Tuesday 29th September 2009

Exeter City 1 Swindon Town 1.

In a lively start it was City who edged the opening exchangeswith Craig Noone in particular looking sharp. As early as the second minute he showed some wonderful trickery down the left before whipping in a delicious low outswinger that just evaded the rushing James Dunne. It wasn't all City though, as sixty seconds later Oscar Jansson had to be sharp to turn a smart long range free kick round the base of the post. 

The two teams continued to cancel each other out with plenty of industry but little goalmouth action until midway through the half when once again Noone bamboozled the Swindon defencebut the cross came to nothing.

Despite the very even nature of the first half, it took a mere eight minutes of the second for Swindon to take the leadA deep corner to the far post saw the ball fall to the head of the giant Kevin Amankwaah some ten yards out.

Understandably Swindon's tails were up and they began to push forward in numbers more regularlyand once again Jannson had to be sharp two minutes after the goal to smother a vicious 15 yard strike to his near post

It was all City in a mad last five minutes. Seaborne swung in a peach of a cross to the near postIn burst Richard Logan to plant a fine header from close range into the net and send three sides of the ground into delerium (or was it relief?!

City team: Oscar Jansson, Richard Duffy, Matt Taylor, Troy Archibald-Henville, Danny Seaborne, Bertie CozicMarcus Stewart, Ryan Harley (Adam Stansfield), James Dunne, Craig Noone, Barry Corr (Stuart Fleetwood)

Swindon Town team: David Lucas, Kevin Amankwaah, Scott Cuthbert, Gordon Greer, Callum Kennedy (Sean Morrison) Temitope Obadeyi, Jon-Paul McGovern, Jonathan Douglas, Simon Ferry (Billy Paynter) Anthony McNamee (Michael Timlin)

Referee: Keith Stroud

Attendance: 5337 with 609 away fans

BBC match summary and information 

Richard Logan rescued a point for Exeter against Swindon.

The visitors had the best chance of the first half but substitute Ben Hutchinson headed against the bar. Kevin Amankwaah broke the deadlock eight minutes into the second half when he powered in a header at the back post from John-Paul McGovern's cross. Jonathan Douglas forced Exeter keeper Oscar Jansson into a brilliant save and the Grecians rescued a point when Logan headed in Danny Seaborne's cross.

Swindon manager Danny Wilson told BBC Wiltshire:

"The chances we've had, crikey, we won't get better than them this season if it continues until doomsday. "We're nine games unbeaten, I don't know what everyone's worried about, yes we haven't won a couple of games we expected to win but it's not the end of the world."