Colwyn Bay 3 - 2 Worksop Town - 14/10/00 - League
The
Bay came back from an early goal to beat second placed Worksop Town and move
into sixth place in the UniBond League Premier Division.
Without
injured Chris Waddle, the Tigers took the lead after just two minutes of the
game, when Steve Johnson threaded a pass for Kirk Jackson to slot the ball past
Richie Roberts.
Within
nine minutes, the Bay had equalised. Deiniol Graham linked up with Marc Limbert,
who was tripped by Lee Hobson in the box, and Graham converted the resultant
penalty.
With
the Bay coming more into the game following the equaliser, Graham then struck
again on 36 minutes, when he scored a spectacular 25 yard drive which looped
over the keeper.
Alun
Evans could have extended the lead minutes later, but he could not find the
target after rounding the keeper in the penalty area.
Evans
was on target ten minutes into the second half, when from a near identical
chance to the one he had in the first half, he beat the offside trap to round
the keeper and tap into the net.
Worksop
came back strongly, and the Bay had to defend solidly. Linden Whitehead’s shot
was cleared by Mark Price’s legs on 63 minutes, whilst five minutes later
Hindley was brought down in the box by Jonathan Cross in the area, to which the
referee awarded the games second penalty. By Richie Roberts was the Bay’s hero
as he parried Jackson’s spot kick with Whitehead blasting the loose ball over
the bar.
Roberts
was again in the thick of the action when he saved a five yard free kick from
Chris Bettany, before Jackson fired across the face of goal.
Worksop
finally made all their pressure count with 13 minutes left, when Jackson broke
on the right, beat Paul Jones and when his drive came back off the post, he
dived to head home the rebound in spectacular style.
But
Bay held out to claim all three points in an exciting encounter.
Colwyn Bay:
R
Roberts, S Gelling, P Jones, O Roberts, M Woods, M Price, M Limbert, J Cross, D
Graham, J McIlvogue (F Gibbons), A Evans. Subs:
(not used) C Caton, B Humphreys,
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