Exeter City 0 Brentford 2. L2.

Sunday 28 December 2008
Ref: Tony Bates

Att: 6,791 with 828 away fans.

BBC match report –

Brentford striker Charlie MacDonald scored a controversial penalty to help condemn Exeter to a home defeat.

Referee Anthony Bates awarded the Bees a spot-kick for a foul by Rob Edwards 14 minutes from time when he looked to have won the ball.

The penalty was dispatched by MacDonald and any hopes Exeter had of mounting a comeback were ended in the 79th minute.

Poor defending allowed Sam Wood to run through and blast a low shot into the bottom corner.

Exeter: Jones, Tully, Seaborne, Edwards, Murray, Saunders (Sercombe 77), Gill, Panther, Harley, Basham (McAllister 60), Stewart (Stansfield 59).

Subs Not Used: Marriott, Obersteller.

Booked: Harley, Murray.

Brentford: Hamer, Osborne, Phillips, Bennett, Dickson, Williams, Bean, O'Connor, Wood, MacDonald, Bowditch. 

Subs Not Used: Brown, Poole, Johnson, Slanner, Halls.

Booked: Bennett, MacDonald.

Goals: MacDonald 75 pen, Wood 79.

Att: 6,791

Ref: Tony Bates (Staffordshire).