League One
February 23, 2013
Leyton Orient
0 - 1
Crawley Town
League One
15:00 +00:00, February 23, 2013
Matchroom Stadium, England
Referee: S Rushton
Town down O's
Scoring Summary
| Leyton Orient | Crawley Town |
|---|---|
| Billy Clarke (11') |
Teams
| Leyton Orient | Crawley Town |
|---|---|
| 1 Jamie Jones | 1 Paul Jones |
| 15 Nathan Clarke | 15 Dannie Bulman |
| 5 Scott Cuthbert | 3 Mathew Sadler |
| 6 Mathieu Baudry | 12 Joe Walsh |
| 4 Roman Vincelot | 4 Mark Connolly |
| 21 Lee Cook | 2 Mustapha Dumbuya |
| 7 Dean Cox | 10 Matthew Sparrow |
| 23 Lloyd James | 7 Billy Clarke |
| 2 Leon McSweeney | 16 Nicky Adams |
| 14 Charlie MacDonald | 21 Mike Jones |
| 39 David Mooney | 14 Jamie Proctor |
| Substitutes | |
| 19 Charlie Grainger | Johnny Maddison 25 |
| 27 Elliot Omozusi | David Hunt 13 |
| 8 Anthony Griffith | Connor Essam 6 |
| 11 Jimmy Smith | Sergio Torres 8 |
| 17 Moses Odubajo | Lateef Elford-Alliyu 20 |
| 28 Shaun Batt | Aiden O'Brien 19 |
| 20 Afolabi Obafemi | Jonte Smith 23 |
| Substitutions | |
| Moses Odubajo for Lee Cook (57) | Sergio Torres for Billy Clarke (82) |
| Shaun Batt for Charlie MacDonald (64) | Aiden O'Brien for Nicky Adams (88) |
| Jimmy Smith for Roman Vincelot (79) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Lloyd James (45) | Jamie Proctor (90) |
| Matthew Sparrow (90) | |
| · Squads: Leyton Orient | Crawley Town | |
Billy Clarke's goal was the difference between Leyton Orient and Crawley as the visitors won a dour contest at Brisbane Road 1-0.
In bitterly cold conditions, Clarke took his tally for the season to 12 goals when he collected a pass from Mat Sadler on the edge of the box, turned and curled a superb shot over goalkeeper Jamie Jones and into the roof of the net after 11 minutes.
It was an advantage they nearly doubled soon afterwards when the dangerous Nicky Adams sent in a cross from the left that was met by Mike Jones but his header from 10 yards hit the crossbar and bounced over.
Clarke might have added another goal when he pounced on a flick on by Orient defender Mathieu Baudry but snatched his shot hopelessly wide of the target.
Lacklustre Orient raised their game after the interval, although there was little to trouble Town keeper Paul Jones. However, he did well to keep out a close-range header form Dean Cox with 10 minutes remaining.