A night for heroes! Leeds 1 Walsall 2

admin @ 8:25 am Wednesday 17 February 2010

Let’s not go overboard – it was only Leeds – but the Saddlers pulled off their result of the season last night by beating Leeds 2-1, thereby ending the Yorkshire outfit’s unbeaten home league record.

Football - Leeds United v Walsall Coca

Dwayne Mattis and Clayton McDonald got the goals – and the message board is alive with thoughts from Saddlers fans and a few other well-wishers from other teams in league one. Give your reaction after you’ve read BangSection:

Every single player (bar Till who struggled again and was replaced at HT) played their part and we refused to buckle even when Leeds had us under the cosh for most of the second half. Deeney led the line superbly and he and Nicholls chased everything. Mattis score a really good goal after good work from Gray who will do well for us this season on the evidence of tonight. McSheffrey scored a hugely jammy equaliser which I’m not sure you can blame Clayton for (I’ve just seen it on Sky Sports and the swerving flight of the ball – definitely a cross – looks a nightmare for a keeper – anyway, who cares?). We defended like lions after they pegged us back – I thought Max Gradel would rip Richards apart when he came on but our makeshift leftback stuck to his task superbly. Then we went up the other end and scored!

Let me clear one thing up – our winning goal was definitely over the line. We were right in line with it and the linesman was in a great position and gave it straight away. Again we held on simply through hard work and getting bodies in the way. A word for the supporters too – tremendous. Never stopped singing throughout the whole game – especially during the second half and after the final whistle the entire team (and Hutchings) came over to show their appreciation. What an utterly fantastic night – one where all the frustrations of supporting Walsall go out of the window and you simply revel in defying the odds and getting one over on a club with ten times the resources we have. What supporting a club like Walsall should be all about, in fact.

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