Swindon Town 3 - Hereford 0

4:50pm Saturday 21st March 2009 in News Photograph of the Author By Anthony Marshall

Billy Paynter scores Swindon's third goal in their win over Hereford.. Billy Paynter scores Swindon's third goal in their win over Hereford..

TOWN recorded their second 3-0 win of the week as they comprehensively saw off the challenge of relegation rivals Hereford at the County Ground.

Simon Cox scored his 23rd and 24th goals of the season to give Swindon a commanding lead, before Billy Paynter completed the scoring with a neat finish.

Danny Wilson's side were well worth the win, and the margin of the scoreline, against a Hereford side who appear consigned to League Two football next season.

The game wasn't without controversy, however, as Town's second goal should never have stood. Cox, clearly coming back from an offside position, back-heeled home with infamous referee Stuart Attwell amazingly allowing the effort.

The result increases Swindon's chances of avoiding the drop, and with games against Northampton and Yeovil coming up, they could be in an even healthier position next Saturday evening.

Here's the key moments from today's game:

11 mins: Town have the first shot of the afternoon. Hal Robson-Kanu picks the ball up wide on the right, cuts inside and tries his luck from 35 yards. But he blazes the ball high and wide.

17 mins: Billy Paynter finishes a decent passing move by curling in a 20-yard low effort, which Hereford keeper Peter Gulacsi does well to hold.

20 mins: Anthony McNamee fizzes a rising drive into the hands of Gulacsi from the corner of the penalty area.

22 mins: Robson-Kanu floats a ball to the far post where Simon Cox is unmarked following a slip by Dean Beckwith.

The front man fires in a volley which is going well wide until Paynter manages to connect from a couple of yards. Amazingly he sends the ball the wrong side of the upright but a linesman's flag spares his blushes.

26 mins (SUBSTITUTION): Jamie Vincent is replaced by Jack Smith. The left-back has been struggling for a few minutes, seemingly with a calf problem.

29 mins (GOAL 1-0 Cox): Town's leading scorer grabs his 23rd goal of the season. McNamee works a short corner with Kevin Amankwaah and sends a cross into the heart of the penalty area, where Cox rises from six yards to head home.

34 mins: A McNamee corner is only half-cleared but Amankwaah's half-volley from the edge of the box flies well over.

35 mins: Cox breaks down the left and feeds Paynter on the edge of the box. The striker fires an effort which Gulacsi has to make two attempts to save before finally smothering it.

37 mins: Hereford almost stun Swindon with a rare attack, but Steve Guinan's near post effort goes just the wrong side of the upright.

43 mins: A lovely flowing move involving Owain Tudur Jones and Cox ends with Robson-Kanu testing Gulacsi low down to his right.

46 mins (GOAL 2-0 Cox): Kevin Amankwaah's cross is only cleared as far as the edge of the box where Owain Tudur Jones fires in a bouncing half-volley.

Simon Cox is wandering back from inside the six-yard area and is at least three yards offside when he back-heels the ball past Gulacsi and into the bottom corner.

But, astonishingly, referee Stuart Attwell and his assistant allow the goal.

Hereford's players are understandably furious and surround the officials, but the goal stands.

57 mins: Timlin's ball into Cox is laid off for Robson-Kanu, whose fierce drive is superbly stopped by Gulacsi.

62 mins: This time a linesman's flag does rule out a Town goal. Cox latches on to Jack Smith's cross and sees his shot fumbled by Gulacsi.

Robson-Kanu, following up, prods it home but the flag is already raised.

68 mins: Robson-Kanu collects the ball on the right, jinks inside the challenge of Richard Rose and curls a left-footed effort which beats Gulacsi but rattles the far upright and bounces away to safety.

70 mins: Paynter is fed the ball with his back to goal, rolls the challenge of Dean Beckwith and shoots goalwards. However Gulacsi, again, prevents Swindon from increasing their lead.

73 mins (SUBSTITUTION): Hereford bring Ben Smith on to replace Sam Hewson in the middle of the park.

75 mins (SUBSTITUTION): Town boss Danny Wilson introduces Lilian Nalis for Owain Tudur Jones.

76 mins (GOAL 3-0 Paynter): Cox drives into the box, but a reluctance to shoot on his left foot sees him feed Robson-Kanu. The wideman takes his time before pulling the ball back to Paynter, who sidefoot's home.

77 mins (SUBSTITUTION): Hereford make another change as Simon Johnson comes on in place of Jack Macleod.

