BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY RACE MEETING SELECTIONS

Bit of fun for Monday, we have meetings all around the country and so thought I’d have a look through the cards and aim to pick out my best selection from each course. 

Six UK meetings during the day are being held at Epsom, Chepstow, Newcastle and Ripon on the flat as well as National Hunt cards at Cartmel and Huntingdon. We will target the "big" race at each meeting, and make a selection from there. 

This will include the likes of the "famous" Blaydon Race being held at Newcastle although these days it's just a 2yo nursery but it's nice to have these historic names around now since most races have been renamed by sponsors to something ridiculous. 

EPSOM
3:05 -- 5f Handicap
Nice little 8 runner race on this unique track so it might pay to focus on the three course and distance winners in the field. 

This gives us Duke of Firenze, Captain Dunne and Monumental Man against the field but we'll have to pick one which leads us to DUKE OF FIRENZE with Adrena Atzeni on board. Was last in the "Dash" here on Derby day, but ran well until near end and eased, this race should be more to his liking. [7th 8/1]


CHEPSTOW 
4:30 -- 1m 14y Handicap
Good field of eight declared for this handicap, it will be interesting to see if PEAK STORM takes his turn having finished last at Goodwood on Saturday and seemed to struggle there, was in good form before that but maybe needs a break now.

Don't see too many 8yo's with Godolphin so QUICK WIT [3rd 8/1] must still be showing something to be retained by them, will find it hard off top weight though and our selection will be MIME DANCE who has won twice around here already this year. [6th 11/2]


NEWCASTLE
2:25 -- 1m 3y BLAYDON RACE (Nursery)
A good line up of seven previous winners with top weight KINGS PAVILION [2nd 7/1] setting a good standard but the penalties he has might be his downfall today. I fancy SHAHBAR [3rd 9/4] from the Marco Botti yard who took this race last year and Frankie on board again as he was when winning a Sandown maiden last time out.


RIPON
3:45 -- 6f Champion 2yo Trophy (Listed)
It's not quite in the same league as some of the other 2yo Trophy races (thinking Redcar, Newbury etc) but it's a nice contest for the Bank Holiday meeting and could go to HOLY GRAIL (R Fahey) who's yard took this race last season. She won her maiden here on debut and has followed that up with a win at Newmarket in a nursery, with just the 5 runs has scope to improve still. [4th 9/2]


CARTMEL
4:00 -- Cavendish Cup (Handicap Chase)
Just the 6 for this lively renewal, of which only DANIMIX looks a little likely to struggle on his return to chasing having been pulled up at Exeter in February in a veterans event.

I do fancy the top weight here ALDERBROOK LAD who has the benefit of a 10lb claimer Finian O'Toole who has been on board for the last two starts winning at Cartmel and runner up at Southwell. Seems to have taken to chasing ok, a winner of 9 races and further 10 places that's a good effort at any level looks a safe jumper too which can't be said for a few of these. [4th 15/2]


HUNTINGDON
2:05 -- BDN Construction Handicap Chase
10 runners for this 2 1/2 mile chase, they all quite closely matched but only MILGEN BAY has CD winning form and that might make a big difference, though ran disappointedly after running up a hat trick of wins but the month off might have done the trick. [Non Runner]

TANGOLAN [WON 3/1] has a couple of wins around Market Rasen and might still improve a bit and is the one to give us most to think about today. I will try and Dutch the pair if the market allows, need 5/1 or better ... only one selection due to non runner. 


Have a wonderful Bank Holiday, especially if you going racing or partying at the Notting Hill Carnival.

KEMPTON PARK RACES WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST 2015

Good evening all ... We are having a good spell this summer and the another winning night last Wednesday takes us onto a profit figure of +39.47 for our activities here at Kempton Park, 8 months in will be trying hard to keep it going.

If we can keep in front for the whole year that'll be impressive enough for me whatever the final figure. Anyway lets crack on with tonight and target a few more winners across this line once again....

A link to tonight's race card can be found here;
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/meeting/kempton-park/26-08-2015/fast-cards

We've a 7 race card tonight with 5 handicaps which will give us plenty to enjoy during the evening. Racing commences at 5:55pm with a 1m 4f Fillies Handicap, and ends with the 8:55pm Handicap over 6f for 3yo's. Am a bit pushed for time so just selections for now and will try and update before Wednesday night. 

