Swindon 0 Hartlepool 1 

Fans' fury as last-minute penalty costs Town dear

 

Coca-Cola League One

 

RESULT: Swindon Town 0 Hartlepool 1

 

Hartlepool scorer: Clark (pen) 90

 

A controversial penalty decision left Town empty handed on a frustrating night at the County Ground. 

 

A high-kicking Jerel Ifil was ajudged to have fouled Hartlepool's David Foley in the last minute much to Town players' disbelief and home fans' fury. 

 

"It's never a penalty. The ref has made a massive mistake," an equally shocked Danny Wilson told SwindonWebTV.

 

"We can't change the decision and we've got to get over it as quickly as we can." 

 

Earlier, a sluggish Town had failed to breakdown a resolute Hartlepool defence. And despite second-half good chances for Cox and Peacock looked likely to settle for a point until the referee decided otherwise.

 

Town remain in 19th, just a point above the drop zone.

 

League One table

 

1 Leicester 33 36 73
2 MK Dons 31 28 61
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3 Peterborough 33 17 60
4 Millwall 31 8 55
5 Oldham 33 10 54
6 Scunthorpe 31 10 53
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7 Leeds United 32 12 51
8 Stockport 33 12 51
9 Tranmere 32 6 49
10 Huddersfield 32 -4 47
11 Colchester 32 1 45
12 Walsall 32 -1 43
13 Southend 32 -9 43
14 Bristol Rovers 31 9 42
15 Hartlepool 33 -6 39
16 Yeovil 32 -14 37
17 Carlisle 32 -9 36
18 Northampton 31 -2 34
19 Swindon 31 -7 33
20 Leyton Orient 32 -14 33
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21 Brighton 31 -11 32
22 Crewe 31 -21 31
23 Hereford 30 -17 27
24 Cheltenham 31 -34 21 
 

NEXT 2 GAMES:

 

Tranmere (A)
Saturday, 28 February 2009 3:00pm
Coca-Cola Football League One

Cheltenham (H)
Tuesday, 03 March 2009 7:45pm
Coca-Cola Football League One