81 mins (SUBSTITUTION): Mark Marshall is introduced by Danny Wilson as McNamee makes way.

90 mins: Hereford almost grab a consolation. Guinan's knock-down is met by Febian Brandy from 20 yards and his half-volley flies into the side netting with Phil Smith at full stretch.

TOWN (4-4-2): Phil Smith; Kevin Amankwaah, Gordon Greer (c), Sean Morrison, Jamie Vincent (Jack Smith 26); Hal Robson-Kanu, Michael Timlin, Owain Tudur Jones (Lilian Nalis 75), Anthony McNamee (Mark Marshall 81); Simon Cox, Billy Paynter

Subs not used: Peter Brezovan, Blair Sturrock

HEREFORD (4-4-2): Peter Gulacsi; Richard Jackson, Darren Dennehy, Dean Beckwith, Richard Rose; Jack Macleod (Simon Johnson 77), Sam Hewson (Ben Smith 73), Toumani Diagouraga, Matthew Done; Febian Brandy, Steve Guinan (c)

Subs not used: Jose Viera, Karl Broadhurst, Sam Gwynne

Comments(36)

graham81 says...
4:16pm Sat 21 Mar 09

get in you Robins. 2-0 now !!! COME ON YOU REDS !!! F***in love you. Up up up up !!!!! Only one Simon Cox !!!

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Sham69 says...
4:59pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Well Done Lads - shhhhhh all quiet from the Yellow and Blue Scum down the road

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Disdain says...
5:31pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Great game again. Could have won 8-0, their goalie made some good saves. All played well, Timlin good again, Paynter worked hard. Think Cox edged it for Man of the Match.

Bizarre 2nd goal we got I was sure Cox was miles offside. Then we had a perfectly good goal disallowed to even it out I think.

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Ian13 says...
5:41pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Brilliant game and well deserved result.
Glad to see Billy Paynter score but still feel he could do better. He loses the ball too easily and doesn't chase it back. Also whinges too much if he gets knocked or bumped.

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dirty stan says...
5:47pm Sat 21 Mar 09

just got back, we were superb. quality interplay by the midfield and strikers. Macca, cox, kanu and timmy were on fire.
things are looking good....but the real work starts tuesday night away from home.

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drrock says...
5:57pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Well done Town.A win. 3 goals+clean sheet.
Listening from out here BP played well, as did Cox & Timlin.
Hope they have belief now and go on to safety

Great Result

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Robinonfire says...
6:13pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Come on you REDS

Bring on Northampton.

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Batfink Supports STFC says...
6:24pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Great game, looked good all over the pitch apart from in goal, but fortunatley we were good enough to keep Herford to a mininum of shots on target, Sean and Gordon looked solid in defence, midfield were fantastic and Paynter and Cox were true work horses today, we were good for our result, bring on Northampton

Secuity word cost-late, not today.
Come ON You Reds

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Mighty Reds says...
6:58pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Great performance all round for me Robson-Kanu was match of the match. I hope DW can get Robson-Kanu signed up in close season. Another good thing was gate was up by 1000 from southend other night. It's in our own hands now, we have some very winable games coming up..

COME ON YOU REDS..

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red_gilly says...
7:05pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Think you will find Reading have just signed him to a new contratc, so can't see us getting him.
Mcnamee and Timlin both deserved man of the match, glad to see Jack Smith back in the team. Well done Phil Smith another clean sheet, :)

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vistrom says...
7:10pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Had a dream on Friday that Swindon would play first div football next season, and also that they would score three goals today. So i did something i have not done for about three years, i put a few quid on Swindon scoreing three goals today. Great result, and i am sure the first part of the dream will prove correct also.

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Pinehurstred says...
7:13pm Sat 21 Mar 09

GREAT WIN 2DAY.WITH SOME GOOD RESULTS GOING ARE WAY.
Are next 2games are.N/HAMPTON AND YOEVIL BOTH AWAY.If we can get 4 points from them i think we will be safe.
SWINDON TOWN WILL NEVER DIE

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mikek says...
7:36pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Danny is the man, boy we are playing some great stuff when we keep the ball down and not hoofing it. Team look full of confidence and all playing for each other its a pleasure to watch. Where are the moaners and anti Fitton brigade then its been very quiet on here since Tuesday. Remarkable how this forum fills up with tripe when Town are doing bad but gets a bit quiet when they do well. I will add comments however they are doing and give them stick when bad and praise them when they do well. Timlin, Greer and Coxy were outstanding today and Greer is absolutely pure class and would grace the upper leagues no problem.Great performance from the team but bit of a flap in goal with Smudge handling the ball like a hot potato.
Must take this to the next game and keep the clean sheets.

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umpcah says...
8:15pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Pinehurstred wrote:
GREAT WIN 2DAY.WITH SOME GOOD RESULTS GOING ARE WAY. Are next 2games are.N/HAMPTON AND YOEVIL BOTH AWAY.If we can get 4 points from them i think we will be safe. SWINDON TOWN WILL NEVER DIE
Early Night again Daz ?

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TheBlackHand says...
8:25pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Mighty Reds wrote:
Great performance all round for me Robson-Kanu was match of the match. I hope DW can get Robson-Kanu signed up in close season. Another good thing was gate was up by 1000 from southend other night. It's in our own hands now, we have some very winable games coming up.. COME ON YOU REDS..
I agree with MR to sign Kanu but he has just signed extension to 2011 at Reading. Good performance 4 more wins and we will be ok Come on Danny Boy

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Penhill54 says...
8:34pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Can't understand the knockers for Smith in goal. OK, he messed up one cross when a defender got in his way, and some of his kicking was not great, but no mention of the superb save he made late on in the second half. I didn't think Town played as well today as they did on Tuesday night, but a very good 3 points all the same.

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red_gilly says...
8:38pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Smith is a good goalie and hopefully confidence will be higher again after another clean sheet!!! Lets hope we can get amother 3 goals on Tuesday.

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Penhill54 says...
8:55pm Sat 21 Mar 09

Just looking at the table, shame to see if we don't get anything at Northampton and then lose at Yeovil, we will be back in the bottom 4 regardless of these two great wins. Yeovil have got some easier games coming up as well. We need at least a point at Northampton, which will still give Yeovil 2 games in hand over us, but a win at Yeovil is a must. There home record is not too good so I would like to think we can win that one.

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Mondeaux says...
7:24am Sun 22 Mar 09

Did I watch the same game as previous contributors?
IMVHO - NO, STFC were NOT "pure class".
They simply did more than enough to beat a very poor Hereford (NOT Hertford) team.
Robson-Kanu MOM, oh do me a favour!
GREER once again was head and shoulders better than the rest.
How many shots did H R-K have? Lots (7 or 8) and most of them were from 30-35 yards and high-wide and not very handsome.
He must learn soon that football is a TEAM game and that we DON'T expect him to score (or even shoot) every time he has the ball at his feet.
Lot's of hard-work still to be done, between now & div 1 safety.
BUT I still reckon that we are much better than our current table position suggests.

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avo says...
7:39am Sun 22 Mar 09

Mondeaux wrote:
Did I watch the same game as previous contributors? IMVHO - NO, STFC were NOT "pure class". They simply did more than enough to beat a very poor Hereford (NOT Hertford) team. Robson-Kanu MOM, oh do me a favour! GREER once again was head and shoulders better than the rest. How many shots did H R-K have? Lots (7 or 8) and most of them were from 30-35 yards and high-wide and not very handsome. He must learn soon that football is a TEAM game and that we DON'T expect him to score (or even shoot) every time he has the ball at his feet. Lot's of hard-work still to be done, between now & div 1 safety. BUT I still reckon that we are much better than our current table position suggests.
Agreed with most of that assessment.
Hereford were very poor and has everyone forgot that the 1st 25 minutes both sides were very poor indeed, with Swindon looking a shadow of the team that performed so well on Tuesday night.

Another great win, with flashes of lovely football here and there and Greer again was immense at the heart of defence, we simply have to snap that guy up when his contract at Doncaster runs out in the summer.

I too believe that talent wise, we are much better than our position suggests at present, but again that harks back to 3/4 of a season where this lot just have not fronted up to the task, and that in any walk of life, sporting team etc, is just totally unnaceptable in my view.

Well done town, thats 2 in a row where the commitment has been there for all to see, go and make it 3 in a row at Northampt-scum please.

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Jock Strap says...
10:30am Sun 22 Mar 09

Well can't disagree with Avo & Mondeaux, great performance- certainly not - adequate, workmanlike?, certainly and not really stretched by a poor Hereford side. Defence certainly looked solid and greer lead the line well -I didn't particularly notice that the midfied "were fantastic2 as quoted on here - up front well thank heavens for Coxy, BP squandered a shed load of chances but his involvement and execution of the 3rd goal were good. Robson-Kanu impressed - unlucky in hitting the post -but he'll be back at Reading. The test as to whether we've turned the corner will come in the next two games and it's then we'll see how good or bad the defence is and whether the recent improvements can be maintained -let's hope so.

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Tite_Fitt says...
10:45am Sun 22 Mar 09

Hate to put a dampener on yesterdays victory but with only 3 more matches to be played at home from the remaining 8 games, we've by far the worst "run-in" of any of the teams down at the bottom. It's still gonna be a tight finish!

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Mondeaux says...
11:19am Sun 22 Mar 09

..."and Greer again was immense at the heart of defence"

Blimey avo, you're nearly a poet.

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John Rose says...
11:36am Sun 22 Mar 09

My first visit for a few weeks and pleasantly pleased with the the result, despite the poor opposition.
Not too keen on P.Smith in goal, his distribution was awful and he does not inspire a lot of confidence to his fellow defenders, let alone the fans. Made a great save in the second half, but thats what he's paid to do.Robson-Kanu ouses class and Greer was superb, goodbye Ifil and Aljofree.Hope the town can pick up a few points on their next two games, they are both six pointers.

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Mondeaux says...
11:57am Sun 22 Mar 09

Tite_Fitt wrote:
Hate to put a dampener on yesterdays victory but with only 3 more matches to be played at home from the remaining 8 games, we've by far the worst "run-in" of any of the teams down at the bottom. It's still gonna be a tight finish!
I disagree about the 'run-in'.
The only top six team we have to play is Peterboro' (away).
The bottom ten teams are all fighting for survival, but

Hartlepool have Scunthorpe (h) & Leeds (h)
Crewe have MK Dons (a), Millwall (h) & Leicester (h).
Carlisle have Leicester (a) & Millwall (h).
Orient have Leeds (h) & Millwall (a)
Northampton have Scunthorpe (h), MK Dons (h) & Leeds (a).
Yeovil have Millwall (h)
Brighton have MK Dons (a)
Hereford have Leicester (h) & MK Dons (h)
Cheltenham have Peterboro' (a) & Scunthorpe (a)

More interestingly, is the number of times each team in the bottom ten has to play another of the bottom ten teams. :-
Hartlepool have still to play 3 (Hereford, Crewe & Yeovil),
Carlisle - 4 (Hereford, Northampton, Swindon, Cheltenham)
Orient - 3 (Cheltenham, Northampton & Swindon)
Crewe - 2 (Swindon, Cheltenham)
Northampton - 5 (Swindon, Carlisle, Yeovil, Orient & Hereford)
Swindon - 6 (Northampton, Yeovil, Crewe, Brighton, Orient, Carlisle)
Yeovil - 4 (Swindon, Northampton, Cheltenham & Hereford)
Brighton - 2 (Hereford & Swindon)
Hereford - 5 (Carlisle, Hartlepool, Brighton, Yeovil & Northampton)
Cheltenham - 4 (Orient, Yeovil, Crewe & Carlisle)

So, on paper at least, Swindon would seem to have one of the easier 'run-ins'.

The next few weeks will really be 'dog eat dog', but by Easter we'll know our fate.

C'mon u REDZ

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Swindon Till I Die says...
2:39pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Funny how there's so little comments after a win eh? Most of you have nothing to moan about, so keep all quiet until the next loss!

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bagofsweets says...
3:55pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Mondeaux wrote:
Tite_Fitt wrote: Hate to put a dampener on yesterdays victory but with only 3 more matches to be played at home from the remaining 8 games, we've by far the worst "run-in" of any of the teams down at the bottom. It's still gonna be a tight finish!
I disagree about the 'run-in'. The only top six team we have to play is Peterboro' (away). The bottom ten teams are all fighting for survival, but Hartlepool have Scunthorpe (h) & Leeds (h) Crewe have MK Dons (a), Millwall (h) & Leicester (h). Carlisle have Leicester (a) & Millwall (h). Orient have Leeds (h) & Millwall (a) Northampton have Scunthorpe (h), MK Dons (h) & Leeds (a). Yeovil have Millwall (h) Brighton have MK Dons (a) Hereford have Leicester (h) & MK Dons (h) Cheltenham have Peterboro' (a) & Scunthorpe (a) More interestingly, is the number of times each team in the bottom ten has to play another of the bottom ten teams. :- Hartlepool have still to play 3 (Hereford, Crewe & Yeovil), Carlisle - 4 (Hereford, Northampton, Swindon, Cheltenham) Orient - 3 (Cheltenham, Northampton & Swindon) Crewe - 2 (Swindon, Cheltenham) Northampton - 5 (Swindon, Carlisle, Yeovil, Orient & Hereford) Swindon - 6 (Northampton, Yeovil, Crewe, Brighton, Orient, Carlisle) Yeovil - 4 (Swindon, Northampton, Cheltenham & Hereford) Brighton - 2 (Hereford & Swindon) Hereford - 5 (Carlisle, Hartlepool, Brighton, Yeovil & Northampton) Cheltenham - 4 (Orient, Yeovil, Crewe & Carlisle) So, on paper at least, Swindon would seem to have one of the easier 'run-ins'. The next few weeks will really be 'dog eat dog', but by Easter we'll know our fate. C'mon u REDZ
Mondeaux, I can't believe you typed all of that information out! Thanks though as it makes very interesting reading.

