Scott McGleish and Leon Knight combined to hand 10-man Wycombe Wanderers a 2-1 home victory over rock-bottom Wrexham on Tuesday evening.McGleish and Knight both netted against Darlington on Saturday and brought Brian Little’s Wrexham side back down to earth with a bump following their win over Chester on Sunday.
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DERBY hero Paul Hall last night hailed Wrexham‘s travelling support following the victory over Chester – and called on the fans to push the Dragons on in their battle for survival.
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RICHARD HOPE spoke of the importance of building on the derby victory at Chester City when Wrexham travel to Wycombe Wanderers tonight.
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GOALKEEPER Gavin Ward did as much as anyone to secure a vital three points for Wrexham yesterday in the cross-border derby with Chester City, but modestly insisted it was all in a day’s work.
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Let me tell you something which worries me. Chester are in awful form.
I know I should be glad, but it seems we have a horrible habit of breaking teams’ bad runs.
Chester have certainly been in an awful state lately. In their last fifteen games they’ve won one and drawn two. Their last clean sheet was straight after they’d drawn 2-2 with us in Brian Little’s first game as our boss, eighteen games ago in early December, and the only time they’ve kept the opposition at bay in twenty-three…
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It was a perfect case of schadenfreude on Sunday.
Chester could have scored a few but were repelled by a goalkeeper they released at the start of the year. Ward showed City what they threw away with his virtuoso display, which included one save right out of the top drawer.
Oh, did I forget to mention that the save in question was made from a player who turned down the chance to sign for us six weeks ago?
And to my eyes the other outstanding performances came from Phill Bolland, also…
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Defensive duo Neil Taylor and Gareth Evans have been drafted into the Wrexham squad for the trip to Wycombe, but striker Rob Duffy misses out.Evans is available for selection again after completing a four-match ban picked up while out on loan at Tamworth while Duffy is ruled out with a knee injury sustained in Sunday’s 2-0 win at Chester.
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Chester caretaker manager Simon Davies felt his side’s profligacy proved costly during their 2-0 defeat against derby rivals Wrexham.Former City goalkeeper Gavin Ward was in inspired form on his first return to the club he left in January and pulled off a string of match-winning saves.
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