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Sports.com Notts
County's alarming late season slump continued with their eighth home defeat.
This time Oldham Athletic were the victors and the result simply underlined
the visitors' splendid revival since they lost to Notts on their own ground
at the beginning of October. They were then bang at the bottom of the Second
Division and appeared to be heading for relegation. Player manager Andy
Ritchie has turned things around to the extent that Oldham are now confident
of finishing in the top half. Considering his side's late season decline
Notts manager Gary Brazil could do with something of the same touch. Only
five weeks ago Notts beat Brazil's former club Preston North End and seemed
to have set themselves up to consolidate a place in the top six. Its all
gone wrong since.
Notts
have lost five and drawn one of their subsequent half dozen matches and
could not complain that Oldham went away with three points in front of
the season's lowest home attendance for a league match. Notts defender
Richard Liburd, who is prone to costly errors, made a decisive mistake
on 71 minutes with a badly judged back pass to goalkeeper Darren Ward.
Matthew Tipton, who had only been on the field for nine minutes, nipped
in to shoot across the goalkeeper and into the corner of the net. Oldham
ought to have taken the lead in their first attack of the second half when
defender Andy Holt stole forward to a free-kick but headed weakly straight
at Ward. After Tipton's strike fellow-substitute Steve Whitehall twice
went close, on the first occasion after 76 minutes with a low shot just
past Ward's right hand upright. Ward throughout was by far the busier of
the two goalkeepers and Gary Kelly scarcely had to make a save.
County's
biggest threats were supplied by defender Andy Hughes - formerly of Oldham
- before he went off with a thigh strain early in the second half. Hughes
set up a chance for Mark Stallard who headed wide and then was at the end
of a move between Craig Ramage and Stallard - probably County's best of
the whole game - which finished with an effort brushing the outside of
the net. But County's threats were, in reality, few and far between and
it turned out to be an unhappy special visit for 102-year-old Frank Prowdrill,
the club's guest of honour, who has been a supporter for 87 years. He has
surely known far better times than these. Notts boss Brazil confessed afterwards
that the wheels had come off and said that the players would be glad to
get to the end of the season. The boos which rang around Meadow Lane at
the final whistle suggested that the fans feel the same way.
| Final
Results |
| Notts
County |
0 |
Oldham |
1 |
Name,
Minutes
No Scorers |
Name,
Minutes
Tipton, 71 |
| Yellow
Cards |
Name, Minutes
Rapley, 75
foul |
|
Name, Minutes
No Yellow Cards |
| Red
Cards |
Name, Minutes
No Red Cards |
|
Name, Minutes
No Red Cards |
| Match
Stats |
| 12 |
Goal
Attempts |
14 |
| 5 |
(On
Target) |
5 |
| 0 |
(Bar/Post) |
1 |
| 18 |
Fouls |
10 |
| 5 |
Offsides |
3 |
| 8 |
Corners |
4 |
|
| Match
Squads & Ratings |
| 2 stars
(out of 5) |
| Notts
County |
Oldham |
G 1. Ward - 7
M 2. Hughes
- 8
D 3. Liburd - 5
D 4. Redmile - 6
D 5. Dyer - 6
M 6. Bolland - 7
M 7. Owers - 6
8. Brough - 6
M 9. Ramage - 6
F 10. Stallard - 6
F 11. Rapley
- 6 |
G 1. Kelly -
7
D 2. McNiven, S - 7
D 3. Holt - 7
D 4. Garnett - 8
D 5. Thom - 6
D 6. Salt - 6
D 7. Jones - 7
8. Boshell - 7
M 9. Hotte - 6
M 10. Sugden - 6
F 11. Dudley - 6 |
| Substitutes |
Substitutes |
M 2. Holmes
(52) - 6
F 11. Hessernamn
(78)
12. Gibson
13. Ford
14. Blackmore |
D 3. Tipton
(62) - 7
M 10. Whitehall
(69) - 7
12. Miskelly
13. Walsh
14. Futcher |
| *Players
ranked from 4 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| Referee:
A. R. Leake |
|
|
Teamtalk
Oldham A
second half goal from substitute Matthew Tipton gave Oldham a one nil win
against Notts County at Meadow Lane. The goal came against the run of play
when a poor clearance from Liburd fell to Tipton who beat Ward with a low
shot. The win was revenge for the Latics who were beaten by the Magpies
2-1 at Boundary Park in October. With both teams in the safety of mid-table,
it was tempting to think that this would be a drab end-of-season affair,
but far from it as both sides started brightly with chances at both ends
in an open first half. The injury hit Oldham side had eight players aged
21 or under but looked impressive in the opening minutes. But the first
real chance fell to the home side in the 5th minute when Stallard's shot
was well saved by Latics keeper Kelly. Stallard was again involved when
he headed Andy Hughes' cross wide of the target, and in an action replay
Stallard was wide again from the former Oldham man's cross. He should have
done better. The best chance of the half for the visitors came in the 24th
minute. It fell to Stuart Thom but he delayed his shot and allowed goalkeeper
Darren Ward to rush from his line to save at his feet.
Earlier, when
Dyer's clearance was charged down, Ward was forced into a good save by
Boshell. County, whose play-off chances disappeared at Wycombe last Saturday,
began to dominate in the closing stages of the half and almost took the
lead after a fine length of the field move which ended with Hughes' shot
being well saved by Kelly. In the second half chances were few and far
between though again the home side had the greater share of possession.
Rapley's overhead kick was just wide for County, while at the other end
Holt's header was straight at Ward. But against the run of play, the Latics
took the lead in the 71st minute and the goal came from an error in the
home defence. Liburd's attempted headed clearance fell for substitute Matthew
Tipton who fired home from a narrow angle.
Oldham withstood
the home side's late pressure to hang on for a great win.
Manchester
Evening NewsOLDHAM
ATHLETIC 1 CARDIFF CITY 2
THE biggest smile
at Boundary Park belonged to former Oldham favourite Jon Hallworth. The
cropped Cardiff keeper, who is nursing a broken finger, watched his teammates
grab a survival lifeline to condemn the Latics to a fourth defeat in five
games. His verdict: ‘‘We were comfortable winners’’. He was spot on. This
was yet another depressing display from an Oldham side that looked to have
lost its heart. Boss Andy Ritchie had called for all out effort to finish
the season on a high. But for some reason the players just continued their
wayward ways. Even Stuart Thom’s second goal of the season in the 15th
minute only served to give false hope. Cardiff fighting for their lives
— it is a good job Oldham aren’t in that position — bounced back to equalise
on the stroke of half-time through Jason Bowen. The winner came six minutes
later with Paul Brayson’s first league goal in two years. Ritchie, on a
scouting mission, was spared the agony of another surrender. That was left
to his No 2 Billy Urmson, who was left to groan: ‘‘There are no excuses.
We should have wrapped it up by half-time.’’
ESPN
Soccernet Young
substitute Matthew Tipton gave Oldham an unlikely win and sentenced Notts
County to their eighth home defeat of the season. Injury-hit Athletic,
fielding a side packed with youngsters, must have feared the worst against
a county side who have been among the play-off places for much of the season.
But Darren Ward needed to make excellent first half saves from Danny Boshell
and Stuart Thom and then Oldham snatched a winner after 71 minutes. The
chance was presented to them by an awful back pass from Richard Liburd
and Tipton, who had only been on the field for nine minutes, raced clear
to beat Ward from a sharp angle.
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