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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jan 1, 2007 18:42:19 GMT
Nationwide ConferenceBurton Albion 0 v 0 Stafford Rangers Crawley Town 0 v 0 Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City 2 v 1 Oxford United Forest Green Rovers 3 v 2 Weymouth Halifax Town 1 v 1 Altrincham Kidderminster Harriers 1 v 0 Cambridge United Morecambe 1 v 3 York City Northwich Victoria 3 v 1 Southport Rushden & Diamonds 1 v 1 Tamworth Stevenage Borough 3 v 2 Aldershot Town Woking 1 v 2 St Albans City Nationwide Conference NorthBarrow AFC 2 v 0 Lancaster City Droylsden 1 v 0 Vauxhall Motors Hucknall Town 0 v 2 Alfreton Town Hyde United 7 v 3 Stalybridge Celtic Moor Green 1 v 1 Redditch United Nuneaton Borough 0 v 1 Hinckley United Scarborough 0 v 1 Blyth Spartans Worcester City 2 v 0 Kettering Town Worksop Town 1 v 2 Gainsborough Trinity Nationwide Conference SouthBedford Town 0 v 1 Cambridge City Bognor Regis Town 0 v 0 Havant & Waterlooville Dorchester Town 0 v 4 Newport County Eastleigh 3 v 1 Basingstoke Town Farnborough Town 4 v 0 Sutton United Lewes 1 v 1 Eastbourne Borough Welling United 2 v 0 Fisher Athletic (London) Weston-super-Mare 1 v 1 Salisbury City Yeading 1 v 1 Hayes Unibond Northern Premier LeagueAshton United 1 v 0 Mossley Hednesford Town 0 v 1 AFC Telford United (Don't think there were any matches in the Arngrove Leagues today)
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Post by ambersalamander on Jan 1, 2007 20:59:37 GMT
It rained. A lot.
Don't ask.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jan 1, 2007 21:15:58 GMT
Hednesford Town 0-1 AFC Telford United
After a hard fought physical battle (and I use the word battle literally) Telford emerged victorious with 3 shiny well deserved points to take back on the relatively short journey. A crowd of 3005 travelled to Keys Park for round two, roughly 2000 from Telford. This is the 2nd highest Unibond attendance of the season, 2nd only to the home fixture, Telford v Hednesford (4260, roughly 3800 from Telford.) Telford fans took advantage of the numerical advantage and outsang their hosts from half an hour before the match began right until the final whistle.
The game started and right away Hednesford's number 3 was lucky to avoid punishment for a 2-footed lunge on Lee Vaughan, general consensus is that it should have been atleast a yellow, if not a straight red for dangerous play. The game started fairly balanced but couldn't get underway because a certain Mario Pedro (number 8) (whom I mentioned last match) continued to fling himself to the floor. On most occasions however this ref waved play on, however the rule about booking players for diving went out the window else he's have been sent off 3 or 4 times over. For Telford Jai Stanley was given a yellow for 'kicking a free kick too early'.
The 2nd half and Telford began to dominate more, Pedro continuted to dive but to no avail, he was then substituted bringing about a deafening cheer for the Telford end, we'd had more than enough of his cheating antics.
On 58 minutes Hednesford's very dirty tactics finally took their toll, a 2-footed lunge by former Buck Darren Alexander(their number 9) almost indentical to the one from the first half, also on Lee Vaughan caused the ref to stop play immediately, players from both teams jumped in, some in retaliation, others to try and calm things. After talking with his linesmen for a short while (something we don't see enough of) Darren Alexander was shown a straight red. When he was with Telford I was one of his biggest fans and it's not the type of thing we'd ever seen while he was at the Bucks Head but it was a stupid thing for him to do and he can have no complaints about the red card. I was one of many people chanting for him to be sent off and cheering when the inevitable red card was shown.
Very shortly afterwards an almost indentical incident on the exact same part of the pitch occurred, this time involving their number 10. This time the ref just gave a free kick. Telford manager Rob Smith argued with the linesman so much that the ref then sent him to the stands.....the one for Hednsford fans.
On 69 minutes Telford made their extra man count as Lee Moore scored the only goal of what was still an eventful game. Shortly afterwards Telford keeper makes a save and while the ball is dead a Hednesford player shoulder barges him and kicks him, Brock retaliates with a kick back. The ref's didn't see the provacation but sae the reaction, Brock was shown a yellow card and oddly, despite the ball being out of play a penalty was given. Brock pulled off a good save to keep the lead.
After this point Telford saw out the rest of the game with clear superiority in possession. Hednesford's chances were msotly worked through Alexander as he was the only player who dared come forward, without him they had no real attacking threat to speak of other than a penalty. Admittedly hednsford were down to 10 men and some would argue that brockie should have seen red for us but I still think that Brockie was worth just his booking, as was the player that attacked him first to provke the reaction (thoughhe got nothing) while 3 more of their players could have been sent off. A stricter ref would have had them down to 7 men, 3 for dangerous play and another for two bookable offences (excessive diving). Even if them having 10 players wasn't taken into account Hednesford were still lucky to lose by just one goal.
