Report by SJG

LEAGUE DIVISION TWO

CAMBRIDGE UNITED vs WIGAN ATHLETIC

25^th September 2001 

BOMBER ROBERTS BRACE SPARES LATICS BLUSHES.

It was a long evening in Cambridgeshire as Latics were subjected to a route one assault that was the hallmark of a team coached and managed by John Beck.

Wigan got the best possible start when ROBERTS forced home the ball on 17 minutes to give the visitors the lead but United struck back and PROKAS levelled in the 31^st minute.

Half Time; Cambridge United 1-1 Wigan Athletic.

The second half continued in similar fashion with Wigan struggling to exert any sort of control over proceedings and it was no surprise when the home side netted again with YOUNGS scoring seven minutes after the break.

Latics huffed and puffed with Dalglish replacing the ‘out of sorts’ Haworth. The change had some effect with the pace of Dalglish adding a new threat and ROBERTS was on hand to level the scores in the 72^nd minute.

There was to be late drama when referee Paul Alcock awarded the home team a penalty but goalkeeper Stewart Kerr came to Wigans rescue with a fine save from the resulting spot kick by Terry Fleming.

Manager Jewell was far from impressed by his charges, he complained about the levels of commitment from certain players and expressed his concerns about the core of the squad.

Full Time; Cambridge United 2-2 Wigan Athletic.

Scorers; Roberts (17), (72); Prokas (31); Youngs (52);

Attendance; 2,969

WIGAN ATHLETIC; Kerr; Green, Kennedy, Mitchell, De Zeeuw; Brannan, Dinning, Kilford; Haworth, Roberts, Ashcroft; SUBS—Dalglish (for Haworth), Santus (for Green);

CAMBRIDGE UNITED; Perez; Warner, Goodhind, Walling, Angus; Fleming, Prokas, Youngs; Kitson, One, Ashbee; SUB—Revell (for One).

Referee; Mr P. Alcock (Redhill, Surrey)