After our planned game was called off, we had several
options open to us - but the one we chose was to prove to be a poor game
between two very ordinary teams. Apologies to our friends at Plains Road,
but even they would struggle to find any positives from this game.
Welfare were 10th in the EMCL with 21 points from 16 games prior
to kick off, whilst St.Andrews were 15th on 16 points from their 17
played.
St. Andrews looked to be a very young team and as the game
progressed, their youthful legs coped much better with the sticky pitch and in
the end were comfortable, well deserved winners.
The Miners' Ben Middleton had the games first chance in the fourth
minute after he was gifted the ball by visiting keeper Lewis Marlow. The no.
9 appeared to have a rush of blood and instead of simply placing the ball
into the far corner he hammered it high, wide and not very handsome.
The Saints had a decent chance on 9, but Lance Walker was able to
keep out Brady Hickey at the far post.
James Price had a 22 yard effort well saved by Marlow after 22
minutes had been played, then 8 minutes later the winger also saw the keeper
dive well to save his 25 yard free-kick.
St. Andrews took the lead on 37 after Pele Willams fired the ball
across the goal from the left picking out the excellent Eliot Coring. The no. 7 fired the ball back to the far post and BRADY HICKEY was on hand to slide the ball past
Walker.
90 seconds later, Coring fired in a superb cross from the right
that centre-forward RICHARD SAUNDERS met with a powerful header that flew past
Walker to double the travellers advantage. H-T 0-2
The second half was, if anything, worse than the first, and with
the temperature dropping very rapidly, the gloves went on and the notepad
stayed firmly in the pocket.
When a strong challenge on Chris Muldoon saw the full back
dispossessed on 78, some Welfare players stopped and appealed for the foul, but
there was no reaction from Referee Duncan Robertson. The Saints players played
on and when the ball was fired in at the near post, substitute SAM HOLLIS
deftly flicked the ball past Walker to secure the points for the away team. F-T
0-3
I suppose we could have chosen a better game to go to, but 20-20
hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it!!
Supposed to be at Greenwood Meadows v Gedling MW on Tuesday. We’ll see!!!
Admission £4
Programme £1
Free team sheet
Attendance 65
