We saw our 100% record in this season's Premier League International Cup come to an end as Tomas Schanelec’s strike handed Sparta Prague victory at a chilly Meadow Park.
In a game of few chances for either team, the half-time replacement drilled home what proved to be the winner on 54 minutes as Sparta continued to impress in this season’s competition, chalking up their third win on English soil without conceding.
In a meeting of the sides first and second in Group B, Mehmet Ali made six changes to the side that won emphatically at Swansea City the weekend before, and after a quiet start, the first major opportunity come our way just after the first half’s midway point.