Shrewsbury 3-3 Town (2-4 On Penalties)
By Aston
August 12 2009
Town booked their place in the second round of the Carling Cup after beating League Two side Shrewsbury Town on penalties last night.
Town took an 11th minute lead through Connor Wickham, before Shrewsbury turned the game round taking a 2-1 lead with goals from Robinson in the 18th minute and Hibbert in the 24th.
Alan Quinn brought Town level 32 minutes and Wickham gave Town the lead again with his second goal of the evening on 59 minutes.
Shrewsbury drew level on 79 minutes thanks to Cansdell-Sherriff, which took the game to extra time and penalties, which Town won 4-2 with goals from Walters, Wickham, Quinn and Upson.
Town manager Roy Keane: "Connor has got potential but potential is one thing.
"He has to continue to work hard and he has shown a good attitude particularly in the role I have asked him to play.
"For a 16-year-old boy to play against Shrewsbury, whose centre halves were outstanding, it was very mature.
"We have to manage him carefully. It is a big ask which is why I have brought in another striker.
"We can't put too much of a work load on him because physically he is still growing.
"We can be selfish and ask him to play each week but long term that would not be good for the boy or the football club.
"It was a good game for the neutral, perhaps not so much for the manager in terms of the goals we gave away.
"We should have won the game when we were 3-2 up and we should have killed the game off. That's what you get when you work with young players.
"It was a big ask for them going into extra time, particularly for someone like Alex Bruce who had played a full game on Sunday.
"Cup competitions are about grinding out results and with the penalty shoot out it is great experience for the young players.
"We made hard work of it but a lot of big games are decided on penalty shoot outs. World Cups and European Cups, I'm not putting this game on a par with that, but it is part of the experience of winning game.
"When you get to a shoot out it is a bit of a lottery but players still have to step up and take a penalty, particularly in front of a good following. It was a good test and I feel the players came through with flying colours.
"We will see. It depends if we get to the final I will have a look at it.
"No seriously, the priority of this football club is to get promoted so there was no way I was going to risk some of the senior players and it was a good job because it would have been a big ask for them to play this after Sunday and another game on Saturday.
"If the young players continue to keep showing that desire, determination and character, then I will continue to play them."
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