#GAME64 17/02/18 Worksop Town 5-0 Staveley Miners Welfare

Worksop Town 5-0 Staveley Miners Welfare

High Fives all Around at the Lane After The Tigers Thrash The Trojans

It was a local derby day at the Lane with Staveley taking the number 77 bus to Worksop like what some of the Barmy Army did earlier on in the season in the reverse fixture. The previous affair ended in a tie but came with a massive talking point. James Jepson chipped the keeper on his debut from 35 yards out. The ball hit the underside of the bar, bounced three or four yards over the line and back out again. The Worksop faithful were cheering and Staveley’s head’s dropped until everyone had realised the ref hadn’t given the goal! Kyle Jordan netted the equaliser in the dying seconds of injury time to rescue a point after a poor performance. What would happen today?

Town were the stronger team throughout the game with Staveley only having a couple of sniffs at goal.

The Tigers started early pushing for that first goal and had three chances within the first ten minutes.

Alec Denton returned to the starting eleven after two months due to a painful ankle injury. The striker outmuscled Josh Madin and took aim towards the top left corner but unfortunately for Denton the ball had to much curl on it and travelled just wide.

Moments later, Lee Hill hit a low and hard freekick straight at the Staveley keeper who shot down to picked it up.

Sam Liversidge started the game at right-back and must have channelled his inner ‘Cafu’ as he was unstoppable when bombing it down that right flank. Eight minutes in Sam ran down the left and along the perimeter of the area before pulling the ball back to Jack Holden. Holden struck the ball first time with the outside of his boot and watched his fierce effort go just over the bar from 35 yards out.

Despite the home side’s dominance, Staveley had to chance to take the lead after Jay Bownes brought down Morley in the box. Kurtis Morley stepped up and saw his penalty, which he had placed left of the keeper, saved and held by Callum Fielding.

Worksop took a deserved lead through frontman Alec Denton. Higginson sent the ball into the air after jostling with his marker. Denton beat Madin to it, in the air, and flicked it on for himself before passing it calmly past Matt Leese.

Staveley went in search of an equaliser and had another chance wasted by the Trojan’s. Tyla Bell wrong footed Boyd and shot towards goal but Fielding was switched on and held on to the effort from 25 yards.

Worksop doubled their lead through Under 19s product Igor Mlynarski. Holden switched the ball from left to right where Mlynarski beautiful Cruyff-turned Ricky Hanson as he brought the ball down. He he took a touch or so and slotted it across goal and into the bottom corner.

Igor bagged his brace and Worksop’s third on the stroke of halftime. Mlynarski cut in from the left and put the pressure on the keeper who spilt it. Igor took the loose ball and smashed it past two covering defenders to net his second goal in Amber and Black colours.

The second half begun and the Tiger’s class prevailed like the first forty five minutes. Charlie Baird went close three minutes after the restart. He used his strength to turn his marker and curled his shot the wrong side of the post.

Town added a fourth goal thanks to another Academy graduate in Jack Holden, who has impressed and implemented his place in the first team in recent weeks. Holden volleyed home Lee Hill’s flick on from Charlie Baird’s corner.

Welfare fluffed two chances to score a consolation goal with ten minutes to go. Ex-Tiger Liam Greenfield took Turnