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MATCH REPORT:
Stokesley (Homes): North Riding Senior cup, Wed
3rd February 2010.
F/T : Lost 1 - 1
(Stokesley won 4-3 on penalties)
Scorer: Skelton
Following a late
pitch inspection the game was given the go ahead
to take place despite large parts of the pitch
being frozen solid.
With the FA Vase 5th
Round tie at Whitehawk just three days away,
Burto made seven changes to the side that beat
Guisborough a week earlier. Mark Taylor and
Tommy Raw returned after lengthy lay-offs to get
a much needed game in, while Benn Thompson, Rob
Jones and Derek Bradley weren’t risked. Five
first team regulars took a place on the bench,
along with Johnny Peirson who hadn’t played
since our North Riding County Cup game against
Middlesbrough in April 2009.
Stokesley were
close to full strength and also had a few good
options on the bench.
The visitors
created the first opportunity after eight
minutes following a bit of showboating from Lev
Yalcin. His clever back heel volley into space
should have been collected by young goalkeeper
Adam Norman, but he hesitated and failed to come
out leaving the league’s top scorer Andy
Jennings time and space to pick a shot. Having
shot past Norman from an acute angle, the ball
bounced to safety after hitting the near post.
We were caught
napping at the back again on 12 minutes as
Jennings was allowed a free shot on the turn
from 12 yards that he hit just wide of the goal.
Craig Skelton
created our first chance on 17 minutes after a
good run past two defenders. He cut inside and
tried dinking the ball over Robert Dean but the
keeper got a hand to it.
Stokesley led on 22
minutes following a defensive mistake. Richie
Ward tried passing the ball back to Norman but
miss hit it allowing Bryan Stewart to capitalise
as he picked up the loose ball and rounded
Norman to score.
Skelton shot
narrowly over on 24 minutes with his first touch
following a decent passing build up, and for the
next ten minutes or so we played rather well,
passing the ball around much better than
Stokesley. By now Ward was on top of
Stokesley’s only threat – a ball into space down
the left for Jennings or Stewart.
Shortly before half
time Skelton won a free kick just outside the
area but Simon Kasonali failed to recreate a
finish from his past as he hit a rising shot
over the bar.
A poor clearance
from Norman in the opening minute of the second
half fell to the feet of Nathan Liddell but the
midfielders first time shot from distance went
wide.
Stokesley had the
ball in the net on 50 minutes but had it ruled
out. Simon O’Shea got the finishing touch to
Yalcin’s goal bound shot but was stood in an
offside position, cancelling out what would have
been a certain goal.
The ball fell to
Stewart just inside the box on the hour mark but
the winger lashed his shot over the bar.
Dom Gamble replaced
Josh Myers with John Seaton tucking inside, and
Johnny Peirson came on for Tom Raw as we pushed
for an equaliser in the closing stages of the
game.
Seaton played an
excellent defence splitting pass through for
Skelton on 75 minutes, but he was unable to beat
the keeper as the ball got stuck under his feet.
Two minutes later a
slick move resulted in Skelton playing a
diagonal ball towards Peirson who blasted a
first time shot that clipped the side of the
upright.
Mark Taylor tried
some kamikaze defending on 80 minutes as he
passed straight to Liddell just outside the
box. He took a touch but couldn’t steer his
shot on target.
Gamble’s free kick
into the box was only punched as far as Seaton
on the edge of the box, but after stepping past
the first defender he struck a low shot narrowly
wide.
We equalised with
five minutes to go as a long ball forward was
headed past dean by Neil Radigan allowing
Skelton to run onto the loose ball and tuck it
into the empty net, forcing the game to go to
penalties.
Full-time: Marske
United 1v1 Stokesley
Danny Brunskill and
Simon Kasonali both had their penalties saved by
Dean, as Norman managed to keep out Jonathan
Pennock’s spot kick, with Stokesley progressing
through 4-3.
Marske
United: Norman,
Roberts, Jackson, Myers (Gamble), Ward, Taylor,
Helm (Brunskill), Kasonali, Skelton, T.Raw (Peirson),
Seaton.
Stokesley:
Dean, Pennock, Dougall, Radigan, Crager,
Wheatley, S.O’Shea (A.O’Shea), Liddell, Yalcin,
Jennings (Hore)(Poole), Stewart.
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