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Luton 0 Swindon 1
Roberts on target as Town move up to 10th
Coca-Cola League One
RESULT: Luton Town 0 Swindon Town 1
Swindon scorer: C Roberts 52
A stunning solo effort from Welsh wizard Christian Roberts was enough to secure all three points against struggling Luton and continue Swindon's impressive 8 game unbeaten run in the league.
It was double delight for Town as the youth team overcame their Premiership counterparts Middlesbrough in the fourth round of the F.A. Youth Cup. Boss Maurice Malpas handed a debut to latest signing Pat Kanyuka who came in for the suspended Jerel Iffel and Roberts came in for Michael Pook on the right of midfield. Town came firing out the blocks and had much the better of the opening exchanges, striker Moses Ashikodi having the best opportunity of the first-half, as his neat turn gave him a clear sight of goal but he lost his composure and fired well over from only 8 yards. Despite dominating, Town were unable to find the cutting edge that would have given them a deserved lead going into the break. Again as the second-half got under way it was the visitors who started brightest and were threatening the Luton goal within 50 seconds of the re-start. Swindon finally broke the deadlock on 52 minutes when the dangerous Roberts picked the ball up on the half-way line before ghosting past a number of players and smashed the ball past a helpless Dean Brill in the Luton Goal.
Right on target
The lively Anthony McNamee was replaced on the hour mark by Sofi Zaaboub who returned following his injury scare at Barnet last Tuesday.
However, despite continuing to dominate Town were unable to find the second goal that would have put the game beyond Luton, who hardly managed to trouble Swindon even with the introduction of former Town hero Sam Parkin at half-time. As the game headed into the last ten minutes the visitors lost skipper Hasney Aljofree to a head injury but managed to see out the game, despite an amazing seven minutes of overtime allowed by referee Carl Boyeson. The comfortable win lifts Swindon up a place in the table to 10th place, still with two games in hand on a number of play-off rivals. Up next for Town is a tough test at home to play-off rivals Northampton Town on Saturday, who only sit one point and one place below them in the league table. The League One Table
1 Swansea 27 30 57
2 Doncaster 28 13 47 ------------------------ 3 Nottm Forest 27 22 46 4 Walsall 29 11 46 5 Carlisle 27 11 45 6 Leeds 29 25 44 ------------------------- 7 Leyton Orient 29 -4 44 8 Tranmere 29 4 43 9 Southend 28 2 40 10 Swindon 27 4 39 11 Northampton 29 -4 38 12 Yeovil 29 -4 38 13 Oldham 27 4 37 14 Brighton 26 2 35 15 Huddersfield 27 -15 34 16 Hartlepool 28 -3 33 17 Bristol Rovers 25 -1 31 18 Gillingham 28 -14 31 19 Millwall 27 -10 30 20 Cheltenham 27 -14 30 -------------------------- 21 Crewe 29 -16 30 22 Bournemouth 29 -19 26 23 Luton 28 -4 24 24 Port Vale 29 -20 21
NEXT GAME:
Northampton Town (h)
Saturday 2 Febuary 2008, 3.00pm
Coca-Cola League One
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