Match report: Town 2 - 3 Leicester City

Oct 6 2008 By Doug Thomson

Midfielders Nicky Adams and Andy King have just won Wales Under 21 call-ups into the bargain, but Ternent’s team still gave the visitors a test.

Leicester had three decent chances in the first half, with King dinking a shot across the face of goal, Fryatt fluffing a golden opportunity by firing straight at Glennon, who blocked with legs, then looking on as the stopper pushed away his flicked effort from Gilbert’s cross.

But Town, forced to reorganise after Ian Craney limped off with a sore hamstring in the 35th minute, also carved out several opportunities, the best falling to Flynn, who would surely have scored had he directed his header either side of Martin instead of straight at him.

Roberts fired one wide and another, from a free-kick, into the Leicester wall while Nathan Clarke couldn’t quite make contact with Craney’s nicely-weighted free-kick before Dickinson headed wide from a Phil Jevons cross.

Ternent will be perturbed by the fact that Town conceded early in the second half for a second successive game, Fryatt finishing cleanly after good approach work down the right by Adams in a move begun by a sloppy pass by Danny Cadamarteri.