Results 13/1/2007

[Giggy of Telford]

FA Trophy - 1st Round

Tamworth 2-1 Altrincham


FA Trophy - 2nd Round

Stalybridge Celtic 1 v 1 Kettering Town
Eastbourne Borough P v P Northwich Victoria
Salisbury City 2 v 1 Southport
Worcester City 2 v 1 Burton Albion
Witton Albion 0 v 1 Rushden & Diamonds


Nationwide Conference

Cambridge United 0 v 1 Stafford Rangers
Aldershot Town 0 v 2 Crawley Town


Nationwide Conference North

Barrow AFC 3 v 0 Gainsborough Trinity
Droylsden 0 v 0 Blyth Spartans
Harrogate Town 3 v 0 Lancaster City
Hucknall Town 0 v 1 Farsley Celtic
Hyde United 1 v 1 Workington
Moor Green 2 v 0 Alfreton Town
Vauxhall Motors 2 v 0 Worksop Town


Nationwide Conference South

Basingstoke Town 2 v 1 Havant & Waterlooville
Bedford Town 1 v 2 Hayes
Bognor Regis Town 1 v 1 Fisher Athletic (London)
Dorchester Town 3 v 1 Cambridge City
Lewes 3 v 1 Sutton United


Unibond Northern Premier League

Fleetwood Town 1 v 2 Frickley Athletic
Gateshead 5 v 2 Grantham Town
Guiseley 2 v 1 Ashton United
Leek Town 1 v 0 North Ferriby United
Matlock Town 5 v 1 Kendal Town
Mossley 3 v 4 AFC Telford United
Ossett Town 1 v 1 Marine
Radcliffe Borough 1 v 1 Prescot Cables
Whitby Town 2 v 0 Hednesford Town


Arngrove Northern League Division 1

Billingham Synthonia 2 v 2 Newcastle Benfield Bay Plastics
Consett 3 v 0 Ashington
Darlington Railway Athletic 1 v 4 Bishop Auckland
Shildon 1 v 1 Dunston Federation Brewery
Sunderland Nissan 1 v 0 Newcastle Blue Star
West Auckland Town 1 v 0 Northalleton Town


Arngrove Northern League Division 2

Alnwick Town 2 v 5 Spennymoor Town
Brandon United 3 v 1 Norton & Stockton Ancients
Guisborough Town 1 v 0 Hebburn Town
North Shields 1 v 2 Seaham Red Star
Ryton 0 v 0 Esh Winning
South Shields 0 v 2 Marske United
Sunderland Ryhope CA 2 v 0 Prudhoe Town
Thornaby 1 v 1 Crook Town
Washington 2 v 1 Stokesley Sports Club
Whickham 2 v 1 Team Northumbria

[ambersalamander]

Meh.

[bh]

I'd have thought, oh no not again myself Sal!

[stretfordendling©]

Bedford Town 1- 2 Hayes

OMFG! We've actually got more than 0-1 points in a game!! With a rejigged side most notibly with the inclusion of Stafforde Palmer into the starting lineup. Our goals were scored by Stafforde Palmer and Liam Feeney. Bring on the Bogner!!

[Giggy of Telford]

Mossley AFC 3-4 AFC Telford United

Not a great match but a hard fought 3 points. There had been predictions of a 0-0 before the match with the conditions hardly favouring goalscoring, however neither defence seemed on the ball today. Nevertheless it was an entertaining match.

Telford open the scoring within 3 minutes when Lee Vaughan crossed the ball to Jusin marsden who then slipped the ball to top-scorer Steve Foster. Foster took a powerful shot into the back o the net to open the scoring. On 10 minutes it was 2-0 when Foster in return set Justin Masden up in front of goal who put it into the bottom corner for 2-0. At this point the domination by Telford was as such that almost all saw the game going in the way of a heavy away win, all that is except the Mossley players.

For the rest of the half Telford were nothing short of abysmal. On 29 minutes the defence failed to clear a ball and James Turley grabbed 1 back for Mossley. Mossley were on level terms again on 35 minutes when a Micky Thompson free kick from 40 yards out was carried by the very strong wind, flying over the head of Telford keeper Stuart Brock (who in his defence can't have been able to see much with the combination of wind/rain straight in his face) misjudging the ball. On 45 minutes the most bizarre incident since I started watching Telford matches came about. Telford were awarded a free kick half way up the right wing.Jai Stanley steps forward to take the kick when a Mossley player kicked the ball away in dissent, much to the surprise of players and fans of both sides the ref kept his book in his pocket and waved play on. Brock did well to run out and conceed a corner which Brock then saved initially only for Melford Knight to jump in and grab a goal to give Mossley a 3-2 lead, great assist by the ref though....Jai Stanley was then booked after appealing that he had in fact never taken the free kickbefore this had come about.

H/T MAFC 3-2 AFCTU. If we want to win we wll have to play much better than we did for those last 20 minutes as Mossley proved to be a tidy side despite what the league table would suggest.

The game replayed and Telford were back on level terms on 51 minutes. Lee Vaughan receieved the ball on the right and made a short run to beat the keeping from a tight angle. Telford continuted to put on the pressure for a winner but with no initial success. Substitutions were made with Scott Willis coming on in place of Jai Stanley, new Striker Gary Birch in place of Justin Marsden. Centre-back Jimmy Turner went in for a tackle in which he injured himself, the physio signalled that he would have to come off and the third substitute enterred the fray, midfielder Carl Rodgers. Lee Moore moved into a forward position as a 5-3-2 became a 4-3-3 in search of a late winner.

The winner came on 87 minutes. Scott Willis took a scorching free kick from some distance which was palmed away by the home keeper. New Signing Gary Birch was on hand on put the ball in the net to get the 3 points. There were some appeals of handball but these were waved away, compared to how their 3rd goal came about it was pretty irrelevant.

The win sees us 7 points clear at the top following Hednesford's 2-0 defeat at Whitby. We played well at the very start and end but lagged a lot in the middle to the point we surrenderred a 2 goal lead, we also more than doubled our goals conceeded away tally which was only 2 before this match, it now sits at 5. We did however show the endeavor to come from behind to win away from home. All we need now is te consistency to play well for 90 minutes.

Final Score: MAFC 3-4 AFCTU

My MotM: 14.Scott Willis - Only on the pitch for 28 minutes but seemed to turn the game around. Set up the 4th goal well.

Followed by: 2.Lee Vaughan - another impressive display on the right wing, capped off with a goal from a very tough angle.