craig 5,199 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Sky sports - seems Jeffers does in less than 90 minutes what he couldn't do for us in 900. Blackburn Rovers beat League newcomers Accrington Stanley 3-0 on a busy night of friendly action, with summer signings Francis Jeffers and Jason Roberts both netting at The Fraser Eagle Stadium. Former Wigan man Roberts opened the scoring after 17 minutes as he reacted quickly to fire home after Paul Gallagher's shot was saved, and fellow new-boy Jeffers followed his lead on 66 minutes when he converted after great work from trialist Didier Agathe. Matt Derbyshire wrapped up the scoring with quarter of an hour to go as he headed home after originally hitting the post, in a comfortable night for Mark Hughes' side against their neighbours. Seol Ki-hyeon was another man to open his account at a new club as he scored in Reading's 3-2 win over Rushden & Diamonds. The South Korean international scored on 20 minutes to draw the Premiership side level after Jon Ashton's opener, and turned provider when his corner was headed home by Ibrahima Sonko in the second half. Simon Cox's 69th minute strike gave Steve Coppell's side a two-goal cushion, but Ashton took his second from the penalty spot with 13 minutes remaining in a game that saw contract rebel Steve Sidwell last the full 90 minutes. Manchester City begun their pre-season campaign with a 3-3 draw with Wrexham that saw Ousmane Dabo, Joe Hart, Dietmar Hamann and Paul Dickov make their debuts. Stuart Pearce's men earned an early lead through Ishmael Miller but Chris Llewellyn equalised with a fine strike from the edge of the box. Pearce made widespread changes at the break and substitute Georgios Samaras scored twice, first netting with a deflected effort before curling home a fine effort. However Wrexham proved no pushovers and managed to equalise on both occasions, with Matty Done and then a Sylvain Distin own goal earning them a draw. Portsmouth were more successful in their trip to Torquay as a strong side earned a 3-0 win at the League Two side. However the win came at a cost as keeper Dean Kiely broke a finger in the warm-up, before Svetoslav Todorov opened the scoring on the brink of half time with an easy finish. Tresor Lomana Lua Lua headed home early in the second period, and it was left to trialist Berlin to complete the scoring when he lobbed the Torquay keeper. Everton could only draw 0-0 with Preston North End for Paul McKenna's testimonial game. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 With all due respect he could go onto be a golden boot winner and I wouldn't give a damn. He's not an ex player I really care about. However, did you notice the name of the trialist who fed him? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 And it was against Accrington Stanley, not exactly world beaters are they? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 And it was against Accrington Stanley, not exactly world beaters are they? Neither are SPL teams but he still couldn't bag a goal up here, lol. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I think goals in friendlies and reserve games can be ignored... Let's see how long it takes him to score a competative goal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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