Post by Giggy of Telford on Oct 25, 2006 17:54:09 GMT
Eastwood Town 1-0 AFC Telford United
Note: green writing is juust an account of the ugly scenes both on and almost off the pitch.
A very poor game to watch only livened up by a 22-man brawl in the 2nd half.
We started poorly by conceeding a soft 4th minute goal when usually solid goalkeeper Stuart Brock ran out for the ball and seemed to trip, his balance seemed a bit off all game but this was the only time we got caught out.
Eventually we seemed to wake up again and spent most of the game attacking, the ref made some somewhat perculiar decisions which didn't help our plight at all.
We continued attacking for most of the game but once again couldn't get the goal we should have scored. We missed several sitters and have looked very lightweight up front in the last 3 games. The 3 games before them we were lucky at ferriby, got a flukey goal away at Leek for the win and at home Leek seemed happy enough to give us 5 goals. This all coincides with striker Gary Hay's unpleasant departure.
About 20 minutes from full time wing-back Lee vaughan was involved in a rough tackle, fair enough it warranted the free kick but their number 3 then jumped at him, throwing him into the sponsor boards. The other 20 players run in but on this occasion they didn't try and break it up, every player jumped into the fight, even both keepers ran half way up the pitch to join in while the ref stood there looking completely lost for something to do.
When it finally died down the ref called over centre-back Indy Khela and for bozarre reasons we don't know sent just him off, out of all 22 players he was the least aggressive in the melee. After disputes on this by both Telford and Eastwood players the ref brought him back onto the pitch (as play had not continued he could resind the red card.) If anyone should have been sent off it should have been their number 3 for starting the whole thing (he was booked) , Vaughan and striker Steve Foster were also lucky with Baughan getting just a yellow and Foster nothing. Their keeper was also lucky. I was surprised that after that the ref let the game carry on. If it all kicked off again someone could have got hurt, instead both teams carried on with all 11 men.
The Eastwood keeper got back t his goal, saw a plastic bottle that had been thrown onto the pitch and proceeded to throw it at one of the many jeering Telford fans. An Eastwood official came to us flanked by two Stewards and proceeded to shout at and threaten us, when we pointed out the keeper had thrown a bottle at us she stormed off.
After 10 minutes the whole thing had cleared up but we'd lost our track and never looked like scoring from that point. The final whistle blew and it looked possible it could kick off again with Telford fans crowding around the tunnel booing the ref for his inability to control the game and the Eastwood players for their aggressive and time-wasting tactics throughout the game, particularly the goalkeeper for his attitude towards away fans. I will admit to being in the thick of this out of pure frustration with everything that had gone on during the match but on second though feel bad about it. Said Eastwood official shouted a few more threats before running off into the players tunnel. Apparently on the way out a group of local chavs ambushed some Telford fans, they quickly retreated as they were outnumbered however, not until throwing a firework however - luckily no one was hurt. The Telford plaeyers received a polite applause though everyone knew it was a disappointing performance. We were the better team but showed no commitment. Eastwood played worse than us but wanted to win
Overall a night to forget both on performance and attitude of everyone.
Final Score ETFC 1-0 AFCTU
MotM: 8. Steve Palmer - Best of a bad bunch, has been a consistent player in last few games however.
Note: green writing is juust an account of the ugly scenes both on and almost off the pitch.
A very poor game to watch only livened up by a 22-man brawl in the 2nd half.
We started poorly by conceeding a soft 4th minute goal when usually solid goalkeeper Stuart Brock ran out for the ball and seemed to trip, his balance seemed a bit off all game but this was the only time we got caught out.
Eventually we seemed to wake up again and spent most of the game attacking, the ref made some somewhat perculiar decisions which didn't help our plight at all.
We continued attacking for most of the game but once again couldn't get the goal we should have scored. We missed several sitters and have looked very lightweight up front in the last 3 games. The 3 games before them we were lucky at ferriby, got a flukey goal away at Leek for the win and at home Leek seemed happy enough to give us 5 goals. This all coincides with striker Gary Hay's unpleasant departure.
About 20 minutes from full time wing-back Lee vaughan was involved in a rough tackle, fair enough it warranted the free kick but their number 3 then jumped at him, throwing him into the sponsor boards. The other 20 players run in but on this occasion they didn't try and break it up, every player jumped into the fight, even both keepers ran half way up the pitch to join in while the ref stood there looking completely lost for something to do.
When it finally died down the ref called over centre-back Indy Khela and for bozarre reasons we don't know sent just him off, out of all 22 players he was the least aggressive in the melee. After disputes on this by both Telford and Eastwood players the ref brought him back onto the pitch (as play had not continued he could resind the red card.) If anyone should have been sent off it should have been their number 3 for starting the whole thing (he was booked) , Vaughan and striker Steve Foster were also lucky with Baughan getting just a yellow and Foster nothing. Their keeper was also lucky. I was surprised that after that the ref let the game carry on. If it all kicked off again someone could have got hurt, instead both teams carried on with all 11 men.
The Eastwood keeper got back t his goal, saw a plastic bottle that had been thrown onto the pitch and proceeded to throw it at one of the many jeering Telford fans. An Eastwood official came to us flanked by two Stewards and proceeded to shout at and threaten us, when we pointed out the keeper had thrown a bottle at us she stormed off.
After 10 minutes the whole thing had cleared up but we'd lost our track and never looked like scoring from that point. The final whistle blew and it looked possible it could kick off again with Telford fans crowding around the tunnel booing the ref for his inability to control the game and the Eastwood players for their aggressive and time-wasting tactics throughout the game, particularly the goalkeeper for his attitude towards away fans. I will admit to being in the thick of this out of pure frustration with everything that had gone on during the match but on second though feel bad about it. Said Eastwood official shouted a few more threats before running off into the players tunnel. Apparently on the way out a group of local chavs ambushed some Telford fans, they quickly retreated as they were outnumbered however, not until throwing a firework however - luckily no one was hurt. The Telford plaeyers received a polite applause though everyone knew it was a disappointing performance. We were the better team but showed no commitment. Eastwood played worse than us but wanted to win
Overall a night to forget both on performance and attitude of everyone.
Final Score ETFC 1-0 AFCTU
MotM: 8. Steve Palmer - Best of a bad bunch, has been a consistent player in last few games however.
