MATCHDAY LIVE: Wanderers 1 Millwall 1
1:29pm Saturday 12th January 2013 in Sport By Marc Iles
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4:48pm
Sordell flashes a shot wide after a flick from Davies.
4:47pm
Forde finally getting booked for timewasting...
4:46pm
Header off the line by Nguessan
4:45pm
Forde turns away a shot from Alonso. Heat turning up now.
4:42pm
Sordell is on for Wanderers. Eagles off.
4:34pm
Benik Afobe coming on. For Chungy.
4:33pm
Henry goes easily past Alonso and Chungy and drives a shot at goal that takes a touch off Ream and goes wide of the post. Millwall getting on top now.
4:31pm
Henry produces a great cross from the right – and Nguessan was so close to turning it past Bogdan. Let off for the Whites.
4:24pm
Beevers booked
4:23pm
Ngog unlucky, firing just over the bar after a jinking run.
4:21pm
Attendance today 16,985
4:17pm
Ricketts produced a great cross from the right, Davies got his head to it and it suddenly opened up for Eagles to send a dipping volley at goal, inches over the bar.
4:13pm
Davies lashes a shot just wide after running on to Ngog's flick.
4:12pm
Eagles tries his luck but Forde is equal to his shot. Bright start for the Whites.
4:11pm
Looked like a penalty to me. Wanderers should have at least got a shot in on goal.
4:10pm
Big handball shout against Shittu as Andrews shot towards goal.
4:07pm
Second half about to begin.
4:06pm
Millwall's players back out on the pitch. Doesn't look as if Wanderers will be making any changes.
4:05pm
Wow, it's a special kind of cold in Horwich tonight...
3:51pm
But that's the whistle. Not a classic, but much better than it looked at one point.
3:51pm
Ngog seems to be struggling. Would be a surprise to see him in the second half.
3:47pm
Ngog hassles a mistake out of Beevers. Eagles squares for Spearing, who screws his shot wide of the post from the edge of the box.
3:44pm
Decent football from the Whites on the right with Ricketts, Eagles and Chung-Yong. Improving as the half goes on.
3:41pm
Millwall have certainly taken some liberties this half. They must have wasted five minutes in total.
3:37pm
Now that has dug them out of a hole! Andrews sent Forde the wrong way - his fourth penalty of the season.
3:35pm
GOAL WANDERERS
3:35pm
Andrews to take...
3:35pm
Chung-Yong tripped by Shittu
3:35pm
Pen to Wanderers
3:34pm
Just been told that was the ninth penalty Wanderers have conceded this season.
3:31pm
Boos ring out at the Reebok as Henry misses the target by a matter of inches. Millwall look good for a second one here.
3:27pm
Eagles is having a mare so far. Nothing coming off for him at all.
3:26pm
Ngog drags a shot from the edge of the box wide. But he is getting closer...
3:25pm
Trotter fires just wide with a great effort from 25 yards after Wanderers had scrambled clear Nguessan's cross.
3:24pm
Forde taking his sweet time with the goal kicks.
3:24pm
Davies flicks on for Ngog, who gets his volley all wrong and it ends up among the Millwall fans. They are enjoying their afternoon so far...
3:21pm
Chungy drags a shot wide after Davies had done the dirty work to protect the ball in the penalty box. Wanderers not free flowing, but they are having majority of possession.
3:13pm
Eagles has a chance to equalise with a free kick on edge of the box but curls it well over.
3:13pm
Now the atmosphere takes a different complexion.
3:12pm
Andrews was on his heels, but it was a silly place to play a pass.
3:11pm
What a disaster.... Ream played a daft pass to Andrews, who was on his heels, and Nguessan nicked the ball, played it to Keogh, who was tripped by Knight chasing back. Keogh chipped the penalty home.
3:10pm
GOAL Millwall
3:10pm
Pen to Millwall.
3:08pm
Thought Davies was through there. Some good football between Ngog and Eagles on the right side, but the skipper flagged offside.
3:07pm
Doesn't look as if there are 1,100 Millwall fans who have made the trip but they have made themselves heard early on. Few anti-Sordell chants, but nothing unsavoury.
3:03pm
Davies nearly makes a great start, nearly prodding home Ngog's cross from the left.
3:02pm
And we're off at the Reebok...
2:59pm
Checked the web and I can't find where this referee is from...
2:53pm
And the return of Status Quo's The Wanderer before kick-off!
2:51pm
Last time I organise a chat with McGinlay/Kelly before a game...
2:51pm
And Tom Eaves! I'm typing as I'm reading here...
2:51pm
Josh Vela on the bench too!
2:50pm
Five changes from the cup team - but both Andrews and Afobe have shrugged off injuries to feature in the squad.
2:49pm
No Craig Davies today. He's not quite fit enough, apparently.
2:44pm
And boy those boys can talk!
2:44pm
The reason for the delay is that I was interviewing John McGinlay and Tony Kelly about the White Hot game against Liverpool, which happened 20 years ago tomorrow.
2:43pm
BWFC team: Bogdan, Ricketts, Ream, Knight, Alonso, Spearing, Andrews, Eagles, Chungy, Ngog, K Davies.
Millwall: Forde, Smith, Shittu, Beevers, Lowry, Abdou, Henry, Trotter, Woolford, N'Guessan, Keogh.
2:41pm
Sorry about the delay folks...
1:44pm
No official team news at present, that should be with us about 2pm.
1:37pm
I'm hoping that one or two of the younger lads get a chance on the bench - Sampson, Eaves, Lester all excellent in midweek.
1:36pm
As for team news, I understand that Craig Davies may not quite be fit enough to start. Proabably come off the bench at some point.
1:36pm
Looks like Joe Riley's foot injury is not as bad as first feared, and that he could be involved on Tuesday night. Confirmation on that later, hopefully.
1:32pm
Plenty to like about the performance in the cup against Sunderland (trying to ignore the replay at the moment for fear of losing my core temperature completely) - but chances are there will be changes to that team this afternoon.
1:31pm
I may well end up cryogenically frozen - but hopefully not before seeing Wanderers score some goals, and get back on track after the New Year's Day defeat against Leeds.
1:30pm
It's actually so cold that a steward has just voiced her concern that I'm not wearing a hat or gloves. I forgot them, in truth.
1:30pm
Good afternoon all. Bit parky here at the Breezeblock.
Comments(6)
boltonnut
says...
3:30pm Sat 12 Jan 13
Rememberscarborough
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3:38pm Sat 12 Jan 13
boltonnut
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3:40pm Sat 12 Jan 13
Reebok Al
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7:11pm Sat 12 Jan 13
Quote of the week from new boy Jan Gregus - "I am not interested in joining any other clubs." I like him already. A few more signings with his attitude and maybe we'll start to look like promotion contenders.
angus macoatup
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11:13am Mon 14 Jan 13


boltonnut says...
3:14pm Sat 12 Jan 13