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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 1 (setup 4, season 21)
Hartlepool United
v.
Crawley Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Sam COWLER616Dean GERKEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Josh ROWBOTHAM2Elliott HEWITT
Rhoys WIGGINS38Luke GARBUTT
Brad WALKER74Josh SIMPSON
Christian BURGESS75Gary MacKENZIE
Scott MALONE66Sonny BRADLEY
Matt RITCHIE776Jordon IBE
Chris TAYLOR887Andy DRURY
Craig BEATTIE797Apostolos VELLIOS
Eoin DOYLE10Calvin ANDREW
Jeffrey SCHLUPP611Gavin TOMLIN
Manager
Luke JAMES12Jimmy SMITH
Cameron MASON13Alan MARRIOTT
Gary ROBERTS14Ryan DICKSON
Jonathan FRANKS15Joe WALSH
Michael DUCKWORTH16Colin DANIEL

Hartlepool United 2 Crawley Town 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 7,522, Stadium: Victoria Ground, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 5½)
20 Beattie, 61p BeattieScorers14og Walker, 17 Drury, 64 Vellios
47 Malone <=> DuckworthSubstitutions
Sendings off
24 DoyleBookings
3Corners4
9Fouls6
1Offsides4
3Shots on6
10Shots off5
13Total shots11
1Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Luke GARBUTT
1A free-kick from BEATTIE flew just beyond the far post.
8The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
12RITCHIE chipped the ball to ROWBOTHAM who forced it just beyond the far post.
14GOAL!! A shot from TOMLIN deflected off the head of WALKER and bobbled past the helpless Hartlepool United 'keeper and over the line.
17GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was headed in at the far post by DRURY. (2-0 Crawley Town)
20GOAL!! After DOYLE was tripped WILLIAMSON waved play-on and BEATTIE went on to easily score. (2-1 Crawley Town)
21VELLIOS rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
23A mix up in the Crawley Town defence enabled BEATTIE to hammer the ball wide.
24DOYLE booked for a high challenge on MACKENZIE.
26DRURY scuffed an easy chance.
34A penalty box meleé resulted in TAYLOR cracking a low shot wide.
38TAYLOR placed a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
45A corner fell to BEATTIE who flicked the ball just beyond the far post.
 
47VELLIOS dribbled away from WALKER and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
49TAYLOR was put clear by SCHLUPP and he nutmegged GERKEN but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
53A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming COWLER.
54DOYLE headed just beyond the near post.
56DRURY's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
61GOAL!! A foul on DOYLE inside the area gave Hartlepool United a penalty which BEATTIE scored.
63The 'keeper was able to claw away a poor shot from VELLIOS.
64GOAL!! With his back to goal VELLIOS swivelled and rifled the ball past COWLER. (3-2 Crawley Town)
68A lovely effort from WIGGINS scraped the upright.
82IBE made space on the left and knocked the ball to VELLIOS who touched the ball over.
83A weak shot from SIMPSON rolled agonisingly wide.
85A good ball from ROWBOTHAM on the right found BEATTIE who mishit his shot wide.