Both teams will be reasonably content with a point from a game that was more or less dominated by dreadful weather conditions.

A wind and rain lashed Seel Park was not a place for fast free flowing football on Saturday as both sides struggled to come to grips with the conditions which made the game hard going not just for the players but the 156 brave souls who had come out to watch on such a dreadful afternoon.

Warrington were out of the blocks quickest though and the game was barely two minutes old when the visitors notched their only goal of the game.

Mossley failed to deal with a left wing corner and the ball flew across the face of Peter Collinge’s goal only to be returned at the far post for one time Mossley player Gavin Salmon to volley home unmarked from eight yards.

Mossley gradually found their feet and dominated the remainder of the first half with the strong wind at their backs without creating many chances against a strong Warrington back line.

Welsh Semi Pro international keeper Paul Pritchard made a great save to deny Kristian Dennis’ well driven free kick but was mostly untroubled up to the Mossley which equaliser came in the 27th minute. A sustained bout of Mossley pressure ended with success when Mike Fish floated a cross from deep on the left and the diminutive Chris Rowney flicked home a header that entered the net at the far post.

The remainder of the game could best be described as a hard slog. Warrington dominated the second period as Mossley had the first as the strong wind made defensive clearances extremely difficult and with the pitch cutting up due to the heavy rain the quality of football deteriorated in equal measure.

Report by Wizard

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