Post by rooobarbcustard on Aug 15, 2006 14:17:47 GMT -1
Walsall 2-0 Stockport
League Two promotion favourites Walsall lived up to their billing with a comfortable win over Stockport.
Martin Butler opened the scoring with a low drive in the 16th minute after Hector Sam headed on a through-ball.
Defender Ian Roper then wrapped up the win two minutes into the second half with a towering header from an in-swinging corner by Kris Taylor.
But the night ended badly as Saddlers skipper Michael Dobson was carried off on a stretcher with a head injury.
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Walsall: Ince, Pead (Westwood 78), Gerrard, Roper, Taylor, Wright, Kinsella (Keates 80), Dobson, Fox, Butler, Sam (Constable 75).
Subs Not Used: Demontagnac, Mckeown.
Goals: Butler 16, Roper 48.
Stockport: Spencer, Briggs, Williams, Owen, Robinson (Le Fondre 78), Taylor, Dinning, Rose (Allen 45), Dickinson, Malcolm, Murray.
Subs Not Used: Clare, Raynes, Deasy.
Booked: Dinning.
Att: 4,877
Ref: R Shoebridge (Derbyshire)
League Two promotion favourites Walsall lived up to their billing with a comfortable win over Stockport.
Martin Butler opened the scoring with a low drive in the 16th minute after Hector Sam headed on a through-ball.
Defender Ian Roper then wrapped up the win two minutes into the second half with a towering header from an in-swinging corner by Kris Taylor.
But the night ended badly as Saddlers skipper Michael Dobson was carried off on a stretcher with a head injury.
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Walsall: Ince, Pead (Westwood 78), Gerrard, Roper, Taylor, Wright, Kinsella (Keates 80), Dobson, Fox, Butler, Sam (Constable 75).
Subs Not Used: Demontagnac, Mckeown.
Goals: Butler 16, Roper 48.
Stockport: Spencer, Briggs, Williams, Owen, Robinson (Le Fondre 78), Taylor, Dinning, Rose (Allen 45), Dickinson, Malcolm, Murray.
Subs Not Used: Clare, Raynes, Deasy.
Booked: Dinning.
Att: 4,877
Ref: R Shoebridge (Derbyshire)