Tisdale: “the players did everything I asked them to do”
York City were the 3rd visitors of the League 2 season to St James Park, and it was the Grecians 3rd win at home. A 100% League 2 home record, and Exeter City lie 5th in the table.
The teams lined up:-
| Exeter City | York City | |
| 01 Krysiak | 24 Ingham | |
| 03 Woodman | 02 Oyebanjo | |
| 05 Baldwin | 03 Davies | |
| 06 Coles | 04 Smith | |
| 15 Moore-Taylor | 23 Taft | |
| 08 Oakley | 08 Clay | |
| 11 Davies | 14 Montrose | |
| 29 Grimes | 18 Platt | |
| 32 Wheeler | 07 Coulson | |
| 19 O’Flynn | 10 Chambers | |
| 25 Parkin | 11 Jarvis | |
| Substitutes | Substitutes | |
| 30 Pym | 01 Kettings | |
| 04 Bennett | 06 Parslow | |
| 07 Sercombe | 16 Fyfield | |
| 14 Doherty | 20 Allen | |
| 21 Gosling | 22 Chamberlain | |
| 10 Gow | 27 Brobbell | |
| 18 Reid | 25 Chris Dickinson |
The teams were very much as they were for the AFC Wimbledon home game and would appear to be the preferred home game set up. A 4-4-2 formation, with Oakley and Grimes looking after the middle of the park, with Davies and Wheeler providing the width.
York City started the game well, and after 19 minutes took the lead through a Ryan Jarvis tap-in. An injury to O’Flynn meant that Alan Gow was introduced on 22 minutes and with his first touch levelled the score. York looked for many parts of the game he more likely to score and take the points, but Alan Gow had other ideas. His thunderbolt on 72 minutes gave Exeter City maximum points.
Match Stats
Exeter City subs: Gow on for O’Flynn on 22nd minutes. Bennett on for Moore-Taylor on 46 mins, and Sercombe on for Wheeler on 63 mins.
York City subs: Chambers rep;laced by Brobbell on 74 minutes, Montrose replaced by Chamberlain -on 82 mins, and Coulson replaced by Fyfield on 89 mins.
Discipline: Yellow for Montrose (York)
| ECFC | YCFC | |
| Shots | 5 | 7 |
| On Target | 2 | 4 |
| Corners | 4 | 5 |
| Fould | 8 | 10 |
Attendance: 3,448 of which 147 from York.
Quotes:
Paul Tisdale:-
York City played really well – I thought they were excellent today. I’m surprised that they have had a poor start because they really were excellent. They played tactically for their manager, they worked really hard as a team and stopped us doing what we were trying to do.
It is three wins at home out of three. That bodes well our home form compared to last year – it is something we have been conscious of and I’m really pleased
It was a forced substitution – it isn’t the way you want to make a substitution, with John O’Flynn going off with a hamstring problem.
He (Gow) played really well, and it wasn’t just about the goals. He was fluid in play, he was mobile, he retained the ball really well. He did what he was asked to do and it was a terrific performance. Is anybody really surprised, because I’m not – he is capable of it, so well done Alan
Alan Gow:-
I’ve scored a few early ones just like that throughout my career, with different clubs. But it was good introduction and we went on to win the game which was the most important thing.
I was happy the second goal went in – I missed a few other chances, but I caught it well, and I knew it was in as soon as it left my foot.
People maybe forget that I have only played once 90 minutes since January – I’ve had quite a serious injury as I ruptured my ankle. So it has taken a while for me to get fit, but I’ve been working hard on my days off and it pays off.
The quotes from Paul Tisdale can be found on the official site at: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/tis-pulled-ourselves-up-by-bootstraps-1026788.aspx
The Alan Gow quotes can be found at: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/gow-i-knew-it-was-in-1027050.aspx
The match report written by the Club can be found at: http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/?pageView=full#anchored