Swindon 2 Leicester 2 

Corr and Cox grab a dramatic late point for Town

 

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RESULT: Swindon Town 2 Leicester City 2

Town scorers: Cox 84, Corr 86

Leicester scorers: Oakley 57, Fryatt 74

 

The Town fans who walked out with six minutes to go missed a pulsating finish to this game.

 

At 2-0 down it looked all over for Swindon, after a stunning strike from Matt Oakley just before the hour mark and a second from Matt Fryatt had put Leicester in the driving seat.

 

But a close-range effort from Simon Cox in the 84th minute followed by an acrobatic finish by subsitute Barry Corr just a minute later turned the game on its head - and saved a point for stand-in manager Dave Byrne.

 

"We showed a real never-say-die attitude," Byrne told SwindonWeb.

 

"We deserved a point and I'm very pleased for the lads. They all worked hard out there.

 

"This result will give us a lot of confidence going into next week."

 

Two minutes that saved the game

 

 

 

Split opinion on new manager

 

Undecided: Town chairman Andrew Fitton

Twenty four hours on from the dismissal of Maurice Malpas, Town fans appear to be split on who they think should be the new manager.

 

Bookies favourite Ian Holloway was entioned amongst other names such as Martin Keown, Colin Calderwood, Gary Speed, Ady Boothroyd and Ian Dowie in our SwindonWebTV vox pop after the game.

 

Town chairman Andrew Fitton stated clearly before kick-off that he wants a manager with the ability, above all else, 'to motivate the players'.

 

He also indicated that an appointment would be made 'relatively quickly' but that the Board would not be rushed into making a decision.

 

The League One table

 

1 Scunthorpe 16 12 33
2 Leicester 16 13 32
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3 Millwall 16 5 32
4 MK Dons 16 14 31
5 Peterborough 16 12 29
6 Leeds 16 8 29
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7 Oldham 16 10 28
8 Southend 16 1 26
9 Stockport 16 6 25
10 Walsall 15 4 24
11 Tranmere 16 2 24
12 Hartlepool 16 2 23
13 Bristol Rovers 16 4 20
14 Huddersfield 16 -5 20
15 Brighton 16 -2 19
16 Northampton 15 -1 17
17 Swindon 15 -4 17
18 Carlisle 16 -8 17
19 Leyton Orient 16 -9 16
20 Colchester 15 -4 15
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21 Yeovil 16 -10 15
22 Hereford 16 -12 12
23 Cheltenham 16 -21 11
24 Crewe 16 -17 9

 

NEXT 3 GAMES:

 

Bristol Rovers (A)

Saturday, 22 November 2008 3:00pm
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Peterborough (H)
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 7:45pm
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Walsall (A)

Saturday, 29 November 2008 3:00pm
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