Here we go with our selections for tonight's handicaps, sorry it's brief but time is at a premium this week;


17:55 - 7f Fillies Handicap
TOPTEMPO -- 3rd 12/1
POYLE SOPHIE -- 2nd 11/8F.

19:25 - 1m Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier)
ROCKAROUNDTHECLOCK -- 5th 12/1
EQUITANUS -- 4th 14/1. 


19:55 - 2m Handicap
GAVLAR -- WON 9/4
SUNNY FUTURE -- 6th 33/1. 

20:25 - 1m 3f Handicap (3yo)

TAPER TANTRUM -- 5th 6/1
SOLUBLE -- 2nd 11/4. 

20:55 - 6f Handicap (3yo)

LUCKY LEYF -- 5th 8/1
TREATY OF YORK -- 7th 16/1. 

Down -6.75 tonight with just the one winner. A few places showed we not far off but means we take a bit of a hit on our season's profit which now stands at +32.72 points to a level stake at SP. 

Looks like we got a couple of weeks off now, the next Wednesday night action for us will be on 9th September.

The sun goes down ... thankfully the lights are on.

BRIGHTON RACECOURSE AUGUST SUMMER FESTIVAL -- DAY 3

TUESDAY 25th AUGUST 2015

Final day of this three day meeting, shame about the weather (typically Brighton in Summer) with more rain forecast which could change things but as we write this we are looking at Good to Soft going though unsure what non runners may occur. 

We've a 7 race card for this Tuesday afternoon, the gates will be open from midday and the first race will get under way at 2:15pm. 

Remember that children under 18 are being admitted FREE.

You still get good views of the parade ring, just behind the main stands here. 

Go and have a good look at the runners and riders before the race ... hopefully if the rain and winds hold off.





Here's my selections for the card on Tuesday and we're keeping a running tally on any profit (or indeed loss) for the three days, very pleased to report that after the first 2 days we stand at +10.40 points in PROFIT;


2:15 5f 59y Nursery -- A field of 6 for the opening contest today, and a weak bunch they are looking for a low handicap mark for the future. 

Certain that the likely fav will be Secret Clause [WON 3/1] on his 3rd at Southwell this is totally different and I will chance the lightweight FRED'S FILLY [2nd 16/1] in an uninspiring event. 


2:45 5f 213y Handicap -- A race named in favour of the Injured Jockeys Fund and therefore we hope that there are no casualties here. 

PICANSORT won here a couple of weeks ago, but on completely different ground and doesn't seem to be one to rely on to defy a penalty. At a better price is RORING SAMSON [4th 4/1] who ran well in defeat last time, was always up with the pace and that will be essential here too. 


3:15 6f 209y Maiden -- Just the seven lining up next for a 2yo maiden event, those that have run haven't shown too much and only INVIGORATE has enough form for a handicap mark. 

The only one of interest for me is the newcomer DUBAI IN BLOOM [5th 5/1] who wouldn't have to be awesome to take this on debut and should be noted in the market. 


3:45 1m 3f 196y Handicap -- Small fields the order of the day it seems, just 6 for this handicap event for 3yo's. The likely fav is the bottom weight KNIGHT MUSIC [WON 15/8] who has a penalty for an 11 Length win at Kempton last time out. I can't see him getting that far ahead around here but opposition is difficult to call. 

A winner here last time out CALLENDULA [N/R] has the experience over this trip and course and that advantage could be enough to give the fav plenty to do. 


4:15 1m 1f 209y Handicap -- Seven in the line up for this handicap and a field of consistent horses albeit ones that will more likely Place than Win. OCEAN APPLAUSE [N/R] has a recent win on his penultimate start but with top weight of 10 stone will find it hard to repeat that I feel. 

AINSLIE [3rd 10/11F] Won his race at Leicester last month and nearly followed that up at Wolves, in good heart and should be close. 


4:45 7f 214y Fillies Handicap -- Another seven ladies for this event now and could be a quick double for David Simcock's yard with MAYBE NOW BABY [2nd 5/2] even though I think it's hard for a 3yo against older more experienced horses. 

Of the older ones here it's STARLIGHT SYMPHONY [N/R] who might turn out again having been a close runner up at Bath on Saturday night. 


5:15 6f 209y Handicap -- Only decent field of the day with 11 runners where FAIRY MIST [2nd 5/1] is the only real candidate with form to speak of and likely to get the trip ok but has the burden on top weight too. 

