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Match
Report:
Washington
(Away) | Wednesday 11th August 2010 7.30pm
| Northern League Div 2 | Result 2 - 0
(Lost)
Marske
travelled to the extremely impressive
Nissan Sports Complex to take on
Washington, hoping to grab their first
three points of the new season. With
Paul Burton on holiday, assistant
manager Mark Riley put his 100% record
on the line, and made two changes to the
side that drew at home to Hebburn on the
opening day.
Micky Dalton
replaced Andy Swalwell in midfield, and
Derek Bradley came in for the injured
Anthony Roberts, with Josh Myers
dropping back into defence.
Marske made
a bright start to the game, despite Dean
Fox having the first shot at goal from
long distance.
Anthony
Ormerod was put into a good position in
the box but couldn’t find a shot, then
Dom Gamble whipped in a great cross from
the left flank but there was nobody in
the middle to get on the end of it.
With eight
minutes gone, Washington made the most
of the vacant space on the wing and
Glenn Reay cut inside and found Nicky
Martin who scuffed his first time shot
at goal.
The game was
slightly marred by a strong wind, with
the next proper chance not coming until
the 27th minute when Rob
Jones drew in a foul five yards outside
the penalty area. Danny Brunskill
blasted the free kick into the wall, but
Jones reacted quickly to win the ball on
the byline and instead of crossing,
tried to take on a defender at the edge
of the six yard box as the move fizzled
out.
Derek
Bradley then moved out onto the left
hand side and Marske started to show
some promise.
On 31
minutes Gamble sent him away down the
flank and he battled past two defenders
before being hacked down just outside
the box, Alan Oliver lucky to escape
without a yellow card.
From the
resulting free kick, Washington broke
straight down the other end and won a
soft penalty following a shove in the
back from Mark Taylor. Glenn Reay
slotted home the opening goal from the
spot.
Marske came
close to an equaliser from a free kick
on 37 minutes. Oliver just managed to
beat Micky Dalton to Bradley’s centre,
and headed the ball over the bar for a
corner.
Half-time: Washington 1v0 Marske United
As Josh
Myers hobbled off at half-time, Rilo
made a controversial decision to replace
him at right-back with left footed
Mitchell Morris, when Andy Raw was also
available on the bench,
Jones had a
lively start to the second period. He
drew David Lee into a badly timed tackle
that earned him a yellow card, but
Morris’ free kick was poor to say the
least. Then a minute later Jones set up
Brunskill to shoot, his curling shot
going narrowly over from the edge of the
box.
Washington
broke quickly down the right hand side
on 62 minutes and supplied a good deep
cross into the box. Fox arrived
unmarked on the corner of the six yard
box but couldn’t beat Danny Dixon with
his header.
A long punt
forward on 68 minutes from the
Washington defence, fortuitously found
Martin who managed to get goal side of
Lee Donachie, but Dixon was quick off
his line to block his shot from ten
yards out.
Marske had a
golden opportunity to equalise with 15
minutes left. Jones played in Dalton
who hit a low shot wide of the mark with
just keeper Danny Molyneaux to slip it
round. His blushes were spared when he
turned back to see the linesman had
raised his flag for offside.
Two minutes
later Molyneux made his first save of
the game in the Washington goal when
Brunskill hit a shot on the turn from
just inside the box that lacked power.
Washington
should have made it 2-0 on 84 minutes as
both of their substitutes combined from
a free kick. John Harrison set up Tim
Bowman in the box, but he put his first
touch under Dixon and just wide of the
post.
Washington
made sure of the points with four
minutes to go following a Marske free
kick from the left byline at United’s
own end. The ball was passed back to
keeper Dixon whose poor clearance went
straight to Martin, and with only the
keeper in front of him, he couldn’t
miss.
Full-time: Washington 2v0 Marske United
Washington:
Molyneaux, Oliver, Lee, Dawson (Bowman),
Liddle, A.Reay, McMahon, Caris, Martin,
Fox (Harrison), G.Reay.
Not
Used:
Sherlock, Hollingsworth, Watson.
Marske United:
D.Dixon, Myers (Morris), Gamble, Dalton,
Donachie, Taylor, Bradley, Gell,
Brunskill, Ormerod (O.Dixon), Jones.
Not
Used:
Swalwell, Raw, Waterfield.
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