Super Swans Edge Closer To Promotion Saturday, 29th Mar 2008 14:15 Darren Pratley scores twice and Jason Scotland once to give the Swans a victory at Hartlepool 3swan reports: After a comical opening defending to find ourselves 1 down we battled back into the game. Another couple of early scares when crosses flew across the six yard box but after about the 10 minute we came more and more into the game where from about the 15 min dominated. Good goal from Pratley from the edge of the box and another pen from Scotland at a perfect time to score. The second half was different as we played into the very strong wind & rain. Clearances were only getting to the half way line putting us under more and more pressure. A couple of very good saves from Dorus and strong defending kept us in the lead. A good breakaway goal with Pratley feeding Duffy and continuing his run saw a return ball putting Pratley in one on one with the keeper. Slid the ball past him and found the corner of the net. From then it was just stay strong and take the 3 points. And the Hartlepool view from Poolie1974: We started off like a house on fire and inside the first minute Brown, Porter and Monkhouse destroyed your defence to open the scoring. God knows where your defence was we had 4 players waiting to score. After that you put us under a spell of pressure for 10 minutes but we held it off and then had a spell of our own when we could have easily been 3/4 up with our left-winger causing havoc down the flank and putting in 3 great crosses into the 6 yard box that only needed a touch to put the ball in, but there was no fooker there Your first goal was a snorter, the ball spun out to Pratley who blasted it into the corner with our keeper having no chance. It all looked even going into half-time until in injury time the referee gave the most diabolical penalty decision i've ever seen up here Our defender Clark clearly won the ball and about a second later your lad went over him(not a dive or owt just accidental) not one of your players or fans behind the goal appealed and the ref just blew for it. Scotland tucked it away no bother.
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