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****Exeter City v Brighton and Hove Albion Official Match Thread****



































Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
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elwheelio

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Jan 24, 2006
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Brighton
Let's re-live it:

2nd min: Noone starts wide left on his debut and Bennett on the right. Noone, booed by home fans, goes on an early run but his shot is blocked.

3rd min: A nice touch by Sparrow gets Murray in on the left of goal but his shot is tame and Jones saves easily. Promising from Albion who will relish what looks a decent surface.

4th min: Logan booked for catching Bridcutt late.

7th min: Chip from Cureton outside the box has Ankergren back-pedalling to tip over.

8th min - GOAL: The resulting corner is not fully cleared and Logan scores with a close range volley on the turn.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated after 10mins of 1st half

11th min: Albion respond with a couple of corners in front of the home end, taken from the right by Noone, but they lead to nothing.

16th min: Nice counter raid by Exeter but Logan is forced to shoot from distance by the covering Taricco and his low drive is held pretty comfortably by the diving Ankergren.

19th min: Noone has switched to the right and his trickery has been the highlight for Albion so far. The good-looking surface has actually proved to be a bit more bobbly than first thought but Albion are still knocking the ball around at times.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated after 20mins of 1st half

21st min: Ankergren gets down to his left to push a Cureton shot away from the bottom corner and spark a flurry of four quickfire Exeter corners, the third of which sees Murray slice a clearance dangerously close to his own net.

28th min: Painter crosses, Noone gets up well to win the header and the ball is on target for the bottom corner until Jones gets across to tip it past the post.

30th min: Last ditch tackle denies Sparrow in front of goal after a nice move.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated after 30mins of 1st half

38th min: Taricco, who has been impressive, goes down after a tackle and needs attention.

40th min: Taricco limps gingerly back on but is struggling. Albion having a lot of the ball, and they have put in a couple of crosses, but there has not been much threat of late.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated after 40mins of 1st half

45+2 min - HALF-TIME: Taricco has seen out the half and Noone looks tricky - but it has not been a good half for the Seagulls.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated at half-time

Half-time update: Wood is coming on for the second half in place of Dicker. Taricco continues. He came off at the interval still arguing with the officials over that challenge by Golbourne which left him needing treatment. Albion look like they could get a goal or two here but will be annoyed wth the lack of marking which allowed Logan to score. Today's attendance is 6,352 including 834 away fans - not a sold-out visitors' section by any means but a good turnout all the same.

46th min: Exeter also have a switch as Archibald-Henry starts the half in place of Taylor.

47th min: Bright start by City and Sercombe has a volley held by Ankergren after a corner.

50th min: Wood, offering Murray some much-needed company in attack ,has a go from 25 yards but fails to get hold of the shot and it rolls wide. It's better from Albion, though.

54th min: Logan loops a header over.

* Exeter 1 Albion 0. Last updated after 10mins of 2nd half

57th min: Sparrow guides a volley wide after Murray had laid off a free-kick played into the box.

59th min: Lovely cross from the right by Taricco. Murray heads over from close range - but Wood was arguably better placed right behind him. Albion are attacking towards the away end in this half.

61st min: Exeter go close. Sercombe connects well with a shot which flies just over the top corner from the edge of the area.

63rd min: Albion make another switch as Barnes replaces Noone. Noble goes off for Exeter, Dunne goes on.

64th min - GOAL: Murray again! This time a header from Barnes's cross after Bridcutt had done well to win the ball.

* Exeter 1 Albion 1. Last updated after 20mins of 2nd half

66th min: Buoyed by the goal, Bennett produces his first decent cross of the game but Exeter scramble it clear.

73rd min: Chance as Greer gets Murray in but, as he shapes to volley, Archibald-Henville makes a vital recovery tackle.

73rd min: A change by each side. Taricco replaced by Kishishev, Nardiello replaces Cureton.

* Exeter 1 Albion 1. Last updated after 30mins of 2nd half

83rd min: Exeter pressure and Harley's drive from around the edge of the box hits the bar. The hosts feeling like they have weathered the storm and can threaten a grandstand finish.

85th min: Sparrow booked for a foul

* Exeter 1 Albion 1. Last updated after 40mins of 2nd half

87th min: Greer's firm drive from outside the box is straight at keeper Jones.

90th min - GOAL: Barnes with a super angle finish after Murray made ground and fed Bennett, who played the ball in from the right.

90 + 4 mins - FULL-TIME: A precious win for Albion to remain six points clear.
 






Bwian

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Jul 14, 2003
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Oct 18, 2006
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Get in there you beauty.
A 2-1 win, money off the bookies as well.
I do think sexual intercourse is in order this evening now :rave:
 


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