shirt. Final whistle 4-2.
Great result for The Reds and puts us back at the top of the table on goal difference over Cheltenham but we still have a game in hand.
Hopefully by Saturday I will have recovered from this dreadful illness and am looking forward to our next home match against 18th place Aldershot which kicks off at 3:00pm. We played them earlier, away, in the season and won by a single goal. Unless yesterday's match was a one-off, I cannot see anything other than a Crawley win but anything can happen in football.
COME ON YOU REDS!
Great result for Tubbs-less Crawley especially after the work put in by fans to clear the pitch of snow in the days leading up to this match. Our new signings all made brilliant appearances with Sanchez Watt scoring twice on his home debut.
Unfortunately this was the first home match that I have missed this season. I haven't been that great this week ...man-flu probably, but that and being bent over double after a stint of plastering left me feeling totally unable to go. A triple whammy for me. I was keen to see our new signings in action and it seems that they all played very well, Cheltenham were top of the table and I hate missing football I had to settle for live commentary from the Reds Player instead.
Cheltenham took an early lead against the run of play when in the 4th minute their Luke Garbutt hit a low ball into the bottom of our net from outside the penalty area. We weren't behind for long though - in the 12th minute Sanchez Watt got the equaliser and his first Crawley goal with a long drive from outside the area. By all accounts this goal was class Then, in the 14th minute Barnett was on hand to hit another long one into the top of the goal. Class again! in the 39th minute Barnett was on hand again to hit another one from the edge of the box again into the top of the goal HT 3-1
The second half started with Crawley in control again and Cheltenham adopted the risky strategy of using all three of their substitutions at around the hour mark. It didn't help though as Sanchez Watt hit his second from close-in just after that, in the 64th minute 4-1 with 25 minutes to go is a winning score but Cheltenham weren't having any of that and 10 minutes later their Darryl Duffy got a consolation goal from close range. 4-2 with 15 minutes to go! But we held on!
Karl Hawley was brought on as a substitute for fellow débutante Billy Clarke in the 86th minute and, by all accounts, put in a good show for his first few minutes of action in a Crawley shirt. Final whistle 4-2.
Great result for The Reds and puts us back at the top of the table on goal difference over Cheltenham but we still have a game in hand.
Hopefully by Saturday I will have recovered from this dreadful illness and am looking forward to our next home match against 18th place Aldershot which kicks off at 3:00pm. We played them earlier, away, in the season and won by a single goal. Unless yesterday's match was a one-off, I cannot see anything other than a Crawley win but anything can happen in football.
COME ON YOU REDS!