Swindon Town 0 Leeds Utd 1 

Big crowd. Big atmosphere. But Town fail to rise to the occasion

 

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RESULT: Swindon Town 0 Leeds Utd 1

 

Leeds scorer: T Kandol 25

 

A solitary Tresor Kandol goal was enough to all but end Swindon's hopes of a play-off place.

Town welcomed Gary McAllister and his players to a packed County Ground in what was the club's biggest home gate of the season so far.

Scramble for points: But it was Leeds United who came out on top in Town's 'game of the season' calyx multimedia

 

Unfortunately, Swindon once again failed to take the chances they created much to the frustration on the home fans, most notably Simon Cox who headed over just before the break when it seemed easier to score.

This after Kandol had struck mid-way through the first-half.

 

The big striker heading home David Prutton's drilled left-wing cross after 25 minutes.

 

The one that got away: Peacock wrestles with goalscorer Tresor Kandol calyx multimedia

 

The difficult windy conditions weren't helped by some poor refereeing decision, which at times baffled both sets of supporters.

The second-half was much the same as the first with neither team really seizing the initiative.

Town once again had the better of the chances, but a below par Christian Roberts squandered the hosts best second-half opportunity of an equaliser just past the hour mark.

The Welshman's scuffed back post volley being brilliantly saved by Casper Ankergren in the Leeds goal.

Under pressure for results: Town's management team of Maurice Malpas and Dave Byrne calyx multimedia

In an attempt to find the equaliser Maurice Malpas replaced young midfielder Chris Allen with wide man Jon-Paul McGovern, but he was unable to find the one piece of magic that would have handed Town a share of the points.

With Swindon only having taken one point from the last four games Maurice Malpas' men will have to put together a string of wins if they are to have any hope of a top six finish.

 

Packed out: Town's biggest gate of the season - 13,270 calyx multimedia

 

League One table

 

1 Swansea 32 35 70
2 Carlisle 32 15 58
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3 Nottm Forest 32 24 56
4 Doncaster 32 19 56
5 Walsall 33 14 52
6 Tranmere 34 8 52
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7 Southend 34 6 51
8 Leeds 34 24 50
9 Leyton Orient 34 -5 49
10 Northampton 34 0 46
11 Brighton 31 6 45
12 Oldham 33 5 44 
13 Swindon 34 1 44
14 Huddersfield 32-1343
15 Bristol Rovers 30 1 41
16 Yeovil 34 -13 41
17 Hartlepool 33 0 40
18 Millwall 34 -14 37
19 Cheltenham 35 -19 37
20 Gillingham 32 -18 35
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21 Crewe 34 -19 35
22 Luton 33 -13 25
23 Bournemouth 34 -17 23
24 Port Vale 34 -27 22

 

NEXT GAME:

 

Huddersfield (h)

Tuesday 4 March 2008, 7.45pm

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