Daily Mirror - 19.08.2019

19.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR

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IN ASSOCIATION

WITH

LEAGUE ONE

RYAN EDWARDS admits

that Blackpool can only

improve – despite making

it three wins from three.

The defender said: “It’s

the worst we’ve played

so far. It wasn’t pretty

and it wasn’t our normal

quick, slick football.

“But you’ve got to find

different ways to win

matches and we did that.”

Edwards and Armand

Gnanduillet’s penalty put

Pool ahead, with Oxford’s

Josh Ruffels replying.

DANNY COWLEY has

warned his Lincoln

players not to get carried

away following a perfect

start after promotion.

Goals from Jason

Shackell, Harry Toffolo,

Tyler Walker and Bruno

Andrade hit Southend

and made it three wins

from three games.

And Imps boss Cowley

said: “What was good

about the group last year

was that we never got

ahead of ourselves.”

MARK ROBINS says

tomorrow’s trip to

Portsmouth will be a true

test of Coventry’s

progress this season.

The Sky Blues have yet

to concede this season

and wrapped up

Saturday’s win with goals

from Jordan Shipley and

Gervane Kastaneer.

Robins (left) said: “We

want to be up there with

Portsmouth and we’ve

got to go down there and

see where we are at.”

DAVID WHEELER was

relieved by the welcome

he received from MK

Dons fans – despite

netting the late winner.

The midfielder, 28,

helped MK to promotion

last season before

switching to Wycombe.

He said: “It’s easy to

boo someone, but

whenever I was near

them warming up they

gave me a good

reception, which I was

really flattered by.”

SEAN GOSS made his

Shrewsbury debut after

just one training session.

The former QPR

midfielder, 23, had been

training alone before

signing for the Shrews.

He said: “It’s brilliant to

be back out there.

“I had my first session

with the lads yesterday,

so to come straight in it’s

always going to be tough.

“This is a perfect

opportunity to come and

do well for the club.”

JOHN COLEMAN is

expecting big things of

strike-duo Courtney

Baker-Richardson and

Colby Bishop this term.

The Accrington boss

said: “Those two get

better every game. It’s

looking promising.”

Bishop was set up by

Baker-Richardson to

level after Luke O’Neill’s

cross was deflected to

put Wimbledon ahead.

Accrington had Zaine

Francis-Angol sent off.

DARREN MOORE

believes Doncaster have

laid down a marker.

The Rovers boss said:

“We’ve got a new team

trying to do what is

being asked of them.”

A late own-goal by

Fleetwood’s Wes Burns

settled the clash after

Doncaster’s Cameron

John and James

Coppinger scored.

Conor McAleny and

Paddy Madden netted

for Joey Barton’s men.

MORGAN FERRIER

said nothing should

detract from Tranmere’s

five-goal haul.

Rovers striker Ferrier

struck twice against

Phil Parkinson’s

collection of kids.

He said: “You can’t

take anything away

from the team, we were

clinical, and we are

delighted.”

Ollie Banks, Connor

Jennings and Stefan

Payne also netted.

JAKE BUXTON admits

that nothing is going

Burton’s way right now.

The Brewers skipper

was left frustrated after

his side were left empty-

handed when a shot

from Rotherham’s Ben

Wiles bounced in off

keeper Kieran O’Hara.

Buxton said: ”Two

weeks ago we conceded

against Ipswich with a

deflection – we need a

little bit of lady luck in

both boxes.”

GWION EDWARDS is

backing Ipswich skipper

Luke Chambers to add

to his goal-haul.

Chambers scored a

late header after Posh

pair Ivan Toney and Mo

Eisa overturned James

Norwood’s opener.

Winger Edwards said:

“We’re buzzing for skip.

He’s always been a

threat in the box. He’s

done that throughout

his career. That could be

a big point come May.”