Final Score: HTFC 0-1 AFCTU Attendance: 3005 (roughly 2000 from Telford)
My MotM 8.Steve Palmer (c) Followed by 1.Stuart Brock And then 5.Richard Teesdale (Palmer & Teesdale were each former Pitmen oddly enough)
And for Hednesford IMO 1.Ryan Young
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jan 1, 2007 21:18:06 GMT
A particularly long report today but don't think it's a record for me (think that was for the Ashton 0-5 Telford match.) It was however a very eventful match today.
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jan 1, 2007 21:34:25 GMT
1-1. Rained constantly in seond ha;f and drank loads.
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Post by ambersalamander on Jan 1, 2007 22:31:04 GMT
You rained? What, you personally? Ha, told you you were drunk
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Post by amberaleman on Jan 1, 2007 23:31:22 GMT
Maybe you have to be drunk to get through a Hayes game these days. ;D
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jan 2, 2007 1:12:28 GMT
It certainly helps!! Ha, told you you were drunk When did you do this? I have a feeling a sent a text to someone
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Post by ifrigginrule on Jan 2, 2007 8:23:43 GMT
its funny how different people see games differently. although i wasnt at the game, my (unbiased) source gave me this report. i heard that alexander did a slide tackle on a very wet surface which was at best a yellow card. it was the telford subs and manager running onto the pitch to scream at the ref that made it into a red card. also, brock shouldnt have been on the pitch to save the pen after kicking a player that went in for a fair challange on him. he later pushed another player to the ground and got away without a card. also, every time the ref had to make a decision there were at least 4 telford players around him screaming at him.
saying that, congrats on the 4 points. i'd rather we won than you did but i'm very happy with 2nd place in the new year and only 4 points off top.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jan 2, 2007 18:46:07 GMT
Good luck with rest of the season. Enjoyed my trip to Keys Park very muchso. Hednesford deserve a playoff place but obviously I want us to finish top. I was right by the different incidents, behind the goal where it all happened. 1. Alexander went in with a 2-footed lunge, the ref had no choice but to brandish a red card. Though the Telford manager Rob Smith ran onto the pitch Hednesford's Phil Starbuck did also, they both had a word woth the ref. The ref sent them both back, talked to both his linesmen and gave out a deserved red card for dangerous play. Go in 2-footed and you deserve to be off.It's the type of challenge that breaks legs (as our Brockie found out against Rossendale 2 years back), oddly enough when that happened it was a certain Mr Alexander who took over between the sticks, keeping the scores level at 1-1 (as they already were.) 2. My opinion is strongly that your number 3 and number 10 both went in for identical challenges and should have been off for dangerous play aswell, Hednsford should count themselves lucky it was just one red. 3. Brockie was actually kicked and shoulder-barged by the other player while he had the ball in his hands. In no way a fair challenge, take it from someone right by the incident. He reacted but was no worse than the other player. If it had been red for Brockie it would have meant red for another Hednesford player also. 4.If all possible red cards had happened in that case it would be 10 Telford players vs 6 Hednesford players (Mario Pedro was lucky not to be booked once for blatant dives, he dived atleast 6 times.) Most occasions the ref just laughed and waved play on, a stricter ref would give a booking per dive. If my memory serves correctly Hednsford would have to forfeit the game if that many players were sent off. 5. Can't expect every possible red to be one in a game like this, if Brock was lucky to stay in then 4 different Hednsford players should be thanking their lucky stars, plus one who did quite rightly go. Wouldn't listen to most the stuff on the Hednesford forum, so many sour grapes that I think it's about time someone called in the food standards agency. Waffles on about money we don't actually have, Rob running onto the pitch but ignoring Starbuck doing so, claims that Rob/Brockie got Alexander sent off (his tackle did that for him!) and a few other things probably but I got bored quite quickly reading it. Phil Starbuck's mindgames were back but this time in the programme notes, our Jimmy Turner said that for both games they were fired up by these comments rather than scared, backfired just a bit I think. Anyway, enjoyed both games and have enjoyed having another team nearby geographically in our league, would be great to see this carried on next season. Hope you finish in the playoffs and good luck for that, providing ofcourse we finish top. If both teams end up in the playoffs then all bets are off!
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Post by ambersalamander on Jan 2, 2007 20:16:14 GMT
I have a feeling a sent a text to someone You certainly did, sweetie pie. Your reply to my accusation of drunkenness ran thus: "I've are only had 4 vodka cokers and 6 pints and 2 WKD's. So no im no drinks" I think that's adequate proof, don't you? I mean, how drunk does a man have to get before he starts drinking WKD?
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Post by frankiegth on Jan 2, 2007 20:58:47 GMT
A man dosen't drink WKD at all. Thats for women and puffs
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jan 2, 2007 21:07:45 GMT
Did you have to post that reply Sal? FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frank!!
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Post by ambersalamander on Jan 2, 2007 22:51:25 GMT
Oi, don't call me Frank. I didn't post the whole of it! I shall remove that particular message if you wish!
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Post by stretfordendling© on Jan 2, 2007 22:56:21 GMT
I wasn't calling you frank. I was referring to Frankiegth post.
No need to delete that post. I've got over it now.
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