Leyton Orient 1 Swansea City 2: Match Report
By Martin Williams 12/10/03
October 12 2003
Lee Trundle scored his eleventh goal of the season as Swansea won 2-1 away at Leyton Orient. But the league's top marksman then limped off the pitch with knee medial ligament damage.
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Leyton
Orient |
1 |
 |
| Swansea City |
2 |
|
| Saturday 11th
October 2003 |
Football League Division
Three |
| Matchroom
Stadium |
Attendance:
4,393 |
| Referee:
P Armstrong |
| Leyton Orient |
Swansea City |
| Chris Tate (88) |
Lee Trundle (9) |
| |
Kevin Nugent (15) |
| No. |
Player |
| 1 |
Lee Harrison |
|
|
|
14 |
Billy Jones (Forbes 41) |
|
|
| 3 |
Matt Lockwood |
|
|
|
18 |
Mark Peters |
|
|
| 19 |
David Hunt |
|
|
| 27 |
Alan McCormack |
|
|
|
5 |
David McGhee |
|
|
| 9 |
Gary Alexander (Thorpe
65) |
|
|
| 12 |
Marcus Ebdon |
90 |
|
| 17 |
Jabo Ibehre |
|
|
| 16 |
Wayne Purser (Tate 58) |
|
|
| |
Subs |
|
|
|
13 |
Glenn Morris |
|
|
|
28 |
Gabriel Zakauni |
|
|
|
22 |
Boniek Forbes (Jones 41) |
|
|
|
15 |
Chris Tate (Purser 58) |
|
|
|
10 |
Lee Thorpe (Alexander 65) |
|
|
|
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
| 1 |
GK |
Roger Freestone |
|
|
| 3 |
LB |
Michael Howard |
|
|
| 19 |
RB |
Richard Duffy |
44 |
|
| 4 |
CD |
Kristian O'Leary |
|
|
| 22 |
CD |
Izzy Iriekpen |
|
|
| 11 |
CM |
Lenny Johnrose |
45 |
|
| 25 |
CM |
Mark Wilson |
|
|
| 18 |
LW |
Andy Robinson |
|
|
| 7 |
RW |
Leon Britton |
|
|
| 8 |
ST |
Kevin Nugent |
|
|
| 10 |
ST |
Lee Trundle (Coates 20) |
|
|
| |
|
Subs |
|
|
| 21 |
N/U |
Brian Murphy |
|
|
| 5 |
N/U |
Jason Smith |
|
|
| 15 |
LW |
Jonathan Coates (Trundle
20) |
|
|
| 2 |
N/U |
Lee Jenkins |
|
|
| 24 |
N/U |
Richard Jones |
|
|
|
|
|
Lee Trundle scored his eleventh goal of the season as
Swansea won 2-1 away at Leyton Orient. But
the league's top marksman then limped off the pitch with knee medial
ligament damage.
Swansea were 2-0 inside the first quarter of an
hour at The Matchroom Stadium. Lee Trundle grabbed the first when Kevin
Nugent headed a cross down into his path. But with his back to goal
Trundle tried an over head kick and it fell over the head of Orient
goalkeeper, Lee Harrison and into the net.
Trundle and Nugent then swapped roles as the former
Wrexham players cross was met by Nugent who scored against his old club.
Orient could find no way past the Swans defence of
Howard, Duffy, O'Leary and Iriekpen until there were just two minutes
left.
Chris Tate rose at the back post to head home for
Orient. |
| Brian Flynn On Trundle's Injury |
| "He has slight ligament damage to
his knee. We are hopeful it is not too serious but obviously he had
to come off."
"It is a blow to us that Lee is out,"
he said. " He is an entertainer, and when he is enjoying his
football like that he is unstoppable.
"And
it is good to see that he and Kevin are linking up so well.
"But
we have dealt with injuries before, and I am sure the rest of the
squad are up to the task which I set them - which is to get
results." |
| Flynn Reflecting On The Game And
The Season Prospects |
|
" It
we can do what we did today for the rest of the season we can expect
to finish well in the league.
"A
place in the top seven is definitely not beyond us, but we have to
work hard and grind out results.
"They
put us under a lot of pressure today, and we dealt with it well.
Even after their goal, when they were in our box I was confident we
were going to win it.
"What
has changed since I arrived is we have begun to believe in
ourselves, and realised we have to grind out wins sometimes.
"Orient put us under pressure in the second half, but I thought we
defended the penalty box as well as we have done since I arrived at
the club.
"We
had chances to finish the game, but I was confident the lads would
hold on for the win.
"Eight wins in 13 games is very pleasing, but we won't get into a
comfort zone - we have to build on that and keep things going." |
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