West Auckland (Home): FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round: Saturday 24th Sept 2011

Result: Marske United 2 West Auckland 6     Scorers: Bradley, Ormerod

Marske United welcomed two-time World Cup winners West Auckland Town for the start of their FA Vase campaign, and Paul Burton named an unchanged outfield from the midweek draw against Bedlington Terriers.  Between the sticks, Jonathan Collinson was drafted in as emergency cover for Jonathan McDonald who has left to join Pickering Town.

The visitors led after on eight minutes when Andy Raw’s throw-in down the line was headed back forwards by Stuart Banks to Danny Hindmarsh on the corner of the penalty area.  He turned his marker and delivered a cross that was nodded in on the edge of the six yard box by a totally unmarked Matty Moffatt.

Just 25 seconds later, straight from kick-off, Alex Francis drove forward to the corner of the box and drove a low shot past Collinson that crept just inside the far post.

Having conceded twice in quick succession, a cricket score looked to be on the cards for Marske, but to their credit they worked their way back into the game and went close when Danny Brunskill headed straight at Mark Bell.

But Marske were their own worse enemies and went close to conceding a third in calamitous circumstances.  A throw on the left just inside the opposition half quickly resulted in panic at the back as Collinson’s attempted clearance was charged down by Moffatt, allowing Hindmarsh a free shot on goal that curled just wide.

United pulled a goal back on 22 minutes when Steve Cochrane managed to beat the offside trap and fire a low effort across Bell.  His shot was parried but Derek Bradley was on hand to scoop up the rebound and couldn’t miss from six yards out.

The home side were dealt a blow on 25 minutes when Andy Raw limped off to be replaced by Lee Donachie, and shortly afterwards Mark Taylor also left the field to be replaced by Adam Gell.

Nevertheless, they enjoyed a decent spell of pressure, but rarely failed to trouble the visiting keeper.

Right on the stroke of half-time Marske almost drew level after Chris McGill won a free kick wide on the right.  Brunskill caught Bell off guard by choosing to shoot, but his effort rattled the crossbar and Anthony Roberts was unable to direct the rebound on target.

Half-time:  Marske United 1 v 2 West Auckland

Marske’s bright end to the first half was quickly forgotten as West Auckland scored a third goal just four minutes after the interval.  A high ball forward into the Marske penalty area was controlled well by Moffatt who laid the ball back to Nathan Wilson near the penalty spot to slot past Collinson.

Three minutes later Francis got to the byline and centred towardsWilson who couldn’t believe his luck to find himself in acres of space to add a fourth goal.

On 63 minutesWilson sauntered through to add a fifth goal for the visitors and complete his hat trick, but Marske managed to pull a second goal back nine minutes later.  After Bradley’s free kick came to nothing, Dom Gamble’s long throw-in was flicked on by Brunskill towards the far post where it was met by Anthony Ormerod who volleyed home from close range.

West completed the rout on 83 minutes, scoring from a Marske corner kick.  Martin Young hooked a long clearance down field for Moffatt to run onto.  Collinson held him up briefly on the edge of the box, but having got round him the striker curled a shot into the far corner, despite Gamble’s best efforts to keep it out.

Full-time:  Marske United 2 v 6 West Auckland

Having not conceded six goals at home since 1990, Marske found themselves on the receiving end of a 6-2 drubbing for the second time this month, and West Auckland will now travel to Shildon for the first round proper, who won 6-0 at Tow Law.

Teams:

Marske United:  Collinson, Raw (Donachie), Gamble, Ormerod, Roberts, Taylor (Gell), Wesson (Charlton), Cochrane, Brunskill, McGill, Bradley.  Not Used:  J.Burton, Thompson.

West Auckland Town:  Bell, Parker, Preston, Wilson, Gibson, Francis (Young), Banks (Rae), Brown (Garthwaite), Moffatt, Hindmarsh, Nicholls.  Not Used:  Green, Stephenson.

Referee:  Ian Patton (Ingleby Barwick)