Luton Town v Mansfield

Luton 1-1 Mansfield (agg 1-2)

A very poor performance from the referee gave Mansfield the win after a doubious penalty was awarded giving Louis Briscoe a goal two minutes from the end of extra-time put Mansfield into the final of the FA Trophy with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Luton.

Briscoe's penalty following a dubious handball was saved by Kevin Pilkington and the winger buried the rebound.

Lloyd Owusu's shot into the top left-hand corner had levelled the tie, before the home side had Claude Gnakpa and Alex Lawless sent off.

The Stags held a slender one-goal advantage from the first leg at Field Mill and Luton were determined to wipe that out as quickly as possible.

The Town had the better chances of the opening half hour and Stags loanee David Grof pulled off a fantastic save in the 11th minute. George Pilkington's header seemed to have him beaten but his one-handed leap clawed the ball to safety.

Owusu saw his turn and shot rebound off the inside of the post but that scare seemed to spark Mansfield into life.

Danny Mitchley should have done better but his weak lob fell gratefully into the arms of former Stags goalkeeper Pilkington, who had a loan spell with his former club earlier in the season.

Paul Connor fired wide from close range after a well-worked corner and Mitchely had another chance from 18 yards out but failed to hit the target.

Luton had the best possible start within a minute of the interval, Owusu's shot from the edge of the box flew into the top left-hand corner following a soft header away from Kevin Sandwith.

Oswusu then had a great chance to put Luton ahead in the tie, as he rounded Grof but fired over the bar from eight yards out with two Mansfield players on the line.

Gnakpa was sent off for a second yellow card in the 84th minute and Lawless was shown a straight red for an elbow on Kyle Nix.

With the tie level on aggregate at 1-1 after 90 minutes, Mansfield dominated the first half of extra time with no end product as they were unable to test Pilkington.

But with the game looking set to go to a penalty shoot-out, Mansfield were awarded a penalty just two minutes from time as Briscoe's shot hit an arm in the box.
The Hatters did the fans proud and despite what felt like an FA conspiracy hopes are still high for an escape from the Blue Square Prem



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Luton: Kevin Pilkington, Graham, George Pilkington, Kroca, Howells, Newton, Keane, Lawless, Gnakpa, Barnes-Homer, Owusu.
Subs Not Used: Morgan-Smith, Crow, Walker, Poku, Tyler.

Goals: Owusu 46.

Mansfield: Grof, Silk, Sandwith, Briscoe, Thompson, Nix, Naylor, Spence, Connor, Cain, Mitchley.
Subs Not Used: Marriott, Foster, Smith, Stonehouse, Istead.

Goals: Briscoe 118.




Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9429939.stm

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[LickaSlick]

YOUR JUST A SMALL TOWN IN ASIA! SMALL TOWN IN ASIA! JUST A SMALL TOWN IN ASIA!

WEMBELY! WEMBELY! WE ARE THE FAMOUS MANSFIELD TOWN AND WERE GOING TO WEMBELY

Luton are just shit these days. UP THE STAGS!

[snadin123]

ha ha ha ha luton....up the stags!!!!

[willispacey]

Nice to see luton fans disgracing themselves again at the end!

Cant take a defeat gracefully can you? Twats!

[SoFockingLame]

Blue & Yellow ;)

[LickaSlick]

@nutbrown85 UP THE STAGS!

[LickaSlick]

@MrFlyingMania I bet you needed a fucking translator for that cos you dont know fucking english, cos your not from this country! luton are shit. when i went to watch, i played spot the white guy in the car, didnt find one. so go back to your own country you fucking nigger imagrant and go get some coffee beans and sell them for money. paki bastard!.

[MrFlyingMania]

@LickaSlick phahahahahahahahahahahaha you make me laugh fuck off to your dirty posh town and fuck your sister you inbred.

[LickaSlick]

@MrFlyingMania your an asian cunt. go eat a curry and take your turban off. oh, and take your bananas and shove em up your monkey arses. fucking asian gorila.

[MrFlyingMania]

@LickaSlick trying to call me asian you racist cunt?

[LickaSlick]

@MrFlyingMania that makes sense since were not northerners, were from the midlands. uneducated asian twats.

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[cfhgregstacfh]

@ItchyForeskin at least your spelling is spot on...

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