Radcliffe Borough v Mossley

Easter blank for Lilywhites
Radcliffe Borough 1 Mossley 0

UNIBOND LEAGUE DIVISION ONE NORTH

Monday 13th March 2009 @ Stainton Park, Radcliffe Att: 165

Radcliffe Borough (Blue)

Mossley (White)

1. Priestley

1. James Mann

2. Sampson

2. Ben Richardson

3. Roberts

3. Alex Mortimer

4. Kelly

4. Simon Wood

5. Unsworth

5. Nick Boothby (c)

6. Barlow

6. Matty Kay

7. G.Jones (withdrawn 61)

7. Chris Hirst

8. M.Jones

8. Leon Henry

9. Roscoe

9. Danny Egan (withdrawn 65)

10. Howson

10. Nathan Neequaye

11, Drew (withdrawn 70)

11. Lee Blackshaw (withdrawn 60)

12. Brooks (for G.Jones 61)

12. Mike Fish (for Egan 65)

14. Rutter (for Drew 70)

14. Reece Kelly (not used)

15. Manning (not used)

15. Lee Jackson (for Blackshaw 60)

16. -

16. Chris Willcock (not used)

17. -

Half Time: 0-0

Full Time: 1-0

Goals:

Goals

Brooks (62)

Mossleyweb Man of the Match: Ben Richardson

For the third year running the extended Easter weekend of fixtures turned out to be a pointless one for the Lilywhites as the defeat three days earlier to Colwyn Bay was trailed with another, this time to Radcliffe Borough at their Inn2Gether Stadium.

It's a weekend Mossley keeper James Mann will quickly want to forget too as he followed up his error in the Good Friday game which had allowed Bay to take an early lead, with another that was to ultimately hand the home side all three points.

It's an overused cliché at this time of year but there's no other way to describe the match than labelling it a typically dour end of season encounter. The first half was an eminently forgettable affair that Radcliffe probably just about shaded by virtue of getting a couple of shots within ten yards of their intended target.

The early stages of the second period did nothing to dissuade anyone from the opinion that the match was heading to a wearisome stalemate until a fumble from Mann allowed Borough to edge in front.

It came in the 62nd minute when the keeper failed to hold on to an innocuous looking shot from distance and in doing so spilt into the path of Thomas Brooks; the Radcliffe substitute gleefully sliding the ball into an open net with practically his first touch of the match.

Five minutes later Mossley produced their first shot in anger that was also on target, Chris Hirst forcing a good save out of Phil Priestley with a blistering drive, but apart from a header by Mattie Kay that dropped wide of the post three minutes from time, that was all they could muster in response to the strike from Brooks.

As the game neared its end Alex Mortimer received two yellow cards for dissent within the space of thirty seconds, and with the dismissal went what little there was left of the Lilywhites rapidly diminishing chances of forcing an equaliser.

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