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Veteran striker Steve Claridge spared Millwall's blushes at Third Division
Cambridge.
His goal midway through the second half against one of his former clubs earned
a replay the visitors hardly deserved.
Only resolute defending and good goalkeeping by Tony Warner kept Millwall in
this cup-tie.
Cambridge were clearly not overawed by a team two divisions above them and
attacked from the start.
Shane Tudor's fierce 20-yard shot was only parried for a corner by Warner and
then the same player's shot from 25 yards lacked both power and accuracy, while
David Bridge's 25-yard shot just went over the bar.
Bridges tested Warner with a curling shot from the left that the Millwall
keeper did well to hold, Paul Wanless contrived to head over the bar from a
couple of yards and then Warner pulled off a fantastic save from Tudor.
Daniel Chillingworth put a fierce shot just wide and Tom Youngs hit the
upright with a well-struck effort.
And as frustration got the better of Millwall, Ronnie Bull was booked for
dissent on the stroke of half-time, when, amazingly, the score was still 0-0.
Cambridge started the second half as they finished the first and took a
deserved lead four minutes after the restart. Warner pulled off another fine
save from a powerful Adam Tann header but from the resulting corner Youngs
headed the ball home from close range.
David Livermore became the second Millwall player to be booked as the First
Division continued to struggle.
Just when it looked as if Cambridge would grab a second, Millwall drew level
in the 60th minute with their first serious attack of the half.
Claridge got behind the home defence to prod home a Paul Ifill cross from
close range.
Millwall's Paul Robinson became the third Millwall player to be booked after a
foul on Fred Murray and Cambridge's Adam Tann also received a yellow card for a
foul on Steven Reid as both sides went looking for a winning goal.
Shaun Marshall, who had very little to do in the Cambridge goal, pulled off a
good save from Charley Hearn and then gathered a dangerous lob from Neil Harris
as Millwall at last began take the game to the home side.
Hearn then became the fourth Millwall player to be booked for a foul on Youngs
and Cambridge made a final assault to snatch a winner.
And two minutes from time Warner saved the visitors again with a good save to
deny Tudor.
Teams:
Cambridge Utd: Marshall, Tann, Duncan (Chillingworth 17),
Goodhind, Angus, Nacca, Wanless, Bridges, Tudor, Kitson,
Youngs, Chillingworth (Murray 63).
Subs Not Used: Brennan, Revell, Paynter.
Booked: Tann.
Goals: Youngs 49.
Millwall: Warner, Lawrence, Nethercott (Robinson 5), Ward,
Ryan, Kinet (Hearn 54), Ifill, Livermore, Reid, Harris,
Claridge.
Subs Not Used: Gueret, Bull, Braniff.
Booked: Bull, Livermore, Robinson, Hearn.
Goals: Claridge 60.
Att: 6,864
Ref: P Danson (Leicestershire).
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