Johnson Paint Trophy, 2nd Round
Bradford C (1) 2 Boulding 20, Brandon 90.
Notts County (1) 2 Westcarr 10, Facey 85.
Bradford C win 3-2 on penalties.
Att: 3,701
CITY WIN PENALTY SHOOT-OUT
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Simon Eastwood saved two penalties as City won a dramatic shoot-out to beat
Notts County.
The Bantams saw off Notts County 3-2 on spot-kicks after the Johnstone's
Paint Trophy clash finished 2-2.
Former City skipper Graeme Lee was sent off on his Valley Parade return and
City twice came from behind.
Notts County were in front after 11 minutes through winger Craig Westcarr.
But unlike Meadow Lane two months ago, City bounced back as Michael Boulding
netted his second goal in successive games following a lovely pass by
Michael Flynn.
City enjoyed the lion's share of possession for the rest of the half and
Jamie O'Brien's free-kick almost slipped through right on the interval.
Lee was shown his second yellow card after 66 minutes for a foul on
Boulding. O'Brien's free-kick was well tipped over by Kasper Schmeichel.
Ten-man County came on strongly in the closing stages and Delroy Facey put
them back in front. But Chris Brandon headed a second equaliser to take the
game to penalties.
Eastwood saved from Facey and keeper Kasper Schmeichel to see City through
to round three.
Ref: Andy Hall (Birmingham).
Red card: Graeme Lee (66 min) - 2nd Yellow.
Yellow cards:
Bradford C: Brandon (38 min)
Notts C: Graeme Lee (14 min), Edwards (28 min),
Schmeichel (90), Westcarr (90+4).
Stats: Bradford C - Notts C
Possession: 54 - 46%
Shots on target: 8 - 6
Shots off target: 2 - 1
Fouls: 12 - 11
Corners: 10 - 7
Bradford C: 1. Simon Eastwood, 16. Jonathan Bateson, 2. Simon Ramsden, 6.
Matthew Clarke, 3. Luke O'Brien, 11. Chris Brandon, 19. James O'Brien, 4.
Michael Flynn (61), 20. Leon Osborne, 26. Scott Neilson (73), 14. Michael
Boulding.
SUBS: 13. Jon McLaughlin (GK), 5. Zesh Rehman, 10. Peter Thorne (73), 21.
Luke Sharry (61), 24. Louis Horne.
Notts County: 23. Kasper Schmeichel, 6. John Thompson, 4. Mike Edwards, 5.
Graeme Lee, 24. Daniel Jones, 20. Craig Westcarr, 8. Richard Ravenhill, 10.
Neal Bishop, 17. Jamie Clapham, 15. Karl Hawley (69), 22. Delroy Facey.
SUBS: 12. Kevin Pilkington (GK), 3. Matt Ritchie (69), 7. Matthew Hamshaw,
18. Stephen Hunt, 19. Luke Rodgers.
Penalty Sequence
NC = Notts County/BC = Bradford C, and the number indicates the penalty
taken.
NC-BC
1-0 NC1 Westcarr - scored.
1-0 BC1 Boulding - saved.
2-0 NC2 Ritchie - scored.
2-1 BC2 Thorne - scored.
2-1 NC3 Facey - saved.
2-2 BC3 Ramsden - scored.
2-2 NC4 Bishop - missed.
2-3 BC4 James O'Brien - scored.
2-3 NC5 Schmeichel - saved.
2-3 BC5 Not required.
Next match: (H) Crewe, Saturday Oct. 10, 2009. K.O. 3:00PM.
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Photos and Video
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8295674.stm
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http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/football/McParland-Notts-deserved/article-1397307-detail/article.html
McParland: Notts deserved so much more
IAN McParland was gutted to be knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at Bradford City.
The Notts County manager felt his much-changed side dominated at Valley Parade, even after being reduced to ten men.
But he said they conceded two poor goals, before losing 3-2 in the penalty shoot-out.
He said: "We deserved to win, I thought we were magnificent in the second half.
"Matty Ritchie cracked one off the bar. It was a great strike, I don't know how it stayed out. I put him on to try to win the game and we deserved to.
"He lit the game up when he came on and we battled hard after we went down to ten men. The lads got together and had a right go.
"We were in front in the final minute but we gave it away. Players have to make the right decisions from the corner.
"It wasn't even a dangerous corner and if we made the right decision it would not have gone in and we would have claimed a deserved win.
"It's a lottery when it comes down to penalties for the lads that stepped up to the plate. It takes a bit of bottle to do it."
McParland blasted referee Andy Hall for sending off Graeme Lee in the second half.
"I thought it was a terrible sending off and some of the bookings were not bookings, I thought the refereeing was shocking," he added.
"Spike (Lee) didn't even move, the lad just fell over. In the end, I wish Bradford good luck. They stuck their penalties away but we could have had them dead and buried, even with ten men.
"It was a proper cup tie and we came up here to win it. I'm happy with the performance, not the result. It's a terrible way to go out, on penalties, especially when we dominated so much."
Ben Davies and Johnnie Jackson both missed the game through injury – and McParland said he is not sure if they will be fit to face Torquay United at Meadow Lane on Sunday.
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