Post by Giggy of Telford on Dec 29, 2006 23:03:52 GMT
AFC Telford United 0-0 Hednesford Town
The Bucks were held to a home draw in a game which on posession and chances could and should have been a comfortable victory.
While the game on paper did look destined to be a close on it is fair to say that Telford's superiority could have merited a 2 or even a 3 goal lead by half time with several good chances while Hednesford had one chance all half, a shot by former Buck striker Darren Alexander straight at Telford keeper Stuart Brock.Telford's best chance of the half fell to Lee Vaughan but he dallied too long on the ball and the keeper was in position to make a save.
The second half again showed a strong Telford domination but once again we struggled in and around the box, despite this we dominated the midfield and won everything in defence. hednsford again managed one chance all half when Lee Moore was rather harshly judged to have pushed mario Pedro just outside the box. The free kick met a Hednesford player who shot, but it was cleared off the line by former pitman Richard Teesdale. Hednesford managed Phil Starbuck was raving about it being over the line but even most Hednsford fans and most importantly, the officials were positive that it wasn't. The player who was supposedly pushed was Mario Pedro, my view is that he would be a quality player and could have been dangerous but spent too much time on the grass appealing for a freekick (every time he got the ball.) If the Ball had been over the line then this was easily cancelled out by the ref waving on a blatent handball in the Hednsford box.
4261 (due to segregation and turnstyles it's known that 421 were from Hednsford while 3869 came from Telford) people came to watch the match. A club record beating the playoff final victory against Kendal. Though they saw a goalless draw they could not deny it had been an exciting match between 2 of the league better teams. Telford fans went away slightly disapointed that we hadn't capitalised on Superiority to get 3 points. However they could take comfort in the outstanding performance which should put us in good stead for the return fixture on New Years Day. Both teams having a better home record than away being another good sign. We play our game in hand (away at Kendal) tommorrow so could by New Years Day be 6 points clear at the top, with what is on paper a much harder run in next year for Hednsford.
We also managed this without the use of a certain Mr Starbuck's mind games, including claims Telford would blow up and childish messages left on dressing room doors before the game. The season has a long way to go but both teams will want a win at Keys Park.
Final Score - AFCTU 0-0 HTFC
My MotM - 2.Lee Vaughan
Attendance: 4260 (421 from Hednesford, 3839 from Telford)
The Bucks were held to a home draw in a game which on posession and chances could and should have been a comfortable victory.
While the game on paper did look destined to be a close on it is fair to say that Telford's superiority could have merited a 2 or even a 3 goal lead by half time with several good chances while Hednesford had one chance all half, a shot by former Buck striker Darren Alexander straight at Telford keeper Stuart Brock.Telford's best chance of the half fell to Lee Vaughan but he dallied too long on the ball and the keeper was in position to make a save.
The second half again showed a strong Telford domination but once again we struggled in and around the box, despite this we dominated the midfield and won everything in defence. hednsford again managed one chance all half when Lee Moore was rather harshly judged to have pushed mario Pedro just outside the box. The free kick met a Hednesford player who shot, but it was cleared off the line by former pitman Richard Teesdale. Hednesford managed Phil Starbuck was raving about it being over the line but even most Hednsford fans and most importantly, the officials were positive that it wasn't. The player who was supposedly pushed was Mario Pedro, my view is that he would be a quality player and could have been dangerous but spent too much time on the grass appealing for a freekick (every time he got the ball.) If the Ball had been over the line then this was easily cancelled out by the ref waving on a blatent handball in the Hednsford box.
4261 (due to segregation and turnstyles it's known that 421 were from Hednsford while 3869 came from Telford) people came to watch the match. A club record beating the playoff final victory against Kendal. Though they saw a goalless draw they could not deny it had been an exciting match between 2 of the league better teams. Telford fans went away slightly disapointed that we hadn't capitalised on Superiority to get 3 points. However they could take comfort in the outstanding performance which should put us in good stead for the return fixture on New Years Day. Both teams having a better home record than away being another good sign. We play our game in hand (away at Kendal) tommorrow so could by New Years Day be 6 points clear at the top, with what is on paper a much harder run in next year for Hednsford.
We also managed this without the use of a certain Mr Starbuck's mind games, including claims Telford would blow up and childish messages left on dressing room doors before the game. The season has a long way to go but both teams will want a win at Keys Park.
Final Score - AFCTU 0-0 HTFC
My MotM - 2.Lee Vaughan
Attendance: 4260 (421 from Hednesford, 3839 from Telford)