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MATCH REPORT:
Gillford Park (Home): NL Div 2, 9th December
2009.
F/T 3-1 (W)
Scorers: Dixon, Brunskill, Own goal
Burto made two
changes from the team that brushed aside Nelson
in the FA Vase. Josh Myers returned from
suspension to replace Micky Waller in midfield,
and Danny Brunskill started in place of Rob
Jones who switched to the subs bench.
Gillford turned up
with a squad of only 11 players, and having
arrived late, the referee delayed the kick off
by five minutes.
We had a good early
chance soon after kick off as Dom Gamble
outpaced Craig Thompson to a loose ball on the
left and crossed low into the six yard box where
Benn Thompson arrived to try and scramble the
ball past goalkeeper Gavin Armstrong, but the
keeper managed to gather.
Gamble got away
down the left again on 10 minutes and picked out
Derek Bradley on the edge of the box, who turned
and fired low towards Armstrong who managed to
save the ball at the second attempt.
Once Gillford got
into their stride, it turned into a fairly even
game. Robert Prince was trying to gain control
of the midfield, and it was him who hit
Gillford’s first shot wide of goal from distance
on 20 minutes.
We took the lead
two minutes later as a dangerous cross from the
right by Gamble was headed into his own net by
James Parker, after Owen Dixon had done well to
win a corner.
Gillford responded
well with a free kick into the box following a
Josh Myers challenge, Stuart Jackson having to
react quickly to block David Wallace’s shot from
12 yards.
Bradley battled his
way past Thompson on 33 minutes to get onto the
end of an Andy Swalwell ball forward but
couldn’t steer his shot on target.
The referee bottled
it on 35 minutes when Dixon got into the box
before being brought down by Matthew Read,
deeming the challenge to have been made outside
the area.
Danny Brunskill
tried his best to put the resultant free kick
onto Southfield Road.
Our best move of
the game involving Swalwell and Gamble resulted
in the latter crossing to Bradley in space but
he hit a curling shot wide.
Half-time:
Marske United 1 v 0 Gillford Park
We made hard work
of our start to the second half.
Dixon gave the ball
away on the right and when Kyle Armstong broke
away he was brought down by Andy Raw in a
dangerous position.
Brendan Ledgeway
had to be alert to save Peter Ferris’ free kick.
The Gillford Park
goalkeeper had a scare on 55 minutes when he
lost the race with Brunskill to a loose ball on
the right touchline but as the striker dribbled
off towards an empty goal, the linesman raised
his flag to say the ball had gone out of play.
Dixon grabbed his
third goal in consecutive games following a
Gillford Park free kick into our box just before
the hour mark. Bradley cleared the ball to
Brunskill on the half way line and quickly
played in the overlapping Dixon who took the
ball forward and fired past Armstrong from the
edge of the box.
We tried to let the
visitors back into the game as Bradley gave the
ball away cheaply, and after a decent build-up
Wallace forced Ledgeway into a good save.
John Seaton
replaced Dixon on 67 minutes, and son afterwards
we almost made it three nil.
Brunskill
controlled a quickly taken free kick and teed up
Swalwell who fired against the post from the
edge of the box. Swalwell was first to the
rebound but Armstrong blocked his second attempt
well.
Myers made a good
run forward on 70 minutes and played in Seaton
whose shot beat Armstrong but went wide of the
far post.
Gillford were still
plugging away but were finding Anthony Roberts
and Stuart Jackson on top of their game.
Craig Skelton came
on for Benn Thompson and Rob Jones replaced
Bradley, and soon after it was game over with
another well taken goal.
Skelton held the
ball up well and rolled it into Brunskill’s path
who calmly slotted home.
Gillford pulled a
goal baclate in the game as a long range effort
came back off the bar and whilst the defence
stood watching, Michael Reed reacted quickest to
blast home the rebound.
Full-time:
Marske United 3 v 1 Gillford Park
Marske
United: Ledgeway,
A.Raw, Gamble, Swalwell, Roberts, Jackson, Dixon
(Seaton), Myers, Thompson (Skelton), Brunskill,
Bradley (Jones). Not Used: Taylor,
Helm.
Gillford
Park: G.Armstrong,
Thompson, Read, Taylor, Parker, Wallace, Butler,
Prince, Ferris, Reed, K.Armstrong. Not Used:
Bell.
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