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Downey saves the day!
Belper Town 1 Mossley 1
UniBond League Division One
Saturday 11th September 2004
- 3.00 pm
@ Christchurch Meadow, Belper
Referee M R Swift
Attendance 239
17°C - wind W/SW 17mph
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Belper Town
1. Ingham
2. Ashley
3. Butler (cptn)
4. Crookes
5. Peet
6. Danlyk
7. Lyons
8. Hudson
9. Nazha
10. Walker
11. Murray
12. Foster
14. Carter
15. Kettle
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Mossley
1. Lee Bracey (9)
2. Carl Rezai (6)
3. Matty Taylor (7)
4. Steve Sheil (8)
5. Billy McCartney (cptn) (7)
6. Josh Howard (7)
7. Rhodri Giggs (7)
8. Tony Coyne (7)
9. Leon Mike (7)
10. Chris Downey (9)
11. John Hore (8)
12. Adam Morning (7) (for Mike 67 mins)
14. Mario Daniel (7) (for Giggs 80 mins)
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If Mossley
thought they could carry on where they left off on Tuesday night they
were sadly mistaken as a Belper side strengthened by the signing of
Lebanese International centre forward Wael Nazha caused the visitors
plenty of problems in a first half that the home side dominated. Belper
worked hard to close down quickly and when the ball was knocked forward
had a powerful outlet in the experienced Nazha. Leon Mike and Chris
Downey were allowed no room at all to work and Mike came in for some
particularly rough treatment from a team who had just been presented
with the Fair Play award, but a leniant referee allowed Belper to
'get away with it' and never produced a yellow card all afternoon
despite having to speak to Belper's captain Ritchie Butler on more
than one occasion. Belper took the lead in the 12th minute when a
flowing move opened the Mossley defence and Ben Walker
was on hand to score easily from Hudson's cross. Lee Bracey made fine
saves to deny Nazha and Walker as Belper generally ran the show, while
Mike and Giggs both came close for a Mossley side who were strruggling
to get into gear. After the break it was Mossley who took the initiative
as Belper visibly waned and wave after wave of Mossley attack caused
consternation in the home defence. Downey and Matty Taylor both went
close. Mike saw his effort hit the bar while at the other end Murray
saw a shot cannon off the top of the bar moments later. Mossley were
fully deserving of their equaliser in the 63rd minute. John Hore hit
a fine ball from deep on the right up to Chris Downey
who fended off a couple of challenges before unleashing a superb 20
yard drive into the top corner. Leon Mike was then unfortunately stretchered
off with a hamstring injury and the reshuffled Mossley continued to
press for a winner. It was the home side though who came closest to
snatching a dramatic late winner when Murray shook off Rezai's challenge
but Bracey saved the day with a brilliant stop and in the end a draw
was probably a fair result.
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Mossleyweb Man of the Match:
Lee Bracey...made several top class saves!
Mossleyweb Verdict: Mossley refused to lie down and worked hard for
the point! |