League Two
November 20, 2012
Bradford City
1 - 0
Plymouth Argyle
League Two
19:45 +00:00, November 20, 2012
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: Tony Bates
Egan injury distracts from Bantams win
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Plymouth Argyle |
|---|---|
| Gary Jones (21') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Plymouth Argyle |
|---|---|
| 12 Matt Duke | 20 Rene Gilmartin |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 16 Jamie Lowry |
| 3 James Meredith | 14 Onismor Bhasera |
| 2 Stephen Darby | 17 Curtis Nelson |
| 22 John Egan | 4 Maximo Blanchard |
| 18 Gary Jones | 2 Durrell Berry |
| 11 Garry Thompson | 6 Conor Hourihane |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | 27 Andres Gurrieri |
| 14 Will Atkinson | 9 Nick Chadwick |
| 9 James Hanson | 32 Alexander MacDonald |
| 21 Nahki Wells | 7 Paris Cowan Hall |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | Jake Cole 1 |
| 25 Tom Naylor | Scott Griffiths 33 |
| 16 Carl McHugh | Jamie Richards 23 |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | Joe Lennox 19 |
| 8 Ritchie Jones | Warren Feeney 11 |
| 15 Craig Forsyth | Guy Madjo 18 |
| 17 Alan Connell | Tyler Harvey 29 |
| Substitutions | |
| Carl McHugh for John Egan (18) | Tyler Harvey for Paris Cowan Hall (74) |
| Alan Connell for Nahki Wells (77) | Warren Feeney for Alexander MacDonald (90) |
| Ritchie Jones for Garry Thompson (80) | |
| · Squads: Bradford City | Plymouth Argyle | |
Promotion hopefuls Bradford earned a scrappy 1-0 win against struggling Plymouth but the match was marred by a serious injury to the Bantams` on-loan central defender John Egan.
The 21-year-old Irishman was stretchered off with broken right leg in the 12th minute when he fell awkwardly after heading the ball.
Ten minutes later Gary Jones scored the winning goal when right-back Stephen Darby hoisted the ball into the goalmouth and it eventually fell to the unmarked captain, who fired home from ten yards out.
Plymouth, who went into the match having lost five of their previous six matches, came close to equalising in first-half stoppage time when Nick Chadwick headed the ball down for the unmarked Jamie Lowry, but keeper Matt Duke superbly saved his fiercely struck shot.
The visitors missed another good chance five minutes after half-time when Alex MacDonald raced on to Chadwick's flicked pass but shot rashly wide of the far post.