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MATCH REPORT:
Newton Aycliffe (Home): NL Div 2, 26th August
2009.
F/T : Won 1 - 0
Scorer: Chillingsworth
Once again Burto had to make
enforced changes to players unavailability.
This weeks absentees were Ross Diamond, Derek
Bradley and Craig Skelton, but we welcomed back
batsman Andy Raw and striker Benn Thompson.
Carl Chillingsworth partnered Benn up front in
his first start since joining the club.
Newton Aycliffe, who have made a
good start to life in the Northern League, were
without top scorer Elliott Gardner and former
Darlington front man Danny Mellanby so gave a
debut to Mark Brischuk signed three days
earlier.
Aycliffe started well, Brischuk
turned past Anthony Roberts way too easily in
the second minute but shot straight at Brendan
Ledgeway from the edge of the box.
Our first chance came on five
minutes as Chillingsworth latched on to a flick
on in the box and centred across goal but
Thompson just failed to connect with it as he
slid in at the far post.
Owen Dixon almost put us into the
lead on eight minutes after fancy footwork saw
him jink past a defender and force visiting
keeper Stephen Richardson into a good low save.
We were enjoying plenty of
possession but the central midfield pairing of
Cochrane and Swalwell were giving the ball away
to often. Cochrane lost out to Chase McMullen on
20 minutes and after he made up ground, forced a
low save out of Ledgeway.
The visitors looked sharp going
forward, and Mark Taylor had to react quickly to
concede a corner two minutes later.
The lively Dixon went close after
a good run on 35 minutes, then five minutes
later looked likely to score as he made his way
down the right hand side and into the box, but a
great last ditch tackle from Wayne Hall
prevented his shot and the keeper blocked.
Dom Gamble got forward shortly
before half time and dinked the ball over the
oncoming keeper before being brought down in the
box, an offside flag preventing a certain
penalty and possible red card.
Half-time: Marske United 0v0
Newton Aycliffe
Dixon won a central free kick
within the first ten seconds of the second half,
Cochrane striking a vicious low shot at goal
that Richardson got his body behind.
We made the breakthrough after 48
minutes as Richardson failed to collect Stuart
Jackson’s deep cross into the box and
Chillingsworth sent a great looping header back
over him into the goal.
A couple of bizarre referee
decisions followed as a soft yellow card set the
precedent and two more quickly followed. Benn
Thompson received his for challenging a header
with Hall, who was unable to continue and was
replaced by Anthony Campbell.
Newton Aycliffe’s first real
chance of the half fell to Dion Raitt on 64
minutes but the midfielder fired over from 30
yards out.
Anthony Roberts was sent up front
for a long free kick on 67 minutes and nearly
ended up scoring. Having got onto the end of a
Thompson flick-on he managed to keep the ball in
play and was unfortunate to blast his shot
straight at Thompson.
It should really have been 2-0 on
77 minutes as Dixon and Chillingsworth both
cleverly beat the offside trap. Dixon broke
away quickly down the right wing but his low
centre towards Chilli was cut out by a defender.
Josh Myers and Adam Blair replaced Cochrane and
Chillingsworth for the final 12 minutes, as we
saw out the remainder of the game without any
scares.
Full-time: Marske United 1v0
Newton Aycliffe
A very good result against a team
that will take plenty of points off teams on
their travels this season. It was important we
got straight back to winning ways after a
disappointing result at Sunderland Ryhope, and
we certainly looked a much better side with Benn
and Chilli partnering each other up front.
Teams:
Marske United:
Ledgeway, Raw, Jackson, Swalwell,
Roberts, Taylor, Dixon, Cochrane (Myers),
Thompson, Chillingsworth (Blair), Gamble.
Not Used:
Diamond, Erskine, Simpson.
Newton Aycliffe:
Richardson, Mitton, Hall
(Campbell), Close, Stout (Knox), Tarling
(Gardner), McMullen, Raitt, Brischuk, Cooper,
Owen.
Not Used:
Broom, Leighton.
Attendance:
108
Match Sponsors M/O/M:
Owen Dixon
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