KUANYAO [5th 16/1] has won 11 races in his career but at nine years is not getting any better, that said did come second here a couple of months back and this race / course might allow some return to form, he's a big price but maybe a place bet. 


A small loss today of -2.125 points to SP not surprised there were a few NR's floating about too. But that loss has only made a small dent into our meetings profit, we have come out of the three days ahead +8.275 points to a level stake at SP. 

GREAT VIEWS FROM THE SUSSEX DOWNS

BRIGHTON RACECOURSE AUGUST SUMMER FESTIVAL -- DAY 2

MONDAY 24th AUGUST 2015

Day two of this three day meeting, some rain is forecast which could change things but as we write this we are looking at Good to Soft going though unsure what non runners may occur. 

We've a 8 race card for this afternoon, the gates will be open from midday and the first race will get under way at 2:00pm. Remember that children under 18 are being admitted FREE.

Here's my selections for the card on Monday afternoon and we'll keep a running tally on any profit (or indeed loss) for the three days, after day one we are slightly down 1.5 points to a level stake at SP;

2:00 5f 213y Fillies Maiden -- We start the second day with a fillies maiden event, just the 7 declared for now and not much to work with. Richard Hannon brings two but neither of GUAPO BAY / PINKY PROMISE have shown much on their opening runs to suggest they can take this.

It's noted that Mark Johnston sends SILENT DREAMER all this way having run with some promise at Beverley on latest showing and will be our pick for the opener. [2nd 5/6F]


2:30 5f 213y Selling Handicap -- A poor looking Seller next up and only BREAN SPLASH SUZIE seems to come here in any sort of form. Not a race I'd want to really play in but for the sake of placepot and selection purposes would have to have a good look at both TANCRED [WON 16/1] and COMPTON PRINCE [7th 9/1] in the ring and betting market with the hope you can back both versus the field. 


3:00 5f 213y Nursery -- Yet another race of this trip, would be nice to vary things a little perhaps? No? OK then. 

Eight 2yo declared for this, OJAI won here last time out and could be worth going with as the experience should be very useful. [6th 16/1]


3:30 1m 1f 209y Amateur Riders Handicap -- A race over a better trip but will take some riding these Amateurs coming down the hill. 

SUPA SEEKER has a recent win here two starts ago and with a very good rider on board looks over priced at 10/1 for this and we'll have that win/place. [3rd 8/1]


4:00 1m 1f 209y Maiden -- A poorly supported maiden with just the 4 runners declared, but the top yards are represented here and ST SAVIOUR is the choice of those with some form to offer and will find this much easier than the 1m handicap he contested at Sandown last time.
[WON 8/15F]


4:30 7f 214y Handicap (Div 1) -- The first division of this handicap event has 10 runners declared, most of the field are CD winners so should be competitive today. 

I do prefer the older horses over the 3yo's and that will give me PELAGIAN [5th 5/1] and MALIH [Non Runner] against the field.


5:00 7f 214y Handicap (Div 2) -- The second division doesn't see to be as competitive as the first, with only NIFTY KIER and EL DUQUE having a consistent looking profile.

Against those though I am going to take a punt with Lady Cecil's PUDDING [8th 14/1] who comes in fresh, and at 12/1 or more looks worth a shot in the place market at least. 


5:30 6f 209y Handicap -- The finale for day two is another sprint handicap and it's PORT LAIRGE who is the fancy having raced here most of his career (7 runs, including 3 wins). Will be a surprise if not in the frame on a track that he clearly knows and loves. [WON 11/8F]


Great results from Monday including a nice 16/1 winner which means we made a nice little profit of +11.90 points to a SP level stake and therefore wipes out the small loss from day one.

We will carry over a profit of +10.40 points to Tuesday, the selections for which are already published and will be updated with results tomorrow evening.

Enjoy your time on the Sussex coast.

GREAT VIEWS FROM THE SUSSEX DOWNS

BRIGHTON RACECOURSE AUGUST SUMMER FESTIVAL -- DAY 1

SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 2015

This summer Brighton are holding another 3 day festival and kicking off with the Sunday meeting which is being promoted as their "Family Fun Day". Surely it'll be a very popular Sunday afternoon down on the Sussex coast and gates open at midday.

I've always enjoyed days out at this friendly track, and while the facilities are a bit basic, you can at least get to see the horses parade, interviews with jockeys and trainers and get served in the bar without any trouble or queues.

