Colwyn Bay 2 - 2 Gateshead - 09/09/00 - League
Bay
maintained their unbeaten home record with a 2-2 draw with Gateshead, although
they could have gained all three points.
The
match was delayed for 20 minutes due to an injury to referee. When the game did
kick off, Marc Limbert fired wide of the Gateshead goal after two minutes.
A
couple of minutes later, and the visitors took the lead when striker Paul
Thompson went unmarked to meet a free kick and fire a first time shot into the net from 15 yards. The Tynesiders could have doubled
their advantage as both Thompson and Wayne Edgecombe went close.
The
Bay equalised on 29 minutes, Alun Evans crossed for James McIlvogue to nip in
between two defenders and beat Adrian Swan in the Gateshead goal.
At
the other end Paul Thompson was twice denied by Richie Roberts, while for the
Bay, Owain Roberts went close with a 20 yard effort.
The
home side took the lead after 35 minutes, when Marc Limbert turned his marker
and drove a low shot from 20 yards into the bottom corner of the net.
But
Gateshead were to draw level a minute into first half stoppage time. Paul
Proudlock’s 20 yard shot took a deflection off Anthony Fenton, and the ball
looped over Richie Roberts and into the net.
In
the second half, the Bay began to dominate proceedings. A Marc Limbert free kick
was tipped over the bar by Swan after 53 minutes, while the Gateshead keeper was
on hand to push a James McIlvogue shot over the bar.
Marc
Limbert went close once more, when his 20 yard effort went over the bar, as the
Bay went forward in search of their third.
The
Bay were refused what seemed to be a clear cut penalty, when Chris Lynch handled
Limbert’s cross, but the referee waved play on.
Bay’s
best chance of the half fell to substitute Craig Lawton on 78 minutes, when his
20 yard shot hit the cross bar, while minutes later Jon Cross hit a free kick
over the bar.
The
visitors could have snatched a dramatic late winner, when the dangerous
Edgecombe fired across the face of the goal in the closing minutes.
Colwyn Bay:
R
Roberts, M Woods (C Lawton), P Jones, S Gelling, A Fenton, M Price (J Cross), M
Limbert, A Evans, D Graham, J McIlvogue, O Roberts. Sub(not
used): F Gibbons,
Colwyn Bay Man of the
Match
(Sponsored by Independent General Insurance Services Ltd):
Marc Limbert.