Post by rooobarbcustard on Aug 15, 2006 14:03:00 GMT -1
Walsall 2-0 Hartlepool
Two first-half goals from Dean Keates maintained Walsall's 100% start to the season against battling Hartlepool.
The Saddlers skipper hammered his side in front from 20 yards after good work by new recruit Hector Sam.
Two minutes later, home goalkeeper Clayton Ince saved Gavin Strachan's penalty after Anthony Gerrard had tripped Eifion Williams.
Walsall made the visitors pay when Keates volleyed his second after Martin Butler's cross had been half-cleared.
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Walsall: Ince, Westwood, Gerrard, Roper, Taylor, Wright, Kinsella (Pead 69), Keates, Fox, Butler (Demontagnac 85), Sam (Constable 68).
Subs Not Used: Dann, Mckeown.
Booked: Demontagnac.
Goals: Keates 18, 29.
Hartlepool: Konstantopoulos, Darren Williams, Nelson, Clark, Robson, Sweeney (Maidens 49), Tinkler (Brackstone 66), Strachan, Humphreys, Porter, Eifion Williams (Brown 60).
Subs Not Used: Bullock, Provett.
Att: 5,637.
Ref: F Graham (Essex).
Two first-half goals from Dean Keates maintained Walsall's 100% start to the season against battling Hartlepool.
The Saddlers skipper hammered his side in front from 20 yards after good work by new recruit Hector Sam.
Two minutes later, home goalkeeper Clayton Ince saved Gavin Strachan's penalty after Anthony Gerrard had tripped Eifion Williams.
Walsall made the visitors pay when Keates volleyed his second after Martin Butler's cross had been half-cleared.
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Walsall: Ince, Westwood, Gerrard, Roper, Taylor, Wright, Kinsella (Pead 69), Keates, Fox, Butler (Demontagnac 85), Sam (Constable 68).
Subs Not Used: Dann, Mckeown.
Booked: Demontagnac.
Goals: Keates 18, 29.
Hartlepool: Konstantopoulos, Darren Williams, Nelson, Clark, Robson, Sweeney (Maidens 49), Tinkler (Brackstone 66), Strachan, Humphreys, Porter, Eifion Williams (Brown 60).
Subs Not Used: Bullock, Provett.
Att: 5,637.
Ref: F Graham (Essex).