Your only concern here is the weather which can be very unpredictable, clear and sunny one moment, windy and sea squalls the next, it's the mist that will spoil things, even in the summer, but as I write this the forecast for Sunday is for rain throughout the day and a high of 21C. Sadly looks like rain for the whole meeting. :O(

We've a 7 race card for the afternoon, the gates will be open from midday and the first race will get under way at 2:20pm. Forecast going is Good to Soft, and with the rain due will not be surprised if that changes to Soft later.


As it's a family fun day they are putting on a number of events before racing including the "Mascot's Race" and if you want to see what that looks like there's a clip here from a previous meeting Click Here 

Also worth noting that Children under 18 are admitted FREE.


Here's my selections for the card on Sunday and we'll keep a running tally on any profit (or indeed loss) for the three days;

2:20 5f 59y Maiden -- Only 5 declared for the opening race, and with the likely fav Aragon Knight proving very expensive to follow we look at Jamie Osborne's MY BEST SONG to kick off this three day meeting with a winner. [2nd 11/4]


2:50 5f 59y Handicap -- A race where Jamie could double up with Absolute Champion but we go with WASEEM FARIS who has won here in the past and was winning at Salisbury when last seen so having had a couple of months break should be ready to go again. [WON 9/2]


3:20 6f 209y Maiden -- Back to maiden company again and don't recall Godolphin having too many runners here in the past yet are double handed with FROCK COAT and START TIME and I'm going to look at taking the pair against the field with both having a bit of experience behind them though this course will be a little bit different to what they are used to at home. [FC - 5th 7/2  /  ST - 2nd 11/2]


3:50 1m 1f 209y Fillies Handicap -- Another small field of just 6 runners for the fillies event, Luca Cumani should always be feared in these events and he sends LILIAN BAYLIS to Sussex for the sea air. I'm going to be sticking with an old friend TRULEE SCRUMPTIOUS who has Jimmy Quinn in the saddle and that's a massive plus around this sort of track. [5th 10/1]


4:20 1m 3f 196y Handicap -- The veteran FOXDALE is 13 years young and yet could still see these off which shows you that it's not the greatest contest on the card today. He is likely to find one of the younger horses too quick (but probably not that quick) it is however hard to know which one. 

MISTAMEL looks the most likely here, recent winner, did it well and this is a fairly straightforward chance to double up. [2nd 5/2]


4:50 5f 213y Handicap -- YOU'RE MY CRACKER has a sequence of runners up places but still comes here in great heart and given another chance to gain another victory. [Non Runner]


5:20 7f 214y Handicap -- 7 Runners for the finale, all eyes will be on top weight DREAM TUNE in the stalls having refused to race last time out. 

QUEEN AGGIE is consistent here and should be popular to follow up her recent win over this course a couple of weeks back, almost certainly to be there at the finish. [4th 9/4F]


A great start to the meeting with a second and WINNER in the first couple of races but we were unable to improve on that with just a few more seconds today. Sadly that meant a loss of -1.5 points to SP. 

Details for Monday should be published very soon, and we'll update that and Tuesday later on too. 

Enjoy your weekend.

Good views from the top of the South Downs

KEMPTON PARK RACES WEDNESDAY 19th AUGUST 2015

Good evening all ... We are having a good spell this summer and the another winning night last Wednesday takes us onto a profit figure of +30.97 for our activities here at Kempton Park, 8 months in will be trying hard to keep it going. 

If we can keep in front for the whole year that'll be impressive enough for me whatever the final figure. Anyway lets crack on with tonight and target a few more winners across this line once again....

A link to tonight's race card can be found here;
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/meeting/kempton-park/19-08-2015/fast-cards

We've a 6 race card tonight with 4 handicaps which will give us plenty to enjoy during the evening. Racing starts at 6:40pm with a 7f maiden event for 2yo's, our first handicap is race three which is off at 7:40pm.

Here we go with our selections for tonight's handicaps;

19:40 - 7f Fillies Handicap
Our first handicap on the polytrack tonight sees the girls line up over 7f, should be a very competitive affair even with just the 8 runners declared. 

Richard Hannon runs ABAQ who had a couple of runs at two, and could be thrown in with any amount of improvement at three. Looks the likely fav so we'll go elsewhere for some value. HOLLIE POINT is very consistent for Godolphin and shouldn't be very far away tonight, but we will take a chance on the bottom one LADY ESTRELLA [5th 9/2] who gets lumps of weight and won at Wolves last week so comes here fit and in good hearth. 

