Daily Mirror - 26.08.2019

26.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR

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NEIL & PLAY

IN ASSOCIATION

WITH

LEAGUE ONE

IPSWICH claimed top

spot as crisis club Bolton

were pushed closer to

the edge.

The Trotters have

been given until 5pm

tomorrow by the EFL to

sort out a takeover.

If not then a 14-day

countdown to expel them

from the Football League

could be triggered.

James Norwood (2),

Kayden Jackson (2) and

Gwion Edwards made it a

Tractor Boys field day.

SCOTT KASHKET

apologised after stealing

a stoppage-time winner

for Wycombe.

Southend led 2-0 and

3-2 through Brandon

Goodship and Stephen

Humphrys’ double. But

Kashket, who scored

twice, had the last word

after Mark Milligan’s own

goal and an 89th-minute

Anthony Stewart leveller.

He said: “Sorry to

leave it late, but better

late then never.”

JORDAN THOMPSON

reckons Blackpool fans

are still on a high despite

being knocked off top

spot.

The Seasiders wasted

chances but remain

unbeaten – and

Thompson reckoned the

draw wasn’t a setback.

He said: “The fans

have been brilliant.

They’ve probably gone

away happy enough

because the

performance was good.”

SUNDERLAND boss Jack

Ross hailed “enigma”

Chris Maguire for

bagging a hat-trick.

American investors,

who are set to take over

the club, watched the

striker (right) grab his

treble, with Kwesi Appiah

scoring for Wimbledon.

Ross said: “Chris can

be a bit of an enigma at

times but has real quality

about his play.

“And with that quality,

he should always be in

DANNY COWLEY said

Lincoln were denied

potentially game-

changing penalties by

referee Craig Hicks.

Jorge Grant cancelled

out a Rovers opener

from on-loan Wolves

striker Niall Ennis but

sub Jon Taylor went on

to win it for the hosts.

But Imps boss Cowley

said: “There should have

been at least three

penalties in the game.

The ref cost us.”

SKY BLUES keeper

Marko Marosi pulled off

a wonder save after

Gills No.1 Jack Bonham

blundered.

Marosi’s acrobatics

denied Mikael Ndjoli a

late free-kick equaliser.

Bonham let a corner

fly over his head to

allow Dom Hyam to fire

Coventry ahead.

Boss Mark Robins

hailed Marosi. “What a

save,” he said. “It was a

world-class save.”

CHED EVANS scored a

penalty clincher on his

second Fleetwood debut.

The Wales striker

rejoined the Cod Army

on a permanent deal in

the summer and came

on for Paddy Madden,

who had opened the

scoring in the first half.

Evans said: “I took a

few penalties last

season so I just wanted

to carry on from there

and I just had to strike

it well.”

KIERAN O’HARA is

hoping Ole Gunnar

Solskjaer gets to hear

of his first Brewers

clean sheet.

The Irish keeper, 23,

is embarking on his fifth

loan spell away from Old

Trafford. He said: “I’m a

Manchester United

player on loan here until

the end of the season.

“It’s all about

showing everybody here

and at United what I’m

all about.”

ROVERS boss Graham

Coughlan hit out at the

trolls who abused his

daughter on social

media.

Goals from Ed Upson,

Jon Clarke-Harris and

Tom Nichols overturned

Ben Woodhouse’s

Oxford opener.

Coughlan said: “If

you’re going to give me

abuse, give it to me.

“But don’t come

anywhere near my

family.”

MO EISA bagged his

fourth goal in three

games for rampant

Peterborough.

The summer signing

from Bristol City added

to earlier strikes from

Marcus Maddison and

Ivan Toney.

Eisa said: “I’ve got

back to full sharpness

and got goals, hopefully

that continues.”

MK Dons boss Paul

Tisdale added: “It’s a

lesson for us.”

