Bees march on at top
Bean goal enough to seal Griffin Park win
Last Updated: February 28, 2009 7:15pm
Bean: Hit the winner
Brentford extended their lead at the top of League Two with a hard-fought 1-0 win over promotion rivals Bury.
Marcus Bean's volley six minutes before the break was enough to settle a thrilling top-of-the-table clash.
Bean was on hand to lash home Sam Wood's half-cleared corner from 12 yards to give the Bees the edge.
Bury's cause was not helped 20 minutes from the end when Stephen Dawson was sent off for a second bookable offence after kicking the ball away.
Early on Bury edged it with Mike Jones forcing a superb double-save from home keeper Ben Hamer.
But in the end Brentford deserved the points and could have stretched their lead with Charlie MacDonald twice going close in the dying stages.
Matches
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Table
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| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Burton Albion | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bury | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Newport County AFC | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Southend United | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | York City | 0 | 0 |
