Just came back from a holiday in Cornwall, as I think I said earlier I did stop off at Weston-Super-Mare on the way down to watch our game, we arrived about 2 hours early as we'd expected more traffic on the M5 so we had time to kill. Nice ground but not the sort of location you want to hang around in for too long as (you Conference South fans will already know) it's bulit in the middle of an industrial park.
Anyway, we were 1-0 at half time but playing well, in the second half they seemed to be worn out by about 60 minutes and so we put 4 past them, 1 scored by striker
Steve Foster, an excellent strike from about a third of the way up the pitch by midfielder
Karl Brown, defender
Jimmy Turner scored a third followed by left wing-back
Richard Beale netting a fourth.
Final Score: WSM 1-4 AFCTU
My Motm: 8.Glenn Tolley, excellent performance in midfield, really got stuck in
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As I was on holiday I missed the game against Shr*wsbury but from what I've heard from fans of both teams it was a good game and as their manager later said "Telford should have won". They scored on 21 minutes but on 75 minutes referee Rob Lewis (who is incidently a Shrewsbury fan) gave us a penalty,
Steve Foster scored this to level the scores, captain and centr-back would probably have taken this but he was injured while trying to tackle their player, he'll be out for the seaon now.
As Shropshire Senior Cup rules go there was no extra time, we went straight into penalties with our goalkeeper Stuart Brock (who is hailed by many as the best in the Unibond) in goal for us and for them there was former Telford United FC keeper Chris McKenzie.
Both teams scored their first penalty (another one for Steve Foster) but then defenders Jimmy Turner and Lee Vaughan both missed for us with Shrewsbury scoring another 2. Richard beale went up to take his needing to score to keep us in, took a good penalty but the keeper saved it.
Final Score AFCTU 1-1 STFC
(Shrewsbury win 3-1 on Penalties)
Can't give a Motm as I wasn't there.
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Today we were playing fellow Shropshire club Shawbury United but for some reason the match was played at Wem, despite the fact either team's ground was closer for the other side than Wem was. Did have plans to get to it on my return from Cornwall but we were held up in Traffic, we were expected to get back about 2 and go then but instead got home about 4, Radio Shropshire told me we were 2-0 up at half time with goals from
Carl Rodgers and
Richard Beale on 13 and 15 minutes respectively. After half time
Richard Beale scored another on 51 minutes with Shawbury pulling one back on 76 minutes.
Final Score: SUFC 1-3 AFCTU
Again, no Motm from me.
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06/05/2006 FC United of Manchester - Home (^NWC 1) - W 3-0 11/07/2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers - Home (Champ) - D 0-015/07/2006 Leamington - Away (MFA) - W 2-018/07/2006 Market Drayton - Home (^MFA) - W 5-122/07/2006 Weston-Super-Mare - Away (Conf S) - W 4-125/07/2006 Shrewsbury Town - Home (League 2) - D 1-1 (L 3-1 on Penalties) 29/07/2006 Shawbury (played at Wem) - Away (E&S W.Mid) W 3-101/08/2006 Eastwood Town - Away (UP1)
05/08/2006 Northwich Victoria - Home (^ Conf)
08/08/2006 Rushall Olympic - Away (SD1- M)
12/08/2006 TNS - Home (WPL)