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Exeter City F.C. - Match Details Exeter City F.C. - Match Details
Saturday 1st March 1997
| Hereford Utd 1 | Exeter City 2 |
(Half Time: 1-0) |
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City Details:
| Team: | Bayes, Hughes, Richardson (Chamberlain 13), Baddeley, Blake, Minett, Bailey, Rees, McConnell (Steele 72), Rowbotham, Crowe |
| Subs
Not Used: |
Myers |
Scorers: |
Blake, Crowe |
| Bookings: | Rowbotham |
Hereford Utd. Details:
| Team: | Wood, Norton, Fishlock, Smith, Beeston, Matthewson, Jordan, Warner (Cook 80), L Foster, Williams, Downing (Pitman 80) |
| Subs
Not Used: |
Brough |
Scorers: |
Williams |
| Bookings: | Downing |
Match Facts:
| Attendance: | 2,735 |
| Goals: | Williams 41 (1-0), Blake 52 (1-1), Crowe 73 (1-2) |
| Referee: | Eddie Lomas (Manchester) |
| Star Grecian: | Jason Rees |
Match Report:
Glen Crowe again, provided the winner with a 73rd minutestrike, and gave Exeter the belief that they won't depart Division 3 into the uncharted seas of the GM Vauxhall Conference.
Crowe's clinical deciding goal - the teenager's second in two appearances since a loan switch from wolves - completed a gritty transformation that destroyed Hereford's seven-match unbeaten boast.
Exeter had controlled the opening period but trailed at the break to John William's opportunist effort. And the signs weren't promising when leading marksman Darren Rowbotham wasted a close-range opportunity within five minutes of the restart. But immediately it was 1-1. The inspirational Jason Rees forced a 52nd minute corner and floated the flagkick to the far post. Bulls goalkeeper Trevor Wood fumbled and Noel Blake stabbed home - the match officials apparently the only occupants of Edgar Street who didn't believe the ball had crossed the goal-line before Lee Baddeley made certain.
Ashley Bayes immediately plunged to his right to keep out a thunderous 18-yarder from home debutant Roy Jordan. But City almost stole ahead through Baddeley's diving header when Wood dropped Jason Minett's 65th minute corner.
Crowe had twice gone close when Rees did the spadework in the opening 12 minutes, Minett had seen his 12-yarder blocked and Rowbotham was typically menacing.
Hereford's best attempts at a breakthrough saw Bayes smother Dean Smith's low drive and then exercise his reflexes to beat out Williams' venomous 29th minute shot. But they were gifted the initiative five minutes before the interval. Jordan's through pass was innocuous but Darren Hughes' backward header lacked sufficient power to reach Bayes and Williams gratefully seized and chance to lob the stranded glovesman.
Exeter's response was admirable. having clawed their way back on terms, Fox's outfit hunted a win with increasing ferocity. they assumed the driving seat in slick fashion. Rowbotham, substitute Tim Steele and Minett combined neatly, Rees smuggled the ball through a flat-footed Hereford defence and Crowe shrugged off the over-zealous challenge of Trevor Matthewson to net from eight yards.
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