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Wycombe
Wanderers 1
Luton Town 0 |
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10th January 2001 |
 Jamie
Bates and Ben Townsend returned to action after recent hamstring injuries as The
Wanderers Reserve XI beat Luton Town at Adams Park. Both players made it through
the 90 minutes and could feature when the respective First Teams meet on Friday
12th January.
The only goal of the game came in the 56th minute when Ian Simpemba played
through Leeyon Phelan who held off two defenders before firing low past
Nathan Abbey in The Hatters goal. There was good news for Simpemba the day
before this game when it was announced that he had been called up for the
Republic of Ireland Under 17 squad to play two friendly games in France on the
24th and 26th January.
After a torrid time in the Avon Insurance Combination last season, this game
marked a second successive victory for Terry Gibson's side and they have already
accumulated more points than the whole of last season.
Bates was partnered in the centre of defence by Alan Beeton, also returning
after a spell out through injury. Beeton had a sound game and looked far more
comfortable than his recent First Team appearances at left-back.
The duo had to contend with a Hatters side that forced ten first-half corners
but despite this Mark Westhead had a relatively quiet day in goal. Westhead did
well to finger tip around a Stuart Douglas effort in the 27th minute but at the
other end Harkin, Simpemba and Holsgrove all went close - the latter effort
clipping the top of the cross bar.
Stewart Castledine was disappointing again in midfield and was replaced by Jonny
Dixon at the break. After the interval Wycombe began to take control and
deservedly took the lead through Phelan. There was a scare six minutes before
the end when Bates had to head off the line from Rocky Baptiste's shot and in
the dying seconds the same player pulled a shot wide after John Nutter had lost
possession on the half-way line.
Final Score Wycombe 1 Luton Town 0
Wycombe:
Westhead, Townsend, Nutter, Bates, Beeton, Castledine (sub HT), Harkin,
Ryan, Lee, Holsgrove, Phelan, Simpemba (sub 80 Johnson)
subs not used Williams, Dash, Leach |
Reporting for Chairboys on
the Net at Adams Park was Steve Maguire
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