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Diary - Saturday 15 January 2005

15 January 2005

At the start of today, Town were 16th facing a Leyton Orient side who lay just outside the play-offs on goal difference and had chalked up two home defeats all season. The chances of the Mariners notching their third away win were slender to say the least. And the chances of the game being lively were just as slim. But the only win for an away side in "League Two" was the outcome this afternoon at Brisbane Road as Town ran out 2-1 winners.

Russell Slade's team took the lead after 19 minutes, with Stacy Coldicott and Michael Reddy setting up Andy Parkinson. Reddy was also involved in the second goal, creating room with John McDermott for Andy Parkinson to set up Martin Gritton - his second goal in five appearances for Town. Orient's goal came in the 81st minute from the lively Efe Echanomi, heading home off the post from a free-kick conceded by Thomas Pinault just outside the Town box. The resultant celebrations saw Ronnie Bull shown a straight red card and the home side's Scott Fitzgerald also followed. Our crack team of reporters will report back in due course.

Town have risen to 14th in the table, five points off the play-offs if you're still grasping at a cyclindrical piece of plastic used to suck drinkable liquids through.