{"id":13752,"date":"2006-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=13752"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","slug":"scunthorpe-2-swansea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2006\/08\/08\/scunthorpe-2-swansea-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Scunthorpe 2 Swansea 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Scunthorpe United 2 Swansea City 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Ten-man Swansea hit back for a point in a 2-2 draw at Scunthorpe after having midfielder Alan Tate sent off for a two-footed tackle early in the first half. <\/p>\n

The Welshmen then suffered another blow when skipper Gary Monk was stretched off with a knee injury in the 27th minute. <\/p>\n

But the Swans snatched the lead in first-half stoppage time when winger Andy Robinson popped up just inside the penalty area to go close with a right-foot shot. <\/p>\n

Earlier, striker Rory Fallon had gone close for the visitors with a header that was scrambled off the line by Scunthorpe skipper Andy Crosby. <\/p>\n

Scunthorpe were fired up at the start of the second-half and were back on level terms in the 49th minute when Crosby netted from the penalty spot after winger Cleveland Taylor had been brought down by full-back Tom Williams. <\/p>\n

Scunthorpe continued to surge forward and went in front in the 68th minute when striker Billy Sharp dispossessed defender Kevin Austin in the area and then fired a shot through the legs of goalkeeper Willy Gueret. <\/p>\n

The Swans were rocking, but they snatched a 78th-minute equaliser when Williams broke down the left and crossed high into the box for Fallon to head home from close range. <\/p>\n

Jackett was left fuming with the decision to dismiss Tate and said: "It was one of a number of colourful decisions that the referee made all night. <\/p>\n

"But it’s our first point of the season and now we are up and running. <\/p>\n

"I thought we showed some great spirit after going down to 10 men so early in the game. <\/p>\n

"There are a lot of positives we can take out of it. <\/p>\n

"The one negative is the injury to skipper Gary Monk. He is now on his way to hospital with what appears to be knee ligament damage." <\/p>\n

Scunthorpe boss Brian Laws was delighted with his side’s second-half display and feels he saw plenty to build on for the rest of the season. <\/p>\n

"We had to step up 20 percent after our first half performance," said Laws. "I thought our second half display was outstanding. <\/p>\n

"We quickly got back on level terms, then went in front and the only disappointment is we did not go on and win the game. <\/p>\n

"Playing against 10 men is often difficult because it does fire up the opposition. <\/p>\n

"But it’s our first point on the board and our second half performance gives us something to build on." <\/p>\n

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