League Two
December 8, 2012
Bradford City
1 - 0
Torquay United
League Two
15:00 +00:00, December 8, 2012
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: Darren Bond
Connell clips Gulls' wings
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Torquay United |
|---|---|
| Alan Connell (85') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Torquay United |
|---|---|
| 12 Matt Duke | 1 Michael Poke |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 3 Kevin Nicholson |
| 3 James Meredith | 4 Aaron Downes |
| 2 Stephen Darby | 5 Brian Saah |
| 16 Carl McHugh | 12 Daniel Leadbitter |
| 18 Gary Jones | 18 Craig Easton |
| 11 Garry Thompson | 19 Danny Stevens |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | 20 Nathan Craig |
| 14 Will Atkinson | 15 Billy Bodin |
| 9 James Hanson | 8 Ryan Jarvis |
| 21 Nahki Wells | 9 Rene Howe |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | Martin Rice 13 |
| 25 Tom Naylor | Tom Cruise 21 |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | Angus MacDonald 16 |
| 8 Ritchie Jones | Damon Lathrope 6 |
| 15 Craig Forsyth | Saul Haldin 17 |
| 26 Blair Turgott | Niall Thompson 29 |
| 17 Alan Connell | Ashley Yeoman 23 |
| Substitutions | |
| Blair Turgott for Garry Thompson (62) | Niall Thompson for Billy Bodin (27) |
| Alan Connell for Carl McHugh (80) | Angus MacDonald for Danny Stevens (37) |
| Tom Naylor for Nahki Wells (89) | Damon Lathrope for Ryan Jarvis (75) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Niall Thompson (55) | |
| Angus MacDonald (88) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Brian Saah (35) | |
| · Squads: Bradford City | Torquay United | |
Striker Alan Connell came off the bench to a score a 85th-minute winner as Capital One Cup quarter-finalists Bradford warmed up for the visit of Arsenal on Tuesday night with a 1-0 victory against 10-man Torquay.
Torquay, who had skipper Brian Saah sent off for elbowing James Meredith in the 35th minute, denied Bradford with some desperate defending before Connell broke the deadlock with a superb right-foot volley from the edge of the penalty area from Nahki Wells' cross five minutes after coming on as substitute.
City ought to have been ahead after dominating the first half. Striker James Hanson's header was turned over the crossbar by goalkeeper Michael Poke in the second minute and Hanson then saw another header rebound off the bar two minutes before half-time.
Torquay also hit the woodwork in the 39th minute when substitute Niall Thompson turned sharply only to see his 20-yard shot hit a post.
Poke continued to deny Bradford in the second half, turning Wells' goalbound shot on to a post in the 70th minute. But he had no chance with Connell's winner.