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reports from Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Press Round-up
Shirland
close the gap
Shirland
Miners Welfare 2 Darley Dale Lions 1
Home scorers: R. Harrison, D. Hegarty
Away scorer: M. French
Shirland started there
first league game in 67 days against a Darley Dale side that are in fantastic
form with the
main aim this season, like many teams in this league, to be crowned Matlock
& Dstrict Football League champions.
It
was a must win game against the Lions,make or break for Shirland –
to lose would have put the visitors in the driving seat with a tehn point
lead that would have been hard to haul back.
It
was Shirland who raced out of the blocks brightly, a through ball from Richard
Harrison found the feet of Ian Hursthouse who put the ball just wide of
the post.
The
game settled down after a few minutes but it was Shirland who were creating
the best chances and it wasn't long before a sweeping ball from Gareth Brown
found Steven Wright who was one-on-one with the Lions keeper Gary Widdowson,
a cool chip had the him well beaten but the ball went just over bar.
Darley
Dale soon found their feet and started to show Shirland why they are top
of the league. The visitors are a very good side and they're difficult to
play against but the possession they did have didn't really threaten Shirland
too much in the first 20 minutes or so that is untill the 21st minute when
Shirland failed to clear a Lions throw. The ball fell to the feet of Martin
French who hit
a sweet shot to fire the visitors into the lead.
As
the first half continued both teams had some great chances but it was Shirland
who put the most pressure on.
After
a string of fine finger tip saves from Widdowson Shirland got the break
they were looking for. A Steven Boot header beat Lions' back four and Hursthouse
sprinting through fired a thunderbolt only to be denied with a fantastic
save, the rebound found Hursthouse again but as he tried to go around the
keeper he was bought down with what was described by the refferee as a stonewall
penalty. Up stepped Richard Harrison who fired home with a cool and powerful
spot kick.
The
second half saw both teams play some exciting fast flowing football, the
one person that stood out the most though was Lions keeper Widdowson who
continued to make some fantastic saves.
Shirland's
hard work finally paid off when Dale Hegarty stole the show with a powerful
shot in the 89th minute to put Shirland write back in the title chase.
Shirland's
manager Dave Thurnham bought the players right back down to earth in the
dressing room after this fantastic win by telling his players that "anyone
who thinks we're going to walk the title is wrong, there's alot of fantastic
teams in this league who just keep getting better and better every week".
He added: "It's going to be a long hard relentless slog. Well done
you should be proud after that display."
• Shirland's MOM:
Richard Harrison. Lions MOM: Gary Widdowson.
Holloway
extend unbeaten run
Matlock Town Youth 1 AFC Lea Holloway 2
Home scorers: T. Jackson
Away scorer: S. Bott (2)
In a cracking encounter
on Cavendish Fields, AFC Lea Holloway secured three vital points to extend
their unbeaten league run to eight matches.
Both sides
tried to play good football on a difficult pitch but played out a goalless
first half. Matlock took the lead within five minutes of the restart, Tom
Jackson poking home a rebound after unlucky Holloway keeper Andrew Bird
had pulled off a wonder save.
Holloway
took the game to their hosts and were rewarded within minutes. Skipper Nigel
Emberton was fouled 30 yards from goal and his quick free-kick put Shaun
Bott in on goal to hit the equalizer.
The
winner came minutes later, Bird's long kick was controlled by Emberton who
laid the ball to Bott, who in turn sent the hard-working Scott Andrews down
the left wing. Andrews raced for the byline and his deep cross found Bott
who struck first time on the bounce into the bottom left-hand corner from
15 yards for his 15th league goal of the season.
Stout
defending ensured Kev Carline's men came away with a crucial win against
a good, young Matlock side.
Saints
alive!
Laburnum Saints 3 Hilcote United 1
Home scorers: A Clifton (2), Denton
Away scorer: Killick og
Laburnum Saints started
under heavy pressure from Hilcote United for the first 20 minutes –
their number eight running things from the middle of midfield.