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Mondeaux says...
4:26pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Tite_Fitt wrote:
Hate to put a dampener on yesterdays victory but with only 3 more matches to be played at home from the remaining 8 games, we've by far the worst "run-in" of any of the teams down at the bottom. It's still gonna be a tight finish!
bagofsweets,

At least it keeps me off the streets.

Security word - all-sorts

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Mondeaux says...
5:27pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Just wondering if Anthony Marshall is Mark Marshall's dad.
Does anyone know?
Security word. fork-slow

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Mondeaux says...
6:08pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Swindon Till I Die wrote:
Funny how there's so little comments after a win eh? Most of you have nothing to moan about, so keep all quiet until the next loss!
. . . . and your point is ? ? ? ? ?

Security word dumb-fork

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graham81 says...
7:48pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Mondeaux wrote:
Swindon Till I Die wrote: Funny how there's so little comments after a win eh? Most of you have nothing to moan about, so keep all quiet until the next loss!
. . . . and your point is ? ? ? ? ? Security word dumb-fork
Mondeaux where in Witney you from? Im from there as well.

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Mondeaux says...
8:46pm Sun 22 Mar 09

graham81 wrote:
Mondeaux wrote:
Swindon Till I Die wrote: Funny how there's so little comments after a win eh? Most of you have nothing to moan about, so keep all quiet until the next loss!
. . . . and your point is ? ? ? ? ? Security word dumb-fork
Mondeaux where in Witney you from? Im from there as well.
graham81,

I'm not going to give too much away ('cos i know that you and your secret police will come and murder me in my bed), but I live between Ducklington & Standlake).
If I'm found dead in the next few weeks, I've advised my executors to come looking for you.
security word www-killer

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greenml says...
9:57pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Very well done. What a week!

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graham81 says...
10:22pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Mondeaux wrote:
graham81 wrote:
Mondeaux wrote:
Swindon Till I Die wrote: Funny how there's so little comments after a win eh? Most of you have nothing to moan about, so keep all quiet until the next loss!
. . . . and your point is ? ? ? ? ? Security word dumb-fork
Mondeaux where in Witney you from? Im from there as well.
graham81, I'm not going to give too much away ('cos i know that you and your secret police will come and murder me in my bed), but I live between Ducklington & Standlake). If I'm found dead in the next few weeks, I've advised my executors to come looking for you. security word www-killer
good point and very wise of you. I live in London now but my parents live dear park way !!!

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stevehalloz says...
10:33pm Sun 22 Mar 09

Hi, Great win anyway, I'll take it. I stayed in the Rose Revived in Standlake for 6 months in 1978, nice area. And I lived in Wantage from 63 to 70, then uni at Bristol (chosen because nearest uni to Swindon) from 70 to 73 and lived in Bristol till 79, except for time in Standlake, before coming to Oz in 79. If anyone cares, that is.
Anyway, promotion to the Championship at the end of next season?

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Russ STFC says...
11:05pm Sun 22 Mar 09

stevehalloz wrote:
Hi, Great win anyway, I'll take it. I stayed in the Rose Revived in Standlake for 6 months in 1978, nice area. And I lived in Wantage from 63 to 70, then uni at Bristol (chosen because nearest uni to Swindon) from 70 to 73 and lived in Bristol till 79, except for time in Standlake, before coming to Oz in 79. If anyone cares, that is.
Anyway, promotion to the Championship at the end of next season?
Erm NO,how about we worry about staying in this league first,had you seen the town this season you would't even mention the championship.


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