20:10 - 1m Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier)
Next up another in the London Mile series, always a well supported event and tonight no exception as 14 line up.

Godolphin again look to head the market with their pair of runners HOLIDAY MAGIC and THINK AGAIN, could well win but are very high in the weights and short priced so we'll look elsewhere again. 

PERIL seeking a hat-trick steps up in trip but we'll take SPIRIT RAISER [NAP] against them all a course and distance winner of another in this series back in June she can use that advantage to come home again. [WON 7/2]

  
20:40 - 2m Handicap 
Nice to see a stayers event on the card for the older horses, not the biggest of fields however still very competitive

A field of 8 line up and we hope we can keep it at 8 for place purposes, SABORIDO has won 11 times and placed a further 13 in his career, priced about 10/1 would be a good shout for a strong win/place bet. [5th 6/1]


21:10 - 6f Handicap (3yo)
The finale for Wednesday is a nice 6f sprint for 3yo's, again we've the dead 8 declared, nothing leaps out as being in good form the fly in the ointment could be the top one TRIKASANA who has been off for 203 days and only had the 3 runs so far, if coming back for late campaign might be able to see these off with jockey Megan Nicholls taking a handy 7lb off. [4th 9/2]

Of the rest MAJOR VALENTINE could see some benefit of a 40 day break and at 12/1 could be place value, no appeal amongst the remainder some of who could perhaps do with a break themselves. [WON 8/1]



Another excellent Wednesday night for us, two winners, both supported, and gives us a nice profit on the evening of +8.5 points to SP. 

This means we now carry forward a profit for the year up +39.47 points to date. 

The sun goes down ... thankfully the lights are on.

PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2015 TURF SEASON -- PART TWELVE

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2015

[SUNDAY 16th AUGUST]

12th Meeting of the season ...

After another profitable meeting last time out so we are now looking at a small profit of now +14.205, which makes a nice change from being behind most of the season so now look at taking the next step to securing a profit for the whole season since there are only a few meetings left.

All results for this meeting are returned to a level stake at SP, and will also show any forecast results too in the daily results but these do not count for the profit / loss figures. 

Our next meeting of the 2015 Season, the twelfth so far, takes place on Sunday afternoon and is a seven race card on what I hope will be a nice sunny day. The meeting will get under-way at 2.15 with a 5f Maiden for 2yo's. 

The forecast going is currently reported as 'Good to Firm, Good in places' the weather for this weekend is for a lot of dry weather with light winds and some pleasant sunny spells with a high of 18C during the day on Sunday itself.

Here are our selections for Sunday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process of stalls 1 and 2 in any race;

2:15 5f Maiden (2yo)

JESS -- 6th 3/1
VAN GERWEN -- 4th 16/1

2:45 1m 4f 8yds Handicap

ALMODOVAR -- 2nd 6/4F
TOP OF THE GLAS -- 8th 13/2

3:15 2m 1f 22yds Handicap

ANEEDH -- 5th 5/1
CALL IT ON -- Non Runner

3:45 6f Fillies Stakes (Listed)

ZUHOOR BAYNOONA -- 4th 11/1
BYZANTIUM -- Non Runner 

4:20 1m 4yds Handicap

SPRING OFFENSIVE -- WON 5/1
SHAAKIS -- 2nd 10/3
F/C £22.15

4:50 1m 4yds Maiden

GLEN LEA -- 5th 100/1
ARRIELLA -- 6th 66/1

5:20 6f Handicap

BE LUCKY -- WON 10/3
BEN HALL -- 5th 14/1

Couple of winners today but sadly not enough to secure another profitable day, even so it's just a small loss today of -1.67 points so only knocks a small hole into our running total which is now at +12.535.

Have a good weekend.

KEMPTON PARK RACES WEDNESDAY 12th AUGUST 2015

Good evening all ... We got it together again last week and had a nice winning evening so good to see normal service is resumed now we're back under the lights at Kempton Park. 

Hope you enjoying your summer and that it gets warmer again soon, we did well in the last few meetings and go forth into this one ahead still for the year with a profit of +22.97 points to a level stake at SP. 

If we can keep in front for the whole year that's impressive enough for me whatever the final figure. Anyway lets crack on with tonight and target this winning line once more....