Saints
got themselves into the game when another cool finish from Andy Clifton
relieving the early pressure and tiresome work from Dunsby, Carson and Denton
saw its reward in midfield from then on in.
Saints
started the second half well with some good passing and better finishing
from Clifon as he grabbed his second of the game.
Pressure
again came from Hilcote, whose centre half started leading from the back
with bursts through the midfield only to be stopped by some resolute defending
from the Saints' centre halves. Good wing play from Sellers and Gregory
helped Saints knotch up a third goal which Denton finished.
The
only disappointing moment of the match was when Dan Killick put the ball
past his dad in goals to rob him of a clean sheet, but credit is due to
Andy Clifton who was the Saints' man-of-the-match.
Press
Round-up
Lions'
rare slip as Shirland close the gap
13
February, 2010
Topsy-turvy
results brought Matlock & District Football League teams closer together
as Darley Dale Lions suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Shirland Miners
Welfare.
It
was Shirland's first league match for 67 days and they were determined to
take maximum points to close the gap on the Lions.
Both
sides played attractive football with Shirland having the best of the chances,
but it was Darley's Martin French who scored on 21 minutes after the home
team failed to clear a long throw.
Unperturbed
Shirland force several fine fingertip saves from Lions keeper Gary Widdowson
and it was unfortunate that he was penalised for a challenge on striker
Ian Hursthouse, with the resulting spot kick coolly converted by Richard
Harrison.
The
second half saw both teams play some exciting, fast flowing football and
again Widdowson was forced to make some fantastic saves.
Shirland's
hard work finally paid off when Dale Hegarty stole the show with a powerful
shot in the 89th minute to leapfrog Shirland into second position.
Both
Hilcote United and Matlock Town Youth suffered setbacks. In a cracking encounter
on Cavendish Fields, AFC Lea Holloway securedÊthree vital points to extend
their unbeaten league run to eight matches.
Both
sides tried to play good football on a difficult pitch but played out a
goalless first half. Matlock took the lead within five minutes of the restart,
Tom Jackson poking home a rebound after unlucky Holloway keeper Andrew Bird
had pulled off a wonder save.
Holloway
took the game to their hosts and were rewarded within minutes. Holloway
skipper Nigel Emberton was fouled 30 yards from goal and his quick free-kick
put Shaun Bott in on goal to hit the equaliser.
The
winner came minutes later, Bird's long kick was controlled by Emberton who
laid the ball to Bott, who in turn sent the hard-working Scott Andrews down
the left wing. Andrews raced for the by-line and his deep cross found Bott
who struck first time on the bounce into the bottom left-hand corner from
15 yardsÊfor his 15th league goal of the season.
Stout
defending ensured Holloway came away with a crucial win against a good young
Matlock side.
Hilcote
lost league ground at the hands of a resurgent Laburnum Saints who scored
all the goals in their 3-1 home triumph! Andy Clifton scored a brace and
Pete Denton notched another goal to his league tally, while Dan Killick
scored an own goal.
Equally,
it was a good day for Riddings Rovers with victory over Crich's Kings Arms
at Ironville. Riddings goals came from Adam Coleman and Adrian Clarke with
Pete Beresford netting for Kings.
Harveys'
Dave Armshaw produced a great 30-yard lob to secure his side a 1-0 victory
over Black Hippo who always work tirelessly despite being unable to earn
their first points of the season.
Young
guns Tibshelf Community were the other winners of the afternoon with a 6-2
away victory at Ashbourne with goals from John Hart, Paul Barnes and four
from Danny Bacon. .
It's
Cavendish Cup quarter-finals day on Saturday (20 February, 2010) with Harveys
Bar v Darley Dale Lions, Tibshelf Community v Matlock Town Youth, Riddings
Rovers v Laburnum Saints and AFC Lea Holloway v Shirland Miners Welfare.
League action sees Ashbourne v Hilcote United and Black Hippo v Kings Arms.
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