11-04-2015, 19:47
North End's owner Trevor Hemmings will be a happy man tonight, his horse won the Grand National for the third time in 10 years and his football club inched every closer to a return to the Championship.
A keenly contested game between the divisions top two as they shared the point in a 1-1 draw. City will possible feel they may have got more from the game but sponsors man of the match Sam Johnstone made two great saves, one a reflex save when taken by surprise by a near post effort in the first half and the second from an Agard header which he brilliantly tipped onto the bar in the second half.
The first half was a cagey affair with City being gifted a host of free kicks in and around the home penalty area, they wasted them all although one hit the side netting caused the travelling support to think they had scored. For North End Beckford's overhead kick caused Fielding problems as did a Laird corner kick which was cleared by the defence. Some home supporters thought they should have had a penalty when Fielding appeared to bring down Garner, but Mr Madley was consistent he gave us nowt.
Cityb started brightly wih Johnstone's save keeping but score level however on the hour the home side took the lead,Humphreys cross from the right, Gallagher shot saved by Fielding and Beckford bundles the ball home, atmosphere goes up 10 notches. Parity returned four minutes later from a free kick Flint nodded the ball across the face of the goal and Wilbrahim stooped to conquer.
City piled forward for the winner but were denied by a determined North End defence, Emmanuel Thomas came on for the last 10 minutes for City to run at a tired defence but North End stuck manfully to the task in hand, indeed they could have won the game at the death, poor City defending let in Robinson, however could not get the ball under control and his tame shot was easily saved.
Results from other matches went both clubs way and suspect both managers will be more than happy.
Preston North End 1 Bristol City 1 Att16000
A keenly contested game between the divisions top two as they shared the point in a 1-1 draw. City will possible feel they may have got more from the game but sponsors man of the match Sam Johnstone made two great saves, one a reflex save when taken by surprise by a near post effort in the first half and the second from an Agard header which he brilliantly tipped onto the bar in the second half.
The first half was a cagey affair with City being gifted a host of free kicks in and around the home penalty area, they wasted them all although one hit the side netting caused the travelling support to think they had scored. For North End Beckford's overhead kick caused Fielding problems as did a Laird corner kick which was cleared by the defence. Some home supporters thought they should have had a penalty when Fielding appeared to bring down Garner, but Mr Madley was consistent he gave us nowt.
Cityb started brightly wih Johnstone's save keeping but score level however on the hour the home side took the lead,Humphreys cross from the right, Gallagher shot saved by Fielding and Beckford bundles the ball home, atmosphere goes up 10 notches. Parity returned four minutes later from a free kick Flint nodded the ball across the face of the goal and Wilbrahim stooped to conquer.
City piled forward for the winner but were denied by a determined North End defence, Emmanuel Thomas came on for the last 10 minutes for City to run at a tired defence but North End stuck manfully to the task in hand, indeed they could have won the game at the death, poor City defending let in Robinson, however could not get the ball under control and his tame shot was easily saved.
Results from other matches went both clubs way and suspect both managers will be more than happy.
Preston North End 1 Bristol City 1 Att16000
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