The return of former Peterborough United striker Ricky-Jade Jones has sparked St Pauli into life in the Bundesliga
The return to action of former Peterborough United striker Ricky-Jade Jones has co-incinded with improved German Bundesliga form for St Pauli FC.
The debut of the 23 year-old for his new club was delayed by a couple of months after he dislocated his shoulder in a pre-season game.
He was an unused substitute in a couple of recent games, including a 3-1 defeat at mighty Bayern Munich, and when he did finally step on the pitch he grabbed a last-gasp headed equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Koln on December 6. That stopped a run of nine straight Bundesliga defeats for St Pauli.
And yesterday Jones again came off the bench as St Pauli beat relegation rivals Heidenheim 2-1, although, strangely he went on as a 76th minute substitute before being taken off again in the 89th minute of a win which lifted his team up a place to third from bottom. It’s understood Jones picked up an injury.
The match was watched by a capacity crowd just under 30,000 fans. St Pauli, who played the entire second half with 10 men, are at bottom club Mainz next weekend.
A former Posh teammate of Jones, Ephron Mason-Clark, scored the only goal of the game as Championship leaders Coventry City pipped Bristol City 1-0. It was the 26 year-old’s fourth goal of the season. Posh will get a £1 million payout of Coventry win promotion.
In League Two yesterday there were goals for ex-Posh men Kabongo Tshimanga for Crawley in a 2-2 home draw with Oldham Athletic and Harry Anderson for Colchester United in a 4-3 defeat at Salford City. It was Anderson’s eighth goal of the campaign.