League Two
March 9, 2013
Bradford City
1 - 1
Aldershot Town
League Two
15:00 +00:00, March 9, 2013
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: Richard Clark
Bantams leave it late to thwart Shots
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Aldershot Town |
|---|---|
| Alan Connell (pen 90') | Kieron Cadogan (45') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Aldershot Town |
|---|---|
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | 21 Jamie Young |
| 22 Michael Nelson | 19 Terrell Forbes |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 2 Ben Herd |
| 2 Stephen Darby | 11 Peter Vincenti |
| 16 Carl McHugh | 4 Aaron Morris |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | 23 Sonny Bradley |
| 18 Gary Jones | 31 Daniel Rose |
| 14 Will Atkinson | 12 Oliver Risser |
| 20 Zavon Hines | 28 Kieron Cadogan |
| 9 James Hanson | 20 Craig Reid |
| 21 Nahki Wells | 15 Paul McCallum |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 Matt Duke | Glenn Morris 29 |
| 5 Andrew Davies | Oliver Lancashire 6 |
| 11 Garry Thompson | Craig Stanley 18 |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | Asa Hall 24 |
| 7 Kyel Reid | Lionel Ainsworth 27 |
| 10 Andy Gray | Adam Mekki 17 |
| 17 Alan Connell | Jeff Goulding 26 |
| Substitutions | |
| Kyel Reid for Richard Ravenhill (61) | Glenn Morris for Jamie Young (70) |
| Garry Thompson for Nahki Wells (61) | Oliver Lancashire for Ben Herd (79) |
| Alan Connell for Michael Nelson (78) | Asa Hall for Craig Reid (87) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Rory McArdle (45) | Daniel Rose (54) |
| Ben Herd (71) | |
| Oliver Lancashire (83) | |
| · Squads: Bradford City | Aldershot Town | |
Substitute Alan Connell rescued a 1-1 draw for Bradford in the seventh minute of stoppage time to deny Aldershot victory and keep their outside play-off hopes alive.
The home side were heading for defeat when Terrell Forbes tripped winger Zavon Hines and Connell scored from the spot.
Bradford would have been a couple of goals to the good in the first 11 minutes but for Shots `keeper Jamie Young, who made two superb diving saves to deny Hines, before then making an equally good stop to tip a 20-yard shot from skipper Gary Jones over the crossbar four minutes before half-time.
However, the visitors, who have now gone six matches unbeaten, shook the home side by taking the lead against the run of play a minute before the interval.
Bradford defender Rory McArdle was booked for a foul on Aldershot's on-loan striker Paul McCallum and the home defence failed to clear Kieron Cadogan's 25-yard free-kick which flashed into the far corner of the net.
Bradford dominated the second half but were denied by a resolute visiting defence until their last-gasp penalty equaliser.