Sheffield Weds 2 Coventry 1 - 21/04/2007
Sheffield Weds 2 Coventry 1 - 21/04/2007
Sheffield Wednesday: Iain Turner, Tommy Spur, Marcus Tudgay (Jermaine Johnson 29), Steve Watson, Glenn Whelan, Richard Wood, Leon Clarke (Steven MacLean 45), Deon Burton (Peter Gilbert 64), Lee Bullen, Chris Brunt, Frankie Simek
Subs not used: Kenny Lunt, Chris Adamson
Booked: Richard Wood 50, Leon Clarke 31, Steven MacLean 67
Goals: Tudgay 17, MacLean 70
Coventry City: Andy Marshall, David McNamee, Marcus Hall, Robert Page, Elliott Ward, Stephen Hughes, Jay Tabb (Kevin Kyle 80), Isaac Osbourne, Liam Davis (Kevin Thornton 72), Michael Mifsud, Dele Adebola
Subs Not Used: Ben Turner, Christopher Birchall, Luke Steele
Booked: Isaac Osbourne 73, David McNamee 45, Kevin Thornton 90
Attendance: 23632
Referee: P Crossley
Teamtalk
Coventry hit the post twice late on but Sheffield Wednesday held on to a 2-1 win that extends their winning run to five in a row.
Substitute Steven MacLean scored the winner at Hillsborough, just keeping alive their slim play-off hopes, but the visitors were only denied a point by the woodwork.
Marcus Tudgay opened the scoring for Wednesday before Michael Mifsud, one of those unlucky enough to hit the post late on, equalised with a fine solo effort.
Kenny Lunt and Steven MacLean were left out for the home side, replaced by Steve Watson and Leon Clarke, while Coventry were without a host of first-teamers, including Leon McKenzie, Colin Cameron and defender Adam Virgo.
Watson, who missed his side's impressive win over former employers West Brom due to an agreement between the clubs, soon found his feet, showing some neat footwork in midfield and reeling off his side's first meaningful effort.
Coventry's top scorer Dele Adebola had the ball in the net in the ninth minute but referee Phil Crossley ruled that he had fouled goalkeeper Iain Turner.
The target man's physical presence continued to unnerve the Owls but it was a touch of finesse from the home side that broke the deadlock after 16 minutes.
Tudgay was the scorer, releasing the ball down the right to Deon Burton whose neat touch wrong-footed the defence and left the former Derby man with a straightforward finish. It was the forward's last chance to affect the game and he hobbled off in some discomfort 12 minutes later.
Wednesday retained the lead when Adebola, causing problems from a long throw in the 25th minute, volleyed across goal only to be denied by an alert Frank Simek on the line.
Tudgay's replacement, the fit-again Jermaine Johnson, nearly put the Sky Blues two behind in the 33rd minute but instead it was Coventry who struck just seconds later.
Mifsud hunted down a long ball - poorly dealt with by Tommy Spurr - before weaving his way into the area, turning the hapless full-back inside out in the process and drilling the ball beyond Turner.
Chris Brunt, having one of his uninspired days at the office, could only get into the game from dead-ball situations but he nearly restored the advantage with a curling free-kick that Andy Marshall did well to parry.
Owls boss Brian Laws introduced MacLean for Clarke at half-time but it was Mifsud who was posing the game's greatest threat. Five minutes after the restart the Malta striker was again surging at the Wednesday defence, only coming to a halt when clattered by Richard Wood, who earned a booking.
Things were beginning to look promising for Iain Dowie's side and Adebola will regret not converting Jay Tabb's hanging cross while they were in the ascendance.
The tall striker headed wide when scoring seemed easier and then, with 21 minutes left, the hosts regained the lead.
Substitute Peter Gilbert's clever slide-rule pass put Brunt in space and although the Northern Ireland winger was again foiled by Marshall, MacLean was on hand to lash home from 12 yards.
Mifsud almost had the last say when he held off several tackles before striking Turner's near post and Kevin Thornton was also unfortunate when his reaction strike also hit the woodwork.
CCFC
The Sky Blues could not get back to winning ways as they went down 2-1 at Hillsborough to Sheffield Wednesday.
Marcus Tudgay opened the scoring on 17 minutes before a piece of magic from Michael Mifsud 10 minutes before the break brought Iain Dowie's side level. 20 minutes from the end, substitute Steven MacLean pounced on a loose ball to fire the Owls to victory.
Dowie made three changes to the side which lost 4-0 against Preston North End at the Ricoh Arena last weekend.
Most notably, Liam Davis made his first start for the Sky Blues wide on the left hand side of midfield, while David McNamee returned at right-back following a lengthy spell out with a hamstring injury.