A link to tonight's race card can be found here;

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/meeting/kempton-park/12-08-2015/fast-cards

We've a 7 race card tonight with just the 3 handicaps [I don't include the 2yo nurseries] so compared to most nights it's a light lunch to feast on tonight, we'll be racing under the lights from 6:10pm with a 2yo Nursery event over 7 furlongs, our first handicap is at 8:10pm.

Here we go with our selections for tonight's handicaps;

20:10 - 7f Handicap

12 runners face the starter and it's the top pair we look to go with tonight, both GANYMEDE [5th 12/1] and ELIZONA [3rd 10/1] are down in grade having contested better races on turf at Goodwood and Doncaster respectively. The latter has the aide of a 7lb claimer which should also help bring her into the equation. 

Are both similarly priced in the centre of the market around 10/1 so possibly to back the pair against the field and if better than 12/1 we'll take the place market too. Got the place up on Elizona ok, near miss but covered the win loss. 


20:40 - 1m Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier)
Another round in the mile series for 3yo's and just the 8 appear tonight for us to peruse. It's a tough call but BRITISH EMBASSY [4th 10/1] has been fairly consistent around 7f and if stepping up in trip is going to help this is a relatively easy track to try it out on. 

One who is coming back down in trip a little is BIG McINTOSH [WON 11/1] though slightly up in class too, has been on the go the last few months since running away with a race at Lingfield last month, could be interesting in the place market at least. YES GET IN Big McIntosh. Means another guaranteed profitable night at Kempton. 

21:10 - 1m 4f Handicap
The finale tonight sees a pair at the head of the market who I think we can take on, MR FICKLE and CHARLIES MATE have recent wins and both have 6lb penalties as a result. 

However they don't look the types to run up sequences, and they might take one another on so at least the market should be open for the rest of the field. 

SALIENT [Non Runner] is a good old performer and did us a nice turn at Brighton last year, even at 11 years of age I wouldn't be surprised if he can't go close and he has won this year too. 


Another successful night thanks to Big McIntosh and the place success for Elizona, +8 points for the win figures at SP and means we now have a profit for the year up +30.97 points. 

The sun goes down ... thankfully the lights are on.

OPENING GAME OF 2015/2016 FOOTBALL SEASON. AFC WIMBLEDON vs PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

SATURDAY 8th AUGUST 2015

So here we are again, the Football League 2015/16 season kicks off on Saturday 8th August and for AFC WIMBLEDON it’s our 5th season in League Two so perhaps about time to make a push into League One as we've been in this league long enough for it to be getting boring now. (joking) 

With a fairly successful pre-season under our belts, the performances certainly as important and often outweighing the results, but the most important part was no significant injuries for a change.

In addition the club have brought in some experienced new recruits to complement our existing band of brothers and youngsters, not forgetting new sponsorship deals being made (John Green) and the expected news about the redevelopment of Plough Lane stadium it’s been a summer of joy, and means that things at Kingsmeadow are looking very positive under Neal Ardley.

Onwards to today, and our opening home fixture is against the green army of PLYMOUTH ARGYLE.

Line Ups;

AFC WIMBLEDON 
Shea (gk),  Fuller(c),  Osborne,  Robinson,  Francomb,  Reeves,  Bulman,  Barcham,  Akinfenwa,  Taylor,  Elliott

Subs – McDonnell (gk),  Kennedy,  Nightingale,  Meades,  Rigg,  Azeez,  Fitzpatrick


PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
McCormick (gk),  Mellor,  Nelson(c),  McHugh,  Hartley,  Sawyer,  Wylde,  Jervis,  Reid,  Carey,  Boateng, 

Subs – Bittner (gk),  Simpson,  Purrington,  Cox,  Brunt,  Bentley,  Tanner


H/T Score – 0 - 1

First Half Comment;
Early Dons pressure failed to get us the goal it deserved with attempts from Francomb and Taylor being cleared for corners. 

We really need to improve on our set piece delivery as we've had 10 corners this half and most being completely wasted. Therefore it's no surprise that the Dons get punished for this wastefulness by conceding a goal on 39 mins to Argyle's Gregg Wylde.


F/T Score – 0 - 2

Match Summary;
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH !!! 

That's all I want to say.


Man of the Match – Andy Barcham

Referee -- BEN TONER (Lancs)

Attendance – 4,805


Next match

Tuesday 11th August  vs  Cardiff City (Away) 

Capital One League Cup 7:45pm