Ex-Saint Omerod on the up? (From Daily Echo)
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Ex-Saint Omerod on the up?
7:20am Thursday 21st February 2013 in Sport
Brett Ormerod
BRETT Ormerod could be about to swap places in the Football League with his former Saints strike partner James Beattie.
The 36-year-old Ormerod scored the winning goal at Gateshead on Tuesday as Wrexham moved into a three-point lead at the top of the Conference Premier.
It was the veteran’s fifth goal in his last 10 Conference outings, after failing to score in his first 16 games of 2012/13.
It was also his landmark 100th Premier League, Football League and Conference Premier goal since he started his career at Blackpool in the late 1990s.
With former leaders Grimsby losing at Braintree the same night, Wrexham are now in pole position to reclaim the Football League spot they lost in 2008.
But Grimsby have a game in hand and an inferior goal difference of just two.
If Wrexham do end up winning promotion, they could pass Beattie’s Accrington Stanley.
Beattie scored in three of his first four games for the League 2 club when he arrived there last November.
That run started with a penalty in his second game, a 3-1 win at Fleetwood.
But Accrington have only won once in 14 games since then, and Beattie – who made his England senior debut 10 years ago this month on the same night as Wayne Rooney – has not scored in his last nine outings.
Accrington slipped into the League 2 relegation zone on Tuesday due to Aldershot beating Torquay.
Had AFC Wimbledon not conceded an equaliser at home to Northampton, Accrington would be bottom of the entire Football League.
As for Ormerod, he could also end his first season outside the top four divisions with another Wembley appearance.
Three years ago Ormerod netted at the national stadium as Blackpool defeated Cardiff to win the Championship play-off final.
Now he is poised to go back there as Wrexham last weekend won the first leg of the FA Trophy semi final 3-1 at home to lower division Gainsborough.
Wrexham have never played in a cup final at either the old Wembley or the new one.
Comments(13)
AndyAndrews
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8:50am Thu 21 Feb 13
mbetts
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9:43am Thu 21 Feb 13
Jesus_02
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10:11am Thu 21 Feb 13
Outside of the Box
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10:45am Thu 21 Feb 13
Block 34
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12:26pm Thu 21 Feb 13
My nephew is a trainee with them!!!
CB FRY LIVES
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3:33pm Thu 21 Feb 13
mickey01
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3:43pm Thu 21 Feb 13
CB FRY LIVES wrote:ormerod always gave 100% in my opinion
ORMEROD and BEATTIE great players for the club during a great era.keep the stories coming please echo.
joelster
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4:39pm Thu 21 Feb 13
CB FRY LIVES wrote:totally agree, to rest of you sourpuss' lighten up, its great to hear about ex saints who gave their all! Cant believe Omerods 36
ORMEROD and BEATTIE great players for the club during a great era.keep the stories coming please echo.
memush
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6:56pm Thu 21 Feb 13
mickey01 wrote:agree 100%
CB FRY LIVES wrote:ormerod always gave 100% in my opinion
ORMEROD and BEATTIE great players for the club during a great era.keep the stories coming please echo.
ShakeyWiffles
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7:10pm Thu 21 Feb 13
sledgerite
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8:09am Fri 22 Feb 13
Beer Monster
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10:27am Fri 22 Feb 13
Outside of the Box wrote:30,000 surely? I recall hearing Chapel giving it some as well :-)
We've got Brett Ormerod,,,,We've got Brett Ormerod,,,,We've got Brett Ormerod. I never did understand that chant, 15,000 people stating the obvious didn't really work for me.
SaintinCanada says...
8:00am Thu 21 Feb 13