Shrews shoot to within a point of league leaders

Last updated : 28 January 2012 By westfield shrimper / DSG

Gornell: Opened scoring for Shrewsbury

Gornell: Opened scoring for Shrewsbury

Well-taken first-half goals from Terry Gornell and James Collins clinched a fifth successive derby victory for Shrews, coming after their 3-1 triumph on home soil in mid-September.

Both sides enjoyed attempts on goal in an action-packed opening five minutes, Nicky Featherstone shooting wide for the Bulls while Gornell replied with a rising attempt into the side-netting.

But Gornell made no mistake when he put the visitors in front in the 16th minute. Joe Jacobson swept the ball into the Hereford penalty area for the recalled striker to head past goalkeeper Adam Bartlett from close range.

Hereford striker Delroy Facey went close to levelling shortly afterwards when he nodded a cross from Joe Colbeck inches wide of target. But Town doubled their advantage in the 27th minute when Collins latched onto a throughball from Matt Richards before beating Bartlett from 18 yards.

Shrewsbury goalkeeper Chris Neal was called upon to make two fine saves to deny Colbeck and Yoann Arquin in the second half.

Fixtures
 
Latest FA Cup Fourth Round scores with Man. U and QPR already out & Leicester one up over Swindon: http://news.bbc.co.uk
 
League Two
 
Saturday, January 28th; (all kick-offs 15.00): AFC Wimbledon v Aldershot, Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, Barnet v Crewe, Bristol Rovers v Bradford, Dag & Red v Rotherham, Macclesfield v Cheltenham, Port Vale v Plymouth, Torquay v Northampton.
 
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Sunday, January 29th: Burton Albion v Oxford Utd, 15:00.
 
Tuesday, January 31st: Southend v Swindon, 19:45.
 

League Two

1 Southend United 26 7 4 2 21 9 9 0 4 30 19 16 4 6 51 28 52 +23
2 Crawley Town 26 10 1 2 29 11 5 6 2 19 19 15 7 4 48 30 52 +18
3 Cheltenham Town 26 9 2 3 19 8 7 2 3 20 15 16 4 6 39 23 52 +16
 
4 Shrewsbury Town 27 10 3 0 22 7 5 3 6 19 18 15 6 6 41 25 51 +16
5 Swindon Town 26 9 2 1 26 7 6 2 6 15 13 15 4 7 41 20 49 +21
6 Torquay United 27 7 5 2 26 17 6 3 4 15 15 13 8 6 41 32 47 +9
7 Oxford United 27 5 6 2 23 14 6 3 5 15 13 11 9 7 38 27 42 +11
 
8 Gillingham 26 7 3 2 22 12 5 2 7 22 23 12 5 9 44 35 41 +9
9 Burton Albion 27 6 4 3 16 15 5 4 5 24 26 11 8 8 40 41 41 -1
10 Accrington Stanley 27 7 1 5 20 16 3 9 2 14 13 10 10 7 34 29 40 +5
11 Crewe Alexandra 27 5 2 6 19 19 7 1 6 18 19 12 3 12 37 38 39 -1
12 Port Vale 27 5 2 6 24 21 6 3 5 20 18 11 5 11 44 39 38 +5
13 Rotherham United 26 6 2 5 18 14 4 5 4 24 25 10 7 9 42 39 37 +3
14 Morecambe 27 3 4 7 23 21 6 5 2 20 13 9 9 9 43 34 36 +9
15 AFC Wimbledon 27 4 3 7 21 30 6 2 5 17 21 10 5 12 38 51 35 -13
16 Macclesfield Town 27 5 6 3 16 10 3 0 10 9 21 8 6 13 25 31 30 -6
17 Bristol Rovers 27 4 3 7 17 23 4 3 6 17 25 8 6 13 34 48 30 -14
18 Barnet 26 4 3 5 17 22 4 2 8 16 24 8 5 13 33 46 29 -13
19 Aldershot Town 26 4 3 6 10 12 4 1 8 14 22 8 4 14 24 34 28 -10
20 Bradford City 26 5 4 5 23 19 1 5 6 8 17 6 9 11 31 36 27 -5
21 Hereford United 28 3 2 10 13 30 3 6 4 14 15 6 8 14 27 45 26 -18
22 Plymouth Argyle 27 3 4 6 15 19 2 3 9 14 30 5 7 15 29 49 22 -20
 
23 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 4 1 9 17 24 2 2 9 9 23 6 3 18 26 47 21 -21
24 Northampton Town 27 1 4 9 15 31 4 2 7 18 25 5 6 16 33 56 21 -23
 
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