BLACKPOOL 2

Edwards 5, Gnanduillet 45 pen

OXFORD UTD 1

Ruffels 45

LINCOLN 4

Shackell 31, Toffolo 40, Walker 48 pen, Andrade 81

SOUTHEND 0

COVENTRY 2

Shipley 45, Kasteneer 82

B ROVERS 0

WYCOMBE 3

Jacobson 12 pen, Onyedinma 37, Wheeler 90

MK DONS 2

Bowery 32, Houghton 51 pen

SHREWSBURY 0

ROCHDALE 0

WIMBLEDON 1

O’Neill 42

ACCRINGTON 1

Bishop 64

DONCASTER 3

John 19, Coppinger 39, Burns og 90

FLEETWOOD 2

McAleny 10, Madden 56

TRANMERE 5

Banks 38, Ferrier 40, 46, Jennings 63, Payne 75

BOLTON 0

BURTON 0

ROTHERHAM 1

O’Hara og 24

PETERBORO 2

Toney 29, Eisa 62

IPSWICH 2

Norwood 4, Chambers 90

THE HUNGER

GAINS

got a manager who believes in me.”

Potters boss Nathan Jones reacted

to this draw with a furious

emotional outburst, conceding it

could have been even worse had

Derby’s Martyn Waghorn not

missed a glorious chance to win

the game and complete his hat-

trick.

Waghorn admitted: “I’ve over-

thought it. The opportunity was

there just to place it in the far

corner. I need to be a bit more

ruthless and clinical.”

As for Jones’ outburst, Hogan

said: “He can shout, scream, laugh,

talk but his intentions are

everything you would want from a

manager. He puts his heart and

soul into it.”

and I needed a fresh start. I’ve

known ‘Greggs’ a long time and

we’ve come through the ranks.

“We’ve both worked our way up

the hard way. Maybe it gives us a

bit of a connection with the fans

because we’ve both come from

scraping the barrel and working.

“I had all sorts of jobs. Cleaning

toilets, factory working, flipping

tyres onto belts. I had everything

you could think of, but I think

‘Greggs’ was an electrician.”

They looked bright sparks on

Saturday with Gregory setting up

Hogan for a second-half goal

(above, celebrating with Tom Ince).

Hogan is also claiming a second,

credited to Liam Lindsay.

“It’s mine. The ball has come

over and he’s headed it, it’s hit me

on the face and gone on in,’’ he

said. Hogan re-ignited his passion

for the sport with a stint at

Sheffield United and is determined

to prove people wrong.

He added: “I’ve been written off

by a lot of people who don’t think

I’m this and don’t think I’m that,

that I’m a waste of money but I’ve

Hogan: I’ve

regained all

the desire I

lost at Villa

BY JANINE SELF

SCOTT HOGAN has gone back

to his roots and rediscovered

his passion for football.

The on-loan Stoke striker is

playing alongside former Halifax

team-mate Lee Gregory and is out

to prove he is no write-off.

Hogan admits he was a flop at

parent club Aston Villa, whom he

joined in 2017, and it was all his

fault.

He said: “I’m maybe guilty of

losing a bit of hunger when I got

my move to Villa and all that went

with it.

“My confidence got knocked. I

had a couple of injuries. It wasn’t

going well. I just didn’t fit in at

Villa. I tried everything over the

two years I was there. Sometimes

you’ve got to hold your hands up

STOKE 2

Lindsay 32, Hogan 56

DERBY 2

Waghorn 2, 70 pen

MOTM SCOTT HOGAN (STOKE)

STOKE: Butland 7, Smith 7, Batth 6,

Lindsay 7, McClean 6, Woods 6, Allen 6,

Clucas 7 (Etebo 87), Ince 6 (Collins 79,

5), Gregory 8 , Hogan 8 (Campbell 83)

DERBY: Roos, Lowe, Clarke, Keogh,

Malone 5 (Bielik 45, 5), Evans 6

(Knight 79,) Huddlestone 7, Dowell 7,

Jozefzoon 6, Waghorn 8, Lawrence 7

(Marriott 72, 5)

51% POSSESSION 49%

5 SHOTS ON TARGET 6

8 SHOTS OFF TARGET (^0)
(^10) CORNERS 5
(^1) OFFSIDE (^1)
(^13) FOULS 17
(^0 3) CARDS 3 0
MATCH STATS
REF: Tim Robinson ATT: 23,863
HOT SCOTT
Hogan runs to
celebrate the goal
that made it 2-1