Brentford vs Hartlepool United. Sky Bet League One.
Griffin ParkAttendance6,352.
Saturday 10 December 2011 18:01, UK
Brentford recorded their first home win in six weeks with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over managerless Hartlepool on Saturday.
The game exploded into life in five pulsating minutes when the Bees took the lead thanks to a goalkeeping blunder by Scott Flinders. Niall McGinn's speculative lob slipped through his hands to gift the home side a lead that they held for just three minutes. Brentford's jittery defence failed to clear a free-kick and Sam Collins' defected effort found the bottom corner. But Uwe Rosler's side sneaked into the play-off places after Toumani Diagouraga was brought down in the area and Gary Alexander fired home the spot-kick at the second attempt. Alexander came closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half but his header from point-blank range was straight at Flinders.
