Coca Cola Championship
Saturday August 30th  
   
Bristol City 1
Queens Park Rangers 1
D.Adebola D.Blackstock
   
  E.Ledesma Sent Off
   
   
   
Team Line Up
   
         
24. Radek Cerny
15. Peter Ramage
3. Damion Stewart
16. Matthew Connolly
2. Damien Delaney
 
20. Emmanuel Ledesma
6. Mikele Leigterwood
4. Gavin Mahon (c)

17. Lee Cook

 
14. Martin Rowlands
7. Daniel Parejo

 

Patrick Agyemang
         
9. Dexter Blackstock
   
Substitutes  

Sadly or fortunately depending how you look at it no detailed match report this week as I write this after a few too many beers and am off to Newcastle for a week on Sunday.

Rangers fans were in great voice throughout on a boiling hot day at Bristol City.

Rangers started well playing some nice football with the 4-5-1 working very well. Blackstock gave us the lead after several chances were missed. The goal came from a long ball forward and Blackstock fought his way to the ball and squeezed the ball into the back of the net amid wild celebrations in the away end.

City drew level when Rangers allowed another cross to come in and Adebola was unmarked to smashed home from ten yards.
The offside flag denied Ledesma before half time whilst Cook missed a great chance shooting straight sat the keeper from ten yards out.

One problem was the referee who gave us nothing all game and seemed desperate to send someone off. He booked Ledesma for throwing the ball back to a City player who turned his back and let it run to the dugout. His red card was the most predictable part of the afternoon.

At half time we were happy with how things were going but things got worse quickly.

Ledesma was quickly sent off for an of the ball incident, He must be the first man to be sent off for two bookings but nether offence warranted a free kick. No idea what the second was for. Of course a two footed tackle from behind on Damion Stewart was a warning later on when Maynard dived in and obviously a far lesser offence than throwing a ball to the floor.

As it turned out Rangers were outstanding in the second half keeping the ball well and rarely looking in trouble Radek Cerny made one late great save from Adebola but in the end Rangers thoroughly deserved a point.

Hard to pick players out with such a good team performance but Connolly, Mahon, Leigterwood and Blackstock were all outstanding.

With more ambition we'd have won the game but I'll take the point ahead of the two week break.

Man of the Match: Matthew Connolly

Player Ratings: Cerny 7, Ramage 7, Delaney 7, Connolly 8, Stewart 7, Mahon 8, Leigterwood 8, Cook 7 (Rowlands 7), Ledesma 6, Parejo 6 (Agyemang 6), Blackstock 8