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Shoot-Out Agony For TownJPT Football League Trophy Southern Area Final Second Leg
RESULT: Swindon Town 1 Peterborough United 1 (3-3)
Swindon scorer: Pritchard 34
Peterborough scorer: Assombalonga 75
SWINDON LOST 4-3 ON PENALTIES
Town fans missed out on another trip to Wembley after the agony of a penalty shoot out.
Substitute Tijane Reis, who was only on the pitch for five minutes of normal time, missed the crucial spot-kick before Peterborough's Tommy Rowe side-footed past Wes Foderingham to seal the tie.
Massismo Luongo had earlier curled over the first penalty, with Danny Swanson missing for the visitors.
"I'm proud of my players," insisted manager Mark Cooper, "we were 2-0 down in the first game and now we've gone out in the worst possible way," before he confirmed the absent Nile Ranger would be out for 8 weeks with a torn hamstring.
Penalty appeal
With the semi-final nicely poised at 2-2, an attacking Town side had a near blatant penalty turned down before Alex Pritchard gave them the lead overall with a close finish in the first-half.
Dany N'Guessan then hit the post three minutes into the second-half.
But after constant pressure from Peterborough, the equaliser finally came with fifteen minutes to go.
Loanee Jacob Murphy lost concentration with a back-pass to allow let Assombalonga head home - and send the semi to sudden-death.
NEXT GAME
Crawley United (A)
Saturday 22 February 2014 3pm
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