stafford rangers
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and white stripes/black/black)
1. Danny Alcock; 2. Richard Sutton , 5. Wayne
Daniel (capt), 21. Jemiah Richards, 32. Luke Potter; 8. Kevin Street, 22. Samy Mawene, 17.
Ross Draper, 7. Chris Flynn ; 10. David
McNiven, 9. Neil Grayson. Subs: 30. Seb
Hamilton (for Street, 76), 16. Tom Ingram (for Mawene, 80) ,24. Steve Hopkinson (for Draper, 88), 19. Sebastian Arnolin,
33. Danny Allen (gk)
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burton albion
 sky
blue with white sleeves/sky blue/white): 1. Kevin Poole; 17. John Brayford, 4. Mark
Greaves (capt), 5. Tony James, 3. Aaron Webster; 2, Andy Corbett, 24. Michael Simpson, 6. John McGrath, 18. Dave Farrell; 9. Jake
Edwards, 14. Shaun Harrad. Subs: 7. Darren Stride (for Greaves, ht), 8. Marc Goodfellow
(for Brayford, ht), 10. Daryl Clare (for Harrad, 65), Keith Gilroy, 30, Saul Deeney (gk)
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ref / att / mom
referee: G. J. Sutton (Lincoln)
attendance: 1679 (inc 707 away fans)
man of the match: Samy Mawene
kick-off: 3-00 pm
weather: dry, bright, windy
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Action photos by Tracey Hampton of Hampton Productions |
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26/12/07 - Stafford Rangers 0
Burton Albion 3
Stafford never recovered from a three-goal blast from Burton in the
closing stages of the first half following the dismissal of Chris Flynn. Mark Greaves
opened the scoring in the 34th minute and Jake Edwards added two more just before the
interval.
Team news
 The Stafford side was unchanged as Djimi Sangare
hadn't sufficiently recovered from his ankle injury to play any part. Luke Potter played
his last game on loan from Barnsley.
First half action
What was turning out to be a finally-balanced local derby turned dramatically in
favour of Burton in the 27th minute. Chris Flynn had every right to go for a throughball
played low into the area as Kevin Poole bravely raced off his line to dive at the feet of
the Boro midfielder. With no intent to hurt the veteran keeper, Flynn caught Poole in the
face with his boot and, perhaps, it was inevitable that the referee would provide a
straight red card. Poole received treatment for a facial cut and was able to continue.
Burton took the lead in the 34th minute. John McGrath floated a free-kick from the left
towards the far post which looked to be curling out. Mark Greaves somehow managed rise
above Ross Draper to head across the face of goal from a very narrow angle and in at the
far post.
The lead was doubled in the 44th minute again from a set piece. Jake Edwards met McGrath's
inswinging corner delivered from the right with a glancing header which dropped in at the
left-hand post.
Edwards struck again in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time. Again McGrath was
the supplier with a near-post free-kick from the left which the striker stabbed home at
close range. Play resumed for barely a second before the referee brought proceeding to a
halt.
 Second half action
Rangers set out to keep a clean sheet in the second half and try and make inroads into
Burton's three-goal lead. They succeeded with the clean sheet but were unlucky not to find
the net.
Just after the hour mark, Neil Grayson was unlucky to see a shot cleared off the line and
Wayne Daniel fired straight at Poole from 10 yards out.
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