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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Bescot Stadium
  • Attendance: 4810
  • Referee: Haywood, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

84 mins

Walsall are replacing Tommy Mooney with Ishmel Demontagnac.

77 mins

Paul Connor is replaced by Gavin Caines.

77 mins

Andy Lindegaard is replaced by Adam Connolly.

73 mins

Michael Ricketts is replaced by Troy Deeney.

56 mins

Goal!! Walsall have scored with Tommy Mooney putting it in the back of the net.

54 mins

The referee has booked Anthony Gerrard.

49 mins

Walsall are replacing Michael Dobson with Paul Hall.

46 mins

Craig Reid is replaced by Ashley Vincent.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

29 mins

The referee has booked Jeremy Gill.

10 mins

Tommy Mooney takes a penalty for Walsall and scores!.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, November 3rd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Veteran striker Tommy Mooney showed all the quality which has taken him through a long career as he helped Walsall to a comfortable victory and scored his 200th goal in senior football.

The former Birmingham player opened the scoring in the ninth minute, coolly stroking home a left-footed penalty after Mark Bradley had been brought down by Dean Sinclair.

Mooney forged a good partnership up front with Michael Ricketts, who was returning for his second spell at Walsall.

The former England striker might well have had a hat-trick, but in the 32nd minute his fine shot on the turn from 20 yards was saved by keeper Shane Higgs.

Three minutes later Ricketts saw a header hit the underside of the bar, with the ball being cleared by Shane Duff and in the second half Higgs again saved as Ricketts tried to send a shot over him from 12 yards.

Cheltenham, although trying hard, seldom threatened the Walsall goal although striker Paul Connor put in a lot of good runs which came to nothing.

In the 56th minute Mooney put Walsall further ahead with a clever chip over Higgs following a good cross by Edrissa Sonko.

The Robins staged a strong finish in which substitute Ashley Vincent saw an 80th-minute header go just over the bar from a free-kick by Alan Wright.

In the dying seconds the visitors almost pulled a goal back when another substitute, Adam Connolly, saw an angled shot hit the foot of the Walsall post.

It was not a happy start for Keith Downing, appointed as Cheltenham's permanent manager on Friday, because his side never troubled home keeper Clayton Ince, while Walsall could have won by a far larger margin.

Walsall Team

Cheltenham Town Team

Walsall

Cheltenham Town

Corners

7 5

Fouls

12 10

Goal attempts

20 6

Shots off target

7 4

Offsides

3 3

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