Story of the night: Swindon Town 3-1 Hartlepool United – Pools unlucky as they fall to fourth straight League Two defeat
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Jonny Williams’ opener was cancelled out by Matty Daly before Swindon secured victory with goals from Tyreece Simpson and Jack Payne.
The result sees Pools drop to 15th in the table having picked up zero points and conceded 13 goals in their last four league outings.
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FULL-TIME: Swindon Town 3 (Williams 52’, Simpson 69’, Payne 90+4’) Hartlepool United 1 (Daly 61’)
Key Events
- Swindon XI: Wollacott; Odimayo, Iandolo, Conroy, Simpson, Payne, McKirdy (Gladwin 72), Williams (Lyden 85), Kesler-Hayden, Hunt, Reed
- Swindon subs: Gladwin, Lyden, Ward, Mitchell-Lawson, Gilbert, East, Grant
- Swindon bookings: McKirdy (59)
- Pools XI: Killip; Ogle, Byrne, Liddle, Francis-Angol (Holohan 76), Ferguson; Featherstone, Crawford, Daly (Fondop 76), Molyneux; Cullen (Olomola 66)
- Pools subs: Mitchell, Hendrie, Shelton, Holohan, Grey, Fondop, Olomola
- Pools bookings: none
- Referee: Lee Swabey
- Attendance: 7,714 (75 Pools)
GOAL! Simpson gives Swindon the lead again
Simpson controls the ball inside the penalty area, shrugs off his man and blasts the ball into the Pools net from close range.
67: Olomola comes on for Cullen and gets a chance straight away
Matty Daly’s ball into the box is almost met by Olomola a couple of yards out but Wollacott collects in the Swindon goal.
64: POOLS HAVE SWINDON ON THE ROPES
Players are queuing up for Pools to find the net following a neat ball through from Cullen to Ferguson. Several blocks from Swindon.
61: GOAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! DALY FIND THE NET
Matty Daly turns the ball in first time from Reagan Ogle’s low ball into the box.
59: McKirdy is shown the first booking of the game following a foul on Liddle
The Swindon man fouls Liddle then kicks the ball into the Pools goal from 35-yards. He’s booked for time wasting.
GOAL! McKirdy’s cross into the box is met by Williams with a bullet header
Williams gives Swindon the lead.
47: GREAT CHANCE FOR DALY!
Crawford slides Daly through on goal as the Pools midfielder takes a touch before seeing his effort deflect over.