Stevenage 2-2 Hartlepool: Match Report

Laird on the mark to deny PoolsScott Laird rescued a 2-2 draw for Stevenage against Hartlepool with a well-taken equaliser with just two minutes left.Laird latched onto substitute Robin Shroot's cross to head home clinically and salvage a point.Hartlepool were in command in the first half and deservedly went in at the break with a two-goal cushion.Early on Andy Monkhouse fired in a powerful shot which Chris Day got down well to save, but two goals inside eight minutes fired the visitors into a healthy lead.Peter Hartley scored first when he headed in following a fine cross from the left from Evan Horwood.Four minutes before half-time it was two courtesy of a penalty. Jon Ashton clumsily upended Colin Nish, leaving Adam Boyd to make no mistake from the spot.After the break the hosts rallied and grabbed a lifeline when Byron Harrison fired home from inside the box.And after Laird's late leveller, Shroot almost nicked it for the hosts when he fired inches wide from 12 yards.Stevenage 2-2 Hartlepool: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.

Source: DSG