Sheffield F.C. 1-1 Worksop Town + Post Match Reaction
It was Third vs First as the Tigers travelled to Sheffield FC looking to keep their unbeaten record. They opened the scoring just after halftime through Igor Mlynarski however the points were shared right at the very end as Sheffield equalised due to an own goal.
Mlynarski was a constant threat throughout the game and he had two great chances ten minutes into the first half. Firstly Sutton won the ball off the opposition winger and gave it to Igor. Mlynarski cut in from the left and shot narrowly wide of the post. Then from a poor goal kick, Igor set himself up for the volley and then sent a thunderous effort towards the net but Ben Woodcock pushed the ball away from danger and out for a corner.
Shortly After, Woodcock was in action again as he kept out Black’s effort. Black dispossessed Minchin of the ball and advanced forward. He cut onto his right foot and curled an effort towards the bottom left. But the F.C. keeper parried the ball away to safety.
Sheffield had the ball in the net early on when Hastings cut open the Tigers backline with a pass to Mahir Islam who tucked it past Fielding. However the linesman flagged for offside.
Callum Fielding made two great saves in the space of two minutes just before halftime. Firstly Islam out paced Larder and fired a shot towards goal which Fielding palmed away. Then Eagle saw his shot superbly saved by the young goalkeeper from the edge of the box.
Worksop took the lead three minutes after the break. Harry Dunbar tackled Callum Riley, the ball trickled to Igor Mlynarski who took it in his stride and slotted past the keeper.
Twenty minutes later Mlynarski almost bagged his brace when he controlled Holden’s cross on the right hand side. Igor took the ball out of his feet and rifled a shot towards goal. The fierce effort cannoned off the post and away from goal.
‘The Worlds First’ almost equalised in the last minute of normal time when Max Dungworth sent left-back Eagle through on goal. Alfie Eagle dragged his shot across goal and saw his effort strike the framework and then cleared away from goal.
Town must of thought they had done enough to win the game however the hosts equalised with the last kick of the match. Blakemore fouled James Hastings wide right of the box. Alfie Eagle swung in the freekick towards the six yard box where the ball came off a Tigers defender and into the back of the net.
Goals: Mlynarski (48’); Own Goal (90+7)
MOTM: Luke Smith
SFC: Ben Woodcock, Keeton Minchin, Alfie Eagle, Logan Chapell, Callum Riley, Brad Jones, James Hastings, Ben Mitcheson, Mahir Islam, Louis Hutchinson, Mohammed Ehsan.
Subs: Sam Morley, Sam White, Finlay Barker, Max Dungworth, Regan Watkinson.
WTFC: Callum Fielding, Kieran Larder, Will Sutton (Christian Beaumont), Alex Boyd, Blake Blythe, |Mitch Batty (Josh Carpenter), Luke Black (Niall Blakemore), Jack Holden, Luke Smith, Harry Dunbar (Owen Stead), Igor Mlynarski
Jay Bownes’ Post Match Thoughts
‘We’ve drawn against a good side and it feels like a loss’
Igor Mlynarski slotted past Ben Woodcock three minutes into the second half after latching onto Dunbar’s tackle. However Sheffield F.C. equalised with the last kick of the game due to an own goal. ‘It’s frustrating but, I’ve said to the lads it’s why we play football, it’s why we love it and hate it, it’s the ups and downs of it. Today it feels like a loss, we’ve drawn against a good side but it feels like a loss so that tells you the standards we have at the minute. As long as we learn from our mistakes and about game management then I’m happy for the experience which we will learn from and carry through to futures games’.
The wind was a major factor on a cold Friday night. When questioned on the weather and how it affected his approach to the game, Jay stated ‘it’s hard to set up before a game as you don’t know which way your kicking and we were kicking into the wind so it was difficult. We were under the cosh a bit and the wind was holding the ball up but I knew that if we could control the game and go in at halftime drawing then I thought we would be set up ready to go for it in the second, that’s why we started with two holding midfielders. I brought on a Striker for a midfielder and I went a little more attacking and we got going. We needed to be more smart with game management and do things right, slow things down but they’re young and will learn from this’.
Next up for the Under 19s are Alfreton Town at Sandy Lane next Thursday. ‘Alfreton are notoriously a good footballing side. We played them in preseason with a totally different side and we owe them one really cause they beat us heavily. Everybody asks how we prepare for each game but we’re top of the tree at the minute and I think people have to prepare for us. We will do what we normally do each week’.
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