Npower League Two
Cheltenham (2) 4 Goulding 31 , 67, Pack 35, Thomas 76.
Bradford C (0) 0
Att: 2,666
Next fixture
L2 (A) Lincoln City, Saturday 1/1/11, K.O. 3:00PM.
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Match stats
Cheltenham - Bradford C
Possession: 52 - 48%
Shots on target: 10 - 4
Shots off target: 10 - 5
Fouls: 10 - 11
Corners: 10 - 8
Ref: Chris Sarginson (Staffordshire).
Yellow cards:
Cheltenham: Thomas (51 min).
Bradford C: Hendrie (75 min).
Cheltenham: 1. Scott P Brown, 2. Keith Lowe, 22. Steve Elliott, 6. Martin
Riley, 3. Danny Andrew, 14. John Melligan (85), 24. Marlon Pack, 7. Michael
Pook (70), 11. Brian Smikle, 10. Jeff Goulding, 9. Wesley Thomas (79).
SUBS: 12. Daniel Lloyd-Weston (GK), 4. David Bird (70), 5. Andy Gallinagh,
15. Marley Watkins (85), 20. Frankie Artus, 21. Shaun Jeffers (79), 23.
Robin Shroot.
Bradford C: 40. Lenny Pidgeley, 29. Richard Eckersley, 6. Luke Oliver, 26.
Rob Kiernan, 3. Luke O'Brien, 20. Tom Adeyemi (46), 8. Tommy Doherty, 23.
Dave Syers, 9. Gareth Evans, 17. James Hanson, 30. Jason Price.
SUBS: 1. Jon McLaughlin (GK), 11. Lee Hendrie (46), 12. Steve Williams, 14.
Leon Osborne, 19. Louis Moult, 22. Lee Bullock, 28. Robbie Threlfall.
Position: 16th
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By Simon Parker (T&A)
Bradford City were sent crashing to a 4-0 defeat on their return to action
at Cheltenham this afternoon.
After 17 days without a game, the Bantams must wish their trip to Whaddon
Road had become another victim of the icy snap.
City had a lot of possession but Cheltenham were clinical and made
everything count.
City came under early pressure and Steve Elliott nodded over from close
range when it looked easier to score.
Cheltenham had a shoot-on-sight policy with Wesley Thomas a menace to the
away defence.
City could have grabbed the lead on the break through Gareth Evans and David
Syers.
But Cheltenham were on top and made their superiority count with two goals
in four minutes.
Jeff Goulding struck the first with the help of a generous deflection that
gave Lenny Pidgeley no chance.
But there was nothing lucky about the second when Marlon Pack smashed home a
25-yarder after a poor clearance from Richard Eckersley.
Pidgeley saved superbly from Danny Andrew before City tried to get back into
the game.
But Cheltenham made sure of the points with Goulding forcing in his second
from a rebound after Pidgeley had pulled off an instinctive block to keep
out Martin Riley.
And the outstanding Thomas threw salt in the wounds by making it 4-0 14
minutes from time.
Oliver headed against the post late on but nothing was going for City, who
will be looking for an immediate response at Lincoln on New Year's Day.
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TAYLOR BLASTS BELOW-PAR BANTAMS
Boss Peter Taylor felt Bradford were their own worst enemy and must improve
defensively after losing 4-0 at Cheltenham.
A Jeff Goulding double helped the Robins record their biggest win of the
season as they moved into the League Two play-off places. Marlon Pack and
Wes Thomas were also on the score sheet at Whaddon Road on Tuesday.
"We gave them three goals," said the former England coach. "We had the ball
and gave it away in bad areas.
That's very poor on our part and I think nine times out of 10 you concede
goals when you haven't got good shape and we have certainly done that of
late. Whether it is because the younger ones are not as consistent as they
should be, I don't know.
"Going forward we always looked as though we were going to score. We had a
good chance just before they scored their first goal and they then go down
the other end where we make a mistake in an important area.
"I don't want to take anything away from Cheltenham but some of the things
that happened were down to our mistakes."
Taylor added: "Gareth Evans has been desperate to start and I said to
everyone afterwards that he was our best player by miles. He showed how
desperate he has been to get back into the team - we could have done with a
few more like that."
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CONLON LEAVES COUNTY
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Former City striker Barry Conlon is looking for another club after leaving
Stockport by mutual consent.
Conlon failed to score in 11 County appearances, including the 1-1 draw with
the Bantams at Edgeley Park in September.
Conlon last week pleaded guilty to drink driving and was given a
three-and-a-half-year ban by Wigan magistrates. He also pleaded guilty to
driving without insurance.
A club statement said: "Conlon has suffered with injury for much of his stay
at Edgeley Park which resulted in him not making the impact expected. He has
also had off-field issues to deal with recently."
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