BOLTON 0

IPSWICH 5

Norwood 19 pen, 72, Edwards 50, Jackson 60, 64

WYCOMBE 4

Milligan 36 og, Kashket 55, 90, Stewart 89

SOUTHEND 3

Goodship 11, Humphrys 30, 47

ROCHDALE 0

BLACKPOOL 0

SUNDERLAND 3

Maguire 8, 53, 79

WIMBLEDON 1

Appiah 34

DONCASTER 2

Ennis 13, Taylor 83

LINCOLN 1

Grant 57

COVENTRY 1

Hyam 26

GILLINGHAM 0

FLEETWOOD 2

Madden 28, Evans 71 pen

ACCRINGTON 0

SHREWSBURY 0

BURTON 0

BRISTOL ROV 3

Upson 37, Clarke-Harris 45, Nichols 77

OXFORD 1

Woodburn 27

MD DONS 0

PETERBOROUGH 4

Maddison 21, Toney 28, Eisa 40, 72

my team.” The defeat left

Wimbledon with just one

point from the opening

five games.

Boss Wally Downes said:

“We have to make sure

that we stick together

during this bad patch. It’s

been a tough run of

games.

“But I’ve seen good play

from us and now it’s about

moving on, coming

through it, and marching

on for the rest of the

season.”

Boss Harris: In the

summer we spent..

it can pay off now

BY CLIVE HETHERINGTON

NEIL HARRIS predicts better

things for his Millwall side –

and Jonathan Woodgate’s

Middlesbrough, too.

The Lions boss sees similarities

between the two outfits and there

was certainly nothing to separate

them at the Riverside.

The rival managers (before the

match, below), who argued they

were both denied two “blatant’’

penalties, had to settle for parity.

Harris carried out a major over-

haul of his squad this summer and

Woodgate is starting from scratch

in his maiden managerial role.

Millwall recovered from a 4-0

midweek mauling at Fulham in

what Harris maintains is a

respectable start to the

season after escaping

relegation last term.

Harris, red-

carded by referee

John Brooks close

to half-time after a

touchline tussle

for the ball with

Boro first-team

coach Leo Percovich, said: “I’m

pleased, eight points from five

games and they’ve been difficult

games as well.

“To go to Fulham, who were very

good the other night, and West

Brom and to come here – which I

know is a work in progress, but still

a very talented squad – it’s a good

return for us.

“We have a long

way to go, we’re

probably similar to

Middlesbrough and

Jonathan, and the

international break

will be a good

chance to work on a

few things. I expect

us to be better after September.

“As a club, we’ve never really had

good starts but finished really

strongly, and I’ve no idea why, but

we’ve started well this time and we

want to maintain it.

“Recruitment is key and it can’t

be done in one window, you need

two or three. I had a core

who came in, so every

player now is my

player after four

years.

“I let players go

because we had to

freshen it up and

brought in players

specifically for how

I want to play. We’ll get better and

it’s the same for Jonathan who

needs time, too.

“We’re not looking at the

play-offs. Being better than last

season is our only target. We were

fourth bottom with 44 points. In

the summer, we invested a couple

of million pounds, which was huge,

and hopefully we’ll

see the rewards.’’

Sub Tom Bradshaw

salvaged a point for

Millwall in the 76th

minute.

Midfielder Paddy

McNair grabbed his

first goal for Boro six

minutes earlier to

open the scoring and

right-back Jonny Howson said: “Up

to now, we’ve generally done better

in the first half.

“This time, it was the second 45.

If we can knit it all together, we

might see what this team is

capable of.’’

MIDDLESBROUGH 1

McNair 70

MILLWALL 1

Bradshaw 76

MOTM PADDY McNAIR (MIDDLESBROUGH)

MIDDLESBROUGH: Randolph 7,

Howson 6, Ayala 5, Shotton 6, Bola 5,

Clayton 6 (Wing 81), McNair 8, Saville 6,

Fletcher 6, Assombalonga 7, Browne 5

(Johnson 46, 6)

MILLWALL: Bialkowski 7, Romeo 5,

Pearce 6, Cooper 5, M Wallace 6,

O’Brien 5 (Ferguson 67, 5), Leonard 7,

Williams 5 (Bradshaw 75, 6), Mahoney

6 (McCarthy 88), Thompson 6, Smith 7

60% POSSESSION 40%

2 SHOTS ON TARGET 4

4 SHOTS OFF TARGET 4

(^6) CORNERS 7
(^1) OFFSIDE 0
(^13) FOULS 10
(^0) 0 CARDS (^2 0)
MATCH STATS
REF: John Brooks ATT: 19,279
BRAD ALL OVER
Bradshaw manages to
squeeze home the ball
and celebrates (below)