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MATCH REPORT:
Team Northumbria (Away): FA Cup, 15th August
2009.
F/T 4-0 (L)
There were 14
magpies on the pitch when we arrived at
Coach Lane, one for
sorrow, two for joy and all that. We were about
to find out that 14 meant disaster.
Marske welcomed
back Craig Skelton and Ross Diamond to the team
for their first starts of the season, and also
included new signing Lee Bowes but were still
without six key players as we set out on the
road to Wembley.
Goalkeeper Brendan
Ledgeway could only have himself to blame as
Northumbria
took the lead with the first shot of the match
on four minutes. Bowes conceded a free kick 30
yards out and James Novak let fly from a central
position. Ledge got across but must have judged
it to be going wide and could only look on as it
sneaked its way into the top corner of the goal.
New boy Bowes
played a couple of good balls forward only for
Skelton to be given narrowly offside, before his
first game ended prematurely after he went down
with an injured knee after just nine minutes.
Shane Erskine
replaced Bowes with Bradley switching to the
right hand side as we tried to force our way
back into the game.
A brief spell of
pressure from us, turned into a goal for the
Students on 14 minutes. Josh Myers’ cross was
caught by home goalkeeper Andrew Jennison, and
his long knock down field should have been coped
with routinely by Mark Taylor or Ledgeway.
Ledge somehow failed to collect it and was left
red-faced as Lee Johnson ran round him onto the
loose ball and slotted into an empty net to
double their lead.
Shell-shocked, it
took us a while to get going again with our
first chance at goal not coming until the 25th
minute. Andy Swalwell’s free-kick into the box
finally found its way to Diamond but his snap
shot from six yards out was blocked on the line
by James Mobberley.
We ended the half
on the attack but almost conceded a third goal
against the run of play with 37 minutes gone.
John Redhead was left with far too much space on
the left and crossed to Mark McCutcheon but the
big striker put his free header wide which was a
big let off.
Derek Bradley
missed a good chance from eight yards on 39
minutes before Swalwell hit a direct free kick
just wide from the edge of the area three
minutes later.
Half-time: Team
Northumbria
2-0 Marske United
We had much more of
the play after the break but were found severely
lacking going into the final third. Craig
Skelton put in a man-of-the-match performance
but was given very little support.
The ball fell
kindly to Bradley on 58 minutes but he miss-hit
his shot wide from three yards, and Erskine got
forward just after the hour mark but sent a low
shot wide of the goal from 15 yards.
Bradley tested
their keeper with a good shot at goal on 69
minutes but Jennison did well to parry it around
the post, and from the resulting corner, Bradley
headed over.
Northumbria
made it 3-0 with their first chance of the
second half after 72 minutes. Substitute Adam
Davey got onto the end of a defence splitting
pass from midfield and slotted the ball under
Ledgeway.
That was game over
and some slack defending on 80 minutes allowed
Davey through again to add his second and Team
Northumbria’s
fourth.
We put on a late
rally in search of a consolation, but Skelton’s
shot at goal three minutes from time took a
deflection for a corner.
Full-time: Team
Northumbria
4v0 Marske United
A very
disappointing result in a game when we never
really got going. Our opponents were nothing
special but we seemed very lethargic all over
the pitch and some players must be reminded that
pre season ended three games ago.
I know the club
could do with the money that an F.A. cup run
would generate but our main aim for this season
has got to be promotion. Let's hope we can get
back on track on Wednesday against Whickham but
after picking up a couple more injuries I think
we need a couple more additions to the squad.
Team
Northumbria:
Jennison, Bertram,
Novak, Mobberley, Donoghie (Patterson), Briggs,
Hall,
Cairns, Johnson, McCutcheon
(Davey), Redhead (James). Not Used: Jones,
Baistow.
Marske
United:
Ledgeway, Myers,
Gamble, Swalwell, Roberts, Taylor (Simpson),
Bowes (Erskine), Blair, Diamond (Kasonali),
Skelton, Bradley.
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