Walsall 2-3 Hartlepool United: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 October 2008
Result
Walsall 2-3 Hartlepool United
League One · Saturday 18 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Walsall 2-3 Hartlepool United: match report
Walsall were beaten by Hartlepool United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Michael Ricketts opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Walsall's goals came from Michael Ricketts (5') and Jabo Ibehre (13'). Hartlepool United scored through Antony Sweeney (72'), M. Robson (76') and James Brown (83').
Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Hartlepool United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 8th on 17 points from 10 and Hartlepool United 16th on 11 points from 10. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Hartlepool United 19th with 50.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Hartlepool United's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Michael Ricketts
- 11'Yellow card · Antony Sweeney
- 13'Goal · Jabo Ibehre
- 50'Yellow card · Richard Taundry
- 51'Yellow card · Ritchie Jones
- 72'Goal · Antony Sweeney
- 76'Goal · M. Robson
- 83'Goal · James Brown
- 90'Yellow card · Anthony Gerrard