Stevenage 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 December 2011
Result
Stevenage 2-1 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Saturday 17 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Stevenage 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Stevenage beat Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Chris Beardsley opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Stevenage's goals came from Chris Beardsley (38') and M. Roberts (84'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Joss Labadie (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Stevenage received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stevenage were 9th on 29 points from 20 and Tranmere Rovers 15th on 26 points from 20. Stevenage went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Tranmere Rovers 12th with 56.
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Tranmere Rovers's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · J. Welsh
- 38'Goal · Chris Beardsley
- 52'Yellow card · Stacy Long
- 59'Yellow card · Michael Kay
- 64'Yellow card · Luke Freeman
- 70'Red card · Ben May
- 76'Yellow card · Andy Robinson
- 84'Goal · M. Roberts
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Joss Labadie
Team news
Stevenage line-up
Chris Day, Lawrie Wilson, Scott Laird, Mark Roberts, Stacy Long, Luke Freeman, Michael Bostwick, Chris Beardsley, C. Aneke, Byron Harrison, Jon Ashton
Tranmere Rovers line-up
Paul Rachubka, Mark McChrystal, Ash Taylor, David Buchanan, Michael Kay, Joss Labadie, John Welsh, Adam McGurk, Lucas Akins, Jose Baxter, Enoch Showunmi