Albion Sports 1-1 Worksop Town
Tigers snatch a point back to Worksop after scoring right at the death.
It was a trip up north to Leeds to attend Albion Sports vs Worksop Town thanks to the Nelson Taxi. Albion Sports play at Farsley Celtic’s ground, Throstle Nest.
It was the worst possible start for the Tigers as the hosts took the lead in the fourth minute. Morley crossed deep into the Tigers box from just inside the Tigers half. Centre-Back Sam Denton battled with his marker and sent his header looping over Callum Fielding and into the net.
Ten minutes later Albion went close to doubling their lead. Trench cleared Alex Cusack’s overhit cross straight to the feet of Cissa. The winger shot first time towards the bottom corner however young Callum Fielding got down quickly to parry wide.
Fielding again showed his class after twenty minutes by producing a smart save from Morley. Josh Morley carried the ball ten yards from the halfway line before rifling a shot towards the net. Fielding pounced across goal and tipped the ball wide of the post and out for a corner.
Albion looked strong throughout the first half by limiting Worksop’s time on the ball and also creating many chances. Brave defending by Town kept out frontmen Facey and Janneh from scoring a second. Firstly, Facey attempted to poke Woodward’s cross from the left into the net but Trench got his body in front of the goal and blocked the shot. Michael Trench shot up and tackled Facey once again to stop the Albion forward from shooting. The ball rolled towards Janneh who fired straight across the face of goal and agonisingly wide of the post.
Worksop finally had their first clear chance of the game through Local Lad Matty Templeton. Igor Mlynarski dropped the shoulder and passed the ball to Harry Wakefield. Wakefield crossed towards the back post where Templeton rose highest to connect with the ball. However his header was tame and was no trouble for Jake Lofthouse who comfortably caught the effort.
Worksop then had another sight of an equaliser. Trench slotted the ball down the left flank for Templeton to latch onto. Templeton slotted the ball across the box to Wakefield whose shot deflected off the body of Omalukan and away from danger.
The wind made a massive difference on the day as it would carry the ball an extra 10-15 yards in the air. The second half began and the Tigers would be assisted by the wind in this interval.
Facey had another glorious chance to extended the lead. Facey took Fairhurst’s long ball into his stride and accelerated from the right-hand side towards goal. Before he was challenged he rifled a ferocious shot heading for the top corner but Fielding was on hand to get a strong hand to it and batted it behind for a corner.
It would be Lofthouse’s time to show his class by keeping out the equaliser twenty minutes from time. Woolley’s corner was volleyed towards goal by Sam Liversidge but Lofthouse palmed his effort wide.
In the dying moments Wakefield missed a big opportunity to equalise. Baird’s shot was spilt by the keeper into the path of Wakefield but the eighteen year old striker fired into the body of Lofthouse.
The Tigers were much improved in the second half, they fought for everything and worked hard. This paid off as in the 90th minute Worksop equalised! Steve Woolley slipped the ball thr
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ough to Baird. He took a great touch before sliding it past the keeper and into the bottom corner to score his first goal in Amber and Black.
Attendance: 93
Goals: Denton (4’); Baird (90)
MOTM: Michael Trench
ASFC: Jake Lofthouse, Joe Wilkes, Josh Morley, Chris Fairhurst, Sam Denton, Kesi Omalukan, Sumali Cissa, Nathan Woodward, Daniel Facey, Lamin Janneh, Alex Cusak
Subs: Aran Basi, Ryan Bacsi, Josh Barden, Joe Barden
WTFC: Callum Fielding, Jordan Hodder, Michael Trench, Steve Woolley, Sam Liversidge, Lee Hill, Igor Mlynarski (Jack Barnett), Husbands, Harry Wakefield, Charlie Baird, Matty Templeton (Jed Phillips)
Unused Sub: Matt Varley
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