League One Results 21st August 2010 Part 2

Peterborough United 4-2 Huddersfield Town
I was a bit surprised to see that many were predicting an instant return to the Championship for Peterborough – and, for that matter, Huddersfield - and certainly to begin with Peterborough didn’t look obviously like a team who were Championship-bound. But after being 2-0 down after the first 33 minutes, Peterborough fought back to a 4-2 victory although admittedly Huddersfield had forgotten how to play football during half-time which probably helped.
Before the match, it was suggested that Arron Davies might get a place in the starting line-up and this prediction turned out to be absolutely right. Arron nearly scored so let’s hope he keeps his place.

Rochdale 1-2 Colchester United
Both managers were unusually complimentary about their opposite numbers as Rochdale played well but didn’t manage to prevent Colchester from taking the points.
Rochdale didn’t seem to have any Welsh players last season but this season they have Matt Done, who signed from Hereford United. I didn’t know about him when he was at Hereford either but it’s not surprising they’ve got loads of Welsh players, they’re right next to Wales. Matt stayed on the bench for this match
Lee Beevers and Lloyd James were on the bench for Colchester and Lee made his first appearance for Colchester for ages with a 79th minute substitute appearance.

Swindon Town 1-1 Brentford
Brentford got their first point away to Swindon Town. Swindon are only a few points above them but they didn’t have a great start last season either and they got to the play-off final. Both teams played well and had chances to win it but neither team did it.
Nicky Adams has only just signed for Brentford from Leicester City but he was on the bench and made his debut as a 68th minute substitute.

Tranmere Rovers 0-3 Bournemouth
Tranmere aren’t really one of the big sides in League One but Bournemouth will rightly be happy with a 3-0 away win. This result might suggest a problem with Tranmere’s defence but they seemed to struggle more in attack. As for Bournemouth, they certainly look the strongest of the promoted teams.
Kayelden Brown made a half-time substitute appearance for Tranmere.
Rhoys Wiggins played well in defence for Bournemouth and showed he’s not that bad in attack either. Joe Partington was on the bench but he correctly predicted that Josh McQuoid would score and got a hug in return – not to mention an invitation to stay at Josh’s house the night before the next home game. Maybe he’ll get a lot more than a hug next time.

Walsall 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth opened the scoring in the first half but Walsall fought back to take the win. Plymouth didn’t play badly but they’ll need to improve their defending although for now they are only two points from the play-off places.
Sean Geddes was on the bench for Walsall.
Carl Fletcher played the full match for Plymouth and got what is likely to be the first of many yellow cards. They’ll miss him when he’s suspended.

Yeovil Town 0-2 Hartlepool United
Hartlepool looked like a team in trouble but after this away win, maybe Yeovil are in more trouble still. They really didn’t play well but even so, Hartlepool were quite lucky.
Nathan Jones was in the starting line-up for Yeovil but he played little more than an hour before getting booed off. Even though it was his free kick that led to Yeovil nearly scoring.