Swindon 3 Hereford 0 

Report, pictures and post-match video

 

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RESULT: Swindon Town 3 Hereford United 0

 

Town scorers: Cox (2) 29, 46; Paynter 76

 

Danny Wilson always said his team would need 'that little bit of luck' to get the results Swindon deserve - and today they got it.

 

Simon Cox's crucial second goal just after half-time, one that everyone at the County Ground agreed was offside, including the Town manager himself.

 

"If I was the opposing manager I'd be dreadfully disappointed with the decision, because I thought it was offside. And it killed the game for them.

 

"It really knocked the stuffing out of Hereford, who never recovered from it. But we've been on the receiving end of similiar decisions this year, and that's the way football goes sometimes."

 

"Overall we thoroughly deserved it, though, and the scoreline was a fair reflection of our domination and excellent defensive work."

 

Thanks ref: Simon Cox, Billy Paynter and Hal Robson-Kanu celebrate after making it 2-0 calyx multimedia

 

The controversial goal, just a minute into the second-half, doubled Town's lead after Cox had earlier settled the nerves on the half-hour.

 

The in-form striker making it number 23 of the season with a clinical header after some good work on the wing from Anthony McNamee.

 

Breaking the deadlock: Simon Cox heads in the opener calyx multimedia

 

Town on the whole managing to restrict the visitors to a long-ball game that hardly troubled the back four, led once again by another strong performance from Gordon Greer.

 

The game eventually made safe when Billy Paynter earned just reward for his hardworking efforts with a low finish on 76 minutes.

 

The win keeps Town just above the bottom four, on the same number of points as Northamption (4-0 winners today) who Swindon face on Tuesday night.

 

The League One table

 

1 Leicester 38 39 81
2 Peterborough 38 20 72
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3 MK Dons 36 31 67
4 Millwall 37 10 67
5 Leeds United 37 18 62
6 Scunthorpe 37 12 61
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7 Tranmere 38 9 59
8 Oldham 37 6 58
9 Stockport 38 11 56
10 Southend 38 -7 55
11 Colchester 37 2 53
12 Bristol Rovers 36 17 51
13 Walsall 38 -3 51
14 Huddersfield 37 -7 50
15 Hartlepool 38 -9 43
16 Carlisle 37 -10 42
17 Leyton Orient 37 -12 42
18 Crewe 37 -16 42
19 Northampton 35 -3 38
20 Swindon 37 -7 38
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21 Yeovil  36-25 38
22 Brighton 36 -16 35
23 Hereford 35 -24 30
24 Cheltenham 36 -36 28

 

Nine games to go:

 

Northampton (A)
Tuesday 24 March 2009 7:45pm
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Yeovil (A)
Saturday 28 March 2009 3:00pm
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Crewe (H)
Saturday 04 April 2009 3:00pm
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Brighton (A)
Saturday 11 April 2009 3:00pm
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Leyton Orient (H)
Monday 13 April 2009 7:45pm
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Carlisle (A)
Saturday 18 April 2009 3:00pm
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Bristol Rovers (H)
Saturday 25 April 2009 Noon
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Peterborough (A)
Saturday, 02 May 2009 3:00pm
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