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  • Beckford (87)
  • Date:2009-03-14
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Elland Road
  • Attendance:21765
  • Referee:Stroud, K

Live Commentary

90mins

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

90mins

It's red. He's off. Jermaine Beckford has been sent off.

87mins

Goal!! Jermaine Beckford scores for Leeds.

84mins

Ben Parker is being taken off, Mike Grella has come on in his place.

83mins

Swindon are replacing Anthony McNamee with Jack Smith.

79mins

Leeds are replacing Luciano Becchio with Liam Dickinson.

79mins

Leeds are replacing Neil Kilkenny with Bradley Johnson.

63mins

Simon Cox goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

53mins

Owain Tudur-Jones goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

48mins

Jermaine Beckford is booked for dissent.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by K Stroud

44mins

Robert Snodgrass goes into the referee's book for dissent.


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Match Report

Jermaine Beckford was Leeds United's hero and villain. His 29th goal of the season in the 86th minute ensured a seventh successive home win but he was sent off in injury time for a second yellow card.

Not surprisingly Leeds kept the side which trounced Yeovil 4-0 in midweek, though there was a place on the bench for striker Liam Dickinson after he joined the club on loan from Derby County 24 hours earlier.

Swindon's only change was Phil Smith's return in goal for Slovakian Peter Brezovan and it was Smith's heroics which repeatedly sprang to the Robins' rescue.

Smith swooped low to his left to prevent Beckford from adding to his 28-goal tally as early as the third minute.

Then the agile keeper turned a powerful drive from Robert Snodgrass round a post and after the lively Snodgrass had sent an angled effort fizzing just over the bar, Smith was in action again.

This time the former Crawley keeper did well to parry Jonny Howson's shot and Fabian Delph put the rebound wide when he should have scored.

Swindon had little to offer in attack, Sean Morrison's long throws providing the main threat to Leed ' under-worked rearguard until leading scorer Simon Cox stooped to head inches wide of the near post from Owain Tudur-Jones' free-kick from the left.

Beckford had a header cleared off the line by Michael Timlin and a shot well saved by Smith, but persistence finally paid off as he headed home a cross from Snodgrass at the far post.

In injury time Beckford collected his second yellow card for strongly disputing an offside flag.

Leeds United

Swindon Town

Corners

84

Fouls

1711

Goal attempts

1810

Shots off target

55

Offsides

13

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