Swindon 1 Bradford 0

Last Updated : 25-Sep-2004 by Tim
Sean O'Hanlon started the game as captain, as Matt Hewlett started on the bench, although Hewlett came on early to replace the injured Miglioranzi.

Swindon's first chance came mid way through the first half when Miglioranzi, and Sean O'Hanlon came close in a goal mouth scramble, but the referee awarded Bradford a free kick, so they were able to clear the ball away.

Bradford also came close to scoring in the first half when Evans on the edge of his box tried to clear the ball away only for Bradford to manage to cross the ball in, so it rolled acorss the goal line, but luckly for the Swindon defence there was no one there to poke the ball in.

Sammy Igoe, and Sam Parkin also came close to scoring, but both shots went wide.

In the second half Swindon had nearly all the play, but it looked as if it was going to be one of those games where Bardford would get a break and score even though it was Swindon who were having all the chances.

Swindon had 14 corners, but dispite all the pressure the Bardford defence managed to hold out, as Swindon couldn't finish in front of goal. Swindon also had a penalty appeal turned down. As Swindon's pressure and chances carried on the Town End fans were singing "We're going to score in a minute."

Mid way through the second half Sam Parkin summed up Swindon's luck so far in the game by having his header hit the ball, and Swindon were unable to score from the follow up before Bardford managed to clear the ball away.

After 83 minutes Sam Parkin gave away a free kick for shirt pulling, which started a fight in the box, which included a fan who jumped onto the pitch from the Town End. With the rest of the fans singing "Off, off, off" refering to the Bradford goalkeeper Henderson the referee walked past Henderson, and onto Sam Parkin who was shown the red card.

On 87 minutes Swindon were awarded a free kick from 35 yards out which Sammy Igoe took and scored, getting the ball just the goal side the top right hand corner.

Overall a well derserved win, were with all the chances Swindon should have scored 3 of 4 goals. Swindon's next game is away to Stockport next Saturday in a game which has seen plenty of goals in past visits, which the last two games finishing with a 4-2 and 5-2 wins for Swindon.