npower Football League Thread 2012/13

Hereford 3-1 Coventry
Stuart Fleetwood scored a hat-trick to help Hereford to a shock win over Championship opponents Coventry in the Carling Cup.
Fleetwood opened the scoring in the first minute after turning his man and showing great pace before finishing.

The Welsh striker put Hereford two up eluding the offside trap to slot in, before the Sky Blues hit back through Dele Adebola, who beat two defenders.

Fleetwood rolled the ball home after fending off Elliott Ward's challenge.

Hereford 4-1 Yeovil
A first-half hat-trick from teenager Lionel Ainsworth helped secure victory for Hereford against Yeovil in the first round of the Carling Cup.
Ainsworth opened the scoring with a 25-yard drive and then doubled the lead from a Clint Easton cross.

Easton added a third in the 35th minute before Ainsworth weaved his way past three defenders and lashed home to complete his hat-trick.

Lloyd Owusu's headed goal soon after the break gave Yeovil some consolation.

Aston Villa 2 - 0 Hereford

Late goals by Eric Lichaj and Nathan Delfouneso helped Aston Villa see off a determined Hereford side and reach the third round of the Carling Cup.
David Cornell made a string of saves to keep Villa at bay, denying Stephen Ireland when he ran through and keeping out Darren Bent's far-post header.
But Lichaj broke the deadlock when the Bulls could not clear a Marc Albrighton corner with 10 minutes left.
Delfouneso sealed victory when he swept home Andreas Weimann's knockdown.
Villa boss Alex McLeish, who won this competition with Birmingham last season, had rested many of his first-choice line-up but retained Richard Dunne, Charles N'Zogbia and Bent from the side that beat Blackburn on Saturday.
McLeish's men dominated possession from the start but found it far harder than expected to see off the Bulls, who are second-bottom of League Two with only one point from their first four games.
Much of that was down to Cornell, a Welsh Under-21 international on loan from Swansea, but Hereford's whole defence kept clear openings to a minimum.
Ireland should have given Villa the lead when he latched on to Barry Bannan's pass but he could not convert despite being given a second chance when Cornell fumbled his first effort.
Cornell denied Bent and Albrighton either side of the break, before his best save of the night saw him tip N'Zogbia's 25-yard effort over the bar.
Hereford began to threaten themselves with Joe Colbeck testing Brad Guzan.
But Villa finally forced the opener when Lichaj was in the right place to convert following a goalmouth scramble, and substitute Delfouneso's close-range strike put the result beyond doubt.

Blue Square wrote:Good memories of the League Cup, going to miss it.

Hereford 3-1 Coventry
Stuart Fleetwood scored a hat-trick to help Hereford to a shock win over Championship opponents Coventry in the Carling Cup.
Fleetwood opened the scoring in the first minute after turning his man and showing great pace before finishing.

The Welsh striker put Hereford two up eluding the offside trap to slot in, before the Sky Blues hit back through Dele Adebola, who beat two defenders.

Fleetwood rolled the ball home after fending off Elliott Ward's challenge.

Hereford 4-1 Yeovil
A first-half hat-trick from teenager Lionel Ainsworth helped secure victory for Hereford against Yeovil in the first round of the Carling Cup.
Ainsworth opened the scoring with a 25-yard drive and then doubled the lead from a Clint Easton cross.

Easton added a third in the 35th minute before Ainsworth weaved his way past three defenders and lashed home to complete his hat-trick.

Lloyd Owusu's headed goal soon after the break gave Yeovil some consolation.

Ainsworth was ridiculously good for us

Aston Villa 2 - 0 Hereford

Late goals by Eric Lichaj and Nathan Delfouneso helped Aston Villa see off a determined Hereford side and reach the third round of the Carling Cup.
David Cornell made a string of saves to keep Villa at bay, denying Stephen Ireland when he ran through and keeping out Darren Bent's far-post header.
But Lichaj broke the deadlock when the Bulls could not clear a Marc Albrighton corner with 10 minutes left.
Delfouneso sealed victory when he swept home Andreas Weimann's knockdown.
Villa boss Alex McLeish, who won this competition with Birmingham last season, had rested many of his first-choice line-up but retained Richard Dunne, Charles N'Zogbia and Bent from the side that beat Blackburn on Saturday.
McLeish's men dominated possession from the start but found it far harder than expected to see off the Bulls, who are second-bottom of League Two with only one point from their first four games.
Much of that was down to Cornell, a Welsh Under-21 international on loan from Swansea, but Hereford's whole defence kept clear openings to a minimum.
Ireland should have given Villa the lead when he latched on to Barry Bannan's pass but he could not convert despite being given a second chance when Cornell fumbled his first effort.
Cornell denied Bent and Albrighton either side of the break, before his best save of the night saw him tip N'Zogbia's 25-yard effort over the bar.
Hereford began to threaten themselves with Joe Colbeck testing Brad Guzan.
But Villa finally forced the opener when Lichaj was in the right place to convert following a goalmouth scramble, and substitute Delfouneso's close-range strike put the result beyond doubt.

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:

Blue Square wrote:Good memories of the League Cup, going to miss it.







Ainsworth was ridiculously good for us

Is that all you bring away.

ShakerMatty wrote:WTF he's better then that surely?