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  • Date:2008-08-23
  • Kick-off:17:20
  • Venue:Home Park
  • Attendance:9203
  • Referee:D'Urso, A

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

77mins

Jason Scotland is being taken off, Gorka Pintado has come on in his place.

73mins

Darren Pratley is being taken off, Garcia Jordi Gomez has come on in his place.

69mins

Steven MacLean is being taken off, Jamie Mackie has come on in his place.

69mins

Plymouth are replacing Rory Fallon with Jermaine Easter.

60mins

Luke Summerfield is being taken off, David McNamee has come on in his place.

47mins

Leon Britton goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by A D'Urso

44mins

Goal!! Swansea have scored with Jason Scotland putting it in the back of the net.

14mins

Luke Summerfield goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.


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Match Report

Jason Scotland condemned Plymouth Argyle to their second successive defeat as Swansea continued to make light of their first season in the Championship.

Scotland struck two minutes before half-time to leave Argyle still looking for their first win of the season.

It might have been so different if referee Andy D'Urso had not ruled out what looked like a perfectly good goal by Pilgrims centre-back Marcel Seip early in the second half.

However, the visitors deserved their victory against a lucklustre home side, who, much to the delight of the visiting supporters, contained four players with Cardiff City links as well as ex-Swan Rory Fallon.

One former Bluebird, striker Steve MacLean, replaced Jamie Mackie in an otherwise unchanged Argyle line-up, while Swansea recalled Angel Rangel for Matt Collins.

Swansea kept Argyle penned in their own half for most of the first half, with Darren Pratley and Ferrie Bodde bringing the best out of man-of-the-match goalkeeper Graham Stack.

However, it was not until half-time approached that the visitors edged in front, Scotland exchanging passes with Pratley before sliding the ball past Stack.

Argyle were deprived of a goal when D'Urso's baffling decision denied Seip of a second successive home strike after he headed home Luke Summerfield's left-wing corner early in the second half.

There was no appeal from any Swansea player and countless television replays failed to show D'Urso's post-match contention that Swans goalkeeper Dorus de Vries had been impeded.

Thereafter, Swansea never looked threatened and made fairly light work of hanging on to their lead to register a second Championship victory since their promotion last season.

Plymouth Argyle

Swansea City

Corners

57

Fouls

1711

Goal attempts

614

Shots off target

34

Offsides

42

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