Davids off as Molyneux treble gives Accrington Stanley victory

4:57pm Saturday 16th March 2013 in Sport

EDGAR Davids was sent off against Accrington Stanley for the second time this season as Lee Molyneux’s first half hat-trick gave the Reds a crucial 3-2 home win over relegation rivals Barnet.

Davids was shown his marching orders late on for a second bookable offence, as he was when the two sides met at Underhill in November, but it was Molyneux who stole the show with a crucial treble.

The winger, who scored two stunning long-range goals in the recent win at Rochdale, fired a 20-yard shot into the bottom corner to put Stanley ahead after only eight minutes against the Bees.

The 24-year-old then smashing a superb 30-yard effort into the top corner to make it 2-0 after 26 minutes, completing his treble from the penalty spot eight minutes later after Francis Jeffers had been fouled.

But Barnet pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time through Elliott Johnson.

Ross Jenkins’ overhead kick then made it 3-2 in the 63rd minute to make it a nervy finish, but Davids was sent off with four minutes left for a second booking as the Reds held on for victory.

The win was not enough to lift Stanley off the foot of the table, but the bottom five clubs are all level on points ahead of the Reds’ home game with AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Stanley: Paul Rachubka; Nicky Hunt (Peter Murphy 26), Dean Winnard, Tom Aldred, Laurence Wilson; Rommy Boco, Luke Joyce, Amine Linganzi, Lee Molyneux; Will Hatfield (Craig Lindfield 62), Francis Jeffers (James Gray 68). Subs not used: Ian Dunbavin, Michael Liddle, George Miller, James Beattie.

Barnet: Graham Stack; Barry Fuller, Dave Stephens, Chiro N’Toko (Luke Gambin 35), Elliott Johnson; Mark Byrne, John Oster (Tom Flanagan 82), Ross Jenkins; Mauro Vilhete (Craig Beattie 46), Jake Hyde, Edgar Davids. Subs not used: Dillon Barnes, Clovis Kamdjo, Curtis Weston, Harry Crawford.

Referee: Mark Heywood.

Attendance: 1,559.

Comments(8)

tiojo says...
9:41pm Sat 16 Mar 13

A good win for Stanley but they almost let it slip. Their problem might simply be that the team isn't as fit as they should be. They certainly tired in the second half.

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swearengen says...
10:07pm Sat 16 Mar 13

Agree looked to be treading water late in the second half, but they have played a lot of games and always under pressure. What an exiting game though and what a good player at that level Davids still is. It was a relief when he was sent off.

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stanleyman1 says...
10:27pm Sat 16 Mar 13

swearengen wrote:
Agree looked to be treading water late in the second half, but they have played a lot of games and always under pressure. What an exiting game though and what a good player at that level Davids still is. It was a relief when he was sent off.
It was great to see Davids sent off today! That's a great thing to have witnessed - Edgar Davids getting sent off at the Crown Ground! Haha... What a player though! Pleasure to see the man play, even against us!

Hope the home win gives the team a bit of a lift, we got battered in the second half but held on for a vital win! The way results went we could have been cut adrift today... But if we give Wimbledon a performance like we put on in the first half then I'm sure we can beat them and move up a few places to give us some breathing space.

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stanley G says...
4:14pm Sun 17 Mar 13

well done Stanley. looked hard work in the second half but the win was welcome as was the final whistle. come on the Reds for Tuesday.

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BigOrra says...
9:14am Mon 18 Mar 13

Great strikes from Molyneaux and a well deserved three points. Credit to Barnet who battled back in second half and Davids was class. Another must win game on tuesday night to move us up the league COYR

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pezz11 says...
5:22pm Mon 18 Mar 13

stanleyman1 wrote:
swearengen wrote:
Agree looked to be treading water late in the second half, but they have played a lot of games and always under pressure. What an exiting game though and what a good player at that level Davids still is. It was a relief when he was sent off.
It was great to see Davids sent off today! That's a great thing to have witnessed - Edgar Davids getting sent off at the Crown Ground! Haha... What a player though! Pleasure to see the man play, even against us!

Hope the home win gives the team a bit of a lift, we got battered in the second half but held on for a vital win! The way results went we could have been cut adrift today... But if we give Wimbledon a performance like we put on in the first half then I'm sure we can beat them and move up a few places to give us some breathing space.
Why was it great to have a player sent off

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stanleyman1 says...
10:10pm Mon 18 Mar 13

pezz11 wrote:
stanleyman1 wrote:
swearengen wrote:
Agree looked to be treading water late in the second half, but they have played a lot of games and always under pressure. What an exiting game though and what a good player at that level Davids still is. It was a relief when he was sent off.
It was great to see Davids sent off today! That's a great thing to have witnessed - Edgar Davids getting sent off at the Crown Ground! Haha... What a player though! Pleasure to see the man play, even against us!

Hope the home win gives the team a bit of a lift, we got battered in the second half but held on for a vital win! The way results went we could have been cut adrift today... But if we give Wimbledon a performance like we put on in the first half then I'm sure we can beat them and move up a few places to give us some breathing space.
Why was it great to have a player sent off
@pezz11 Tongue in cheek. I apologise. I was excited when I wrote that, after my team beat their relegation rivals in a tense and thrilling game. The sending off probably helped us too since he is their manager and an international legend. A shame because it wasn't deserved really, but sod it! Stanley won so I don't care...

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houseclaret says...
11:41pm Mon 18 Mar 13

I'm a Burnley fan but I live in Accrington and have a lot of affection for Stanley (even been known to go along and support them) but I have to ask this: why do the club continue to stand by Liam Richardson? I know he's been a great servant to the club but for goodness sake they are going down the pan under his leadership. The man has obviously got no clue about what he's doing but there seems to be a loyalty out of all proportion to his ability. John Coleman is currently unemployed, has no offerbeen made to bring back the man that is AccringtonStanley?

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