Davis has appeared as a substitute for City twice previously, although today marked the first start for the 20-year-old.
Jay Tabb played on the other flank, with Isaac Osbourne moving to a central midfield position alongside Stephen Hughes.
The other change came up front, with Dele Adebola replacing Kevin Kyle.
Kevin Thornton returned to the squad and was on the bench.
The Sky Blues started the game brightly and with 10 minutes on the clock Davis delivered a pin point cross into the area which found Tabb, who could only guide his shot over the bar.
The deadlock was broken on 17 minutes when Deon Burton escaped Marcus Hall and crossed the ball to Tudgay who fired the ball past the hapless Marshall from 10 yards out.
The goal triggered City into life and Stephen Hughes went close with a free-kick which had Owls keeper Iain Turner scrambling back to tip over the bar. From the resulting corner Elliott Ward nearly drew the Sky Blues level when he headed just inches over the bar.
On 26 minutes Dele Adebola should have made the score 1-1 when the powerful striker fired a shot from the edge of the area which went narrowly wide.
Brian Laws was forced into making an early change on 29 minutes with Jermaine Johnson replacing the injured Tudgay.
Wednesday nearly made the score 2-0 when substitute Johnson's shot took a deflection off Ward which went inches past the post before Mifsud levelled the score for City.
The Maltese international skipped past four players on his way into the penalty area and fired the ball into the roof of the net on 37 minutes.
Just before the half-time break, Marshall was called into action when Chris Brunt hit a long-range effort but the former Norwich man smartly punched the ball away.
Sheffield Wednesday made their second change of the afternoon with MacLean replacing Leon Clarke at half-time.
The Sky Blues began the second period strong with Mifsud using his pace to beat Richard Wood, the pint-sized striker found Tabb on the edge of the area, who could only fire his shot over the crossbar.
Just before the hour mark Tabb's cross found Adebola unmarked at the near post but the striker could only direct his header wide.
The Owls regained the lead on 70 minutes when Brunt got the better of Robert Page and the Northern Ireland international fired at Marshall who could only parry the ball into the path of substitute MacLean who fired into the empty net from 10 yards.
Moments later Dowie brought on Thornton for Davis and the change had an immediate impact with the youngster picking out Tabb on the edge of the box who could only direct his shot straight at Turner.
With only four minutes remaining, Thornton cleverly found Kevin Kyle and the Scotsman struck a fierce shot which was bravely blocked by Tommy Spur to deny City a late equaliser.
Moments later the Sky Blues were cruelly denied by the post twice, Mifsud's low shot beat Turner but agonisingly hit the woodwork, the ball bounced back off the post to Thornton who's shot hit the post.
4thegame
Substitute Steve MacLean struck in the 70th minute to keep alive Wednesday's slim hopes of a play-off spot and improve his chances of earning a new contract.
The 24-year-old striker, whose present deal runs out in the summer, extended the Hillsborough side's unbeaten run to 11 games after Coventry had cancelled out Marcus Tudgay's early strike.
Tudgay linked cleverly with Leon Clarke early in the game but the big striker finished tamely before the Owls snatched the lead in the 17th minute, Deon Burton squaring the ball to Tudgay who stroked it beyond Andy Marshall's reach from 14 yards.
On-loan keeper Iain Turner, playing his last game before returning to Goodison Park, misjudged a Stephen Hughes free-kick and was at fault again when he was beaten to a Hughes corner by the alert Elliott Ward whose downward header flashed over the woodwork.
Wednesday escaped again on 23 minutes as Coventry, chasing their first win in five games, stepped up the pace. Full-back Frank Simek cleared Dele Adebola's close-range strike off the line as Iain Dowie's side pressed again.
Substitute Jermaine Johnson, on for the injured Tudgay, made an instant impact cutting inside from the right flank before lashing in a fierce cross. The ball deflected off Ward and flashed a fraction wide of the far post.
Coventry were back on level terms in the 37th minute from a move started and finished in spectacular fashion by Malta international Michael Mifsud. The little striker turned past defenders Tommy Spurr and Richard Wood before slamming the ball into the top right-hand corner from ten yards out.
Chris Brunt almost blasted Wednesday into the lead minutes before the interval, Marshall producing a spectacular one-handed stop to push away his stinging 25-yard free-kick.
Adebola blundered on the hour as he climbed unmarked to meet a cross from midfielder Jay Tabb and casually headed the ball wide from five yards.
MacLean had the last word lashing the ball past the stranded Marshall with 20 minutes left after the Coventry keeper had pushed away a Brunt shot, although the lively Mifsud was denied by the woodwork in the dying minutes, his low strike crashing against the foot of the post.
Sheffield Wednesday: Iain Turner, Tommy Spur, Marcus Tudgay (Jermaine Johnson 29), Steve Watson, Glenn Whelan, Richard Wood, Leon Clarke (Steven MacLean 45), Deon Burton (Peter Gilbert 64), Lee Bullen, Chris Brunt, Frankie Simek
Subs not used: Kenny Lunt, Chris Adamson
Booked: Richard Wood 50, Leon Clarke 31, Steven MacLean 67
Goals: Tudgay 17, MacLean 70
Coventry City: Andy Marshall, David McNamee, Marcus Hall, Robert Page, Elliott Ward, Stephen Hughes, Jay Tabb (Kevin Kyle 80), Isaac Osbourne, Liam Davis (Kevin Thornton 72), Michael Mifsud, Dele Adebola
Subs Not Used: Ben Turner, Christopher Birchall, Luke Steele
Booked: Isaac Osbourne 73, David McNamee 45, Kevin Thornton 90
Attendance: 23632
Referee: P Crossley
Teamtalk
Coventry hit the post twice late on but Sheffield Wednesday held on to a 2-1 win that extends their winning run to five in a row.
Substitute Steven MacLean scored the winner at Hillsborough, just keeping alive their slim play-off hopes, but the visitors were only denied a point by the woodwork.
Marcus Tudgay opened the scoring for Wednesday before Michael Mifsud, one of those unlucky enough to hit the post late on, equalised with a fine solo effort.
Kenny Lunt and Steven MacLean were left out for the home side, replaced by Steve Watson and Leon Clarke, while Coventry were without a host of first-teamers, including Leon McKenzie, Colin Cameron and defender Adam Virgo.
Watson, who missed his side's impressive win over former employers West Brom due to an agreement between the clubs, soon found his feet, showing some neat footwork in midfield and reeling off his side's first meaningful effort.
Coventry's top scorer Dele Adebola had the ball in the net in the ninth minute but referee Phil Crossley ruled that he had fouled goalkeeper Iain Turner.
The target man's physical presence continued to unnerve the Owls but it was a touch of finesse from the home side that broke the deadlock after 16 minutes.
Tudgay was the scorer, releasing the ball down the right to Deon Burton whose neat touch wrong-footed the defence and left the former Derby man with a straightforward finish. It was the forward's last chance to affect the game and he hobbled off in some discomfort 12 minutes later.
Wednesday retained the lead when Adebola, causing problems from a long throw in the 25th minute, volleyed across goal only to be denied by an alert Frank Simek on the line.
Tudgay's replacement, the fit-again Jermaine Johnson, nearly put the Sky Blues two behind in the 33rd minute but instead it was Coventry who struck just seconds later.
Mifsud hunted down a long ball - poorly dealt with by Tommy Spurr - before weaving his way into the area, turning the hapless full-back inside out in the process and drilling the ball beyond Turner.
Chris Brunt, having one of his uninspired days at the office, could only get into the game from dead-ball situations but he nearly restored the advantage with a curling free-kick that Andy Marshall did well to parry.
Owls boss Brian Laws introduced MacLean for Clarke at half-time but it was Mifsud who was posing the game's greatest threat. Five minutes after the restart the Malta striker was again surging at the Wednesday defence, only coming to a halt when clattered by Richard Wood, who earned a booking.
Things were beginning to look promising for Iain Dowie's side and Adebola will regret not converting Jay Tabb's hanging cross while they were in the ascendance.
The tall striker headed wide when scoring seemed easier and then, with 21 minutes left, the hosts regained the lead.
Substitute Peter Gilbert's clever slide-rule pass put Brunt in space and although the Northern Ireland winger was again foiled by Marshall, MacLean was on hand to lash home from 12 yards.
Mifsud almost had the last say when he held off several tackles before striking Turner's near post and Kevin Thornton was also unfortunate when his reaction strike also hit the woodwork.
CCFC
The Sky Blues could not get back to winning ways as they went down 2-1 at Hillsborough to Sheffield Wednesday.
Marcus Tudgay opened the scoring on 17 minutes before a piece of magic from Michael Mifsud 10 minutes before the break brought Iain Dowie's side level. 20 minutes from the end, substitute Steven MacLean pounced on a loose ball to fire the Owls to victory.
Dowie made three changes to the side which lost 4-0 against Preston North End at the Ricoh Arena last weekend.
Most notably, Liam Davis made his first start for the Sky Blues wide on the left hand side of midfield, while David McNamee returned at right-back following a lengthy spell out with a hamstring injury.
Davis has appeared as a substitute for City twice previously, although today marked the first start for the 20-year-old.
Jay Tabb played on the other flank, with Isaac Osbourne moving to a central midfield position alongside Stephen Hughes.
The other change came up front, with Dele Adebola replacing Kevin Kyle.
Kevin Thornton returned to the squad and was on the bench.
The Sky Blues started the game brightly and with 10 minutes on the clock Davis delivered a pin point cross into the area which found Tabb, who could only guide his shot over the bar.
The deadlock was broken on 17 minutes when Deon Burton escaped Marcus Hall and crossed the ball to Tudgay who fired the ball past the hapless Marshall from 10 yards out.
The goal triggered City into life and Stephen Hughes went close with a free-kick which had Owls keeper Iain Turner scrambling back to tip over the bar. From the resulting corner Elliott Ward nearly drew the Sky Blues level when he headed just inches over the bar.
On 26 minutes Dele Adebola should have made the score 1-1 when the powerful striker fired a shot from the edge of the area which went narrowly wide.
Brian Laws was forced into making an early change on 29 minutes with Jermaine Johnson replacing the injured Tudgay.
Wednesday nearly made the score 2-0 when substitute Johnson's shot took a deflection off Ward which went inches past the post before Mifsud levelled the score for City.
The Maltese international skipped past four players on his way into the penalty area and fired the ball into the roof of the net on 37 minutes.
Just before the half-time break, Marshall was called into action when Chris Brunt hit a long-range effort but the former Norwich man smartly punched the ball away.
Sheffield Wednesday made their second change of the afternoon with MacLean replacing Leon Clarke at half-time.
The Sky Blues began the second period strong with Mifsud using his pace to beat Richard Wood, the pint-sized striker found Tabb on the edge of the area, who could only fire his shot over the crossbar.
Just before the hour mark Tabb's cross found Adebola unmarked at the near post but the striker could only direct his header wide.
The Owls regained the lead on 70 minutes when Brunt got the better of Robert Page and the Northern Ireland international fired at Marshall who could only parry the ball into the path of substitute MacLean who fired into the empty net from 10 yards.
Moments later Dowie brought on Thornton for Davis and the change had an immediate impact with the youngster picking out Tabb on the edge of the box who could only direct his shot straight at Turner.
With only four minutes remaining, Thornton cleverly found Kevin Kyle and the Scotsman struck a fierce shot which was bravely blocked by Tommy Spur to deny City a late equaliser.
Moments later the Sky Blues were cruelly denied by the post twice, Mifsud's low shot beat Turner but agonisingly hit the woodwork, the ball bounced back off the post to Thornton who's shot hit the post.
4thegame
Substitute Steve MacLean struck in the 70th minute to keep alive Wednesday's slim hopes of a play-off spot and improve his chances of earning a new contract.
The 24-year-old striker, whose present deal runs out in the summer, extended the Hillsborough side's unbeaten run to 11 games after Coventry had cancelled out Marcus Tudgay's early strike.
Tudgay linked cleverly with Leon Clarke early in the game but the big striker finished tamely before the Owls snatched the lead in the 17th minute, Deon Burton squaring the ball to Tudgay who stroked it beyond Andy Marshall's reach from 14 yards.
On-loan keeper Iain Turner, playing his last game before returning to Goodison Park, misjudged a Stephen Hughes free-kick and was at fault again when he was beaten to a Hughes corner by the alert Elliott Ward whose downward header flashed over the woodwork.
Wednesday escaped again on 23 minutes as Coventry, chasing their first win in five games, stepped up the pace. Full-back Frank Simek cleared Dele Adebola's close-range strike off the line as Iain Dowie's side pressed again.
Substitute Jermaine Johnson, on for the injured Tudgay, made an instant impact cutting inside from the right flank before lashing in a fierce cross. The ball deflected off Ward and flashed a fraction wide of the far post.
Coventry were back on level terms in the 37th minute from a move started and finished in spectacular fashion by Malta international Michael Mifsud. The little striker turned past defenders Tommy Spurr and Richard Wood before slamming the ball into the top right-hand corner from ten yards out.
Chris Brunt almost blasted Wednesday into the lead minutes before the interval, Marshall producing a spectacular one-handed stop to push away his stinging 25-yard free-kick.
Adebola blundered on the hour as he climbed unmarked to meet a cross from midfielder Jay Tabb and casually headed the ball wide from five yards.
MacLean had the last word lashing the ball past the stranded Marshall with 20 minutes left after the Coventry keeper had pushed away a Brunt shot, although the lively Mifsud was denied by the woodwork in the dying minutes, his low strike crashing against the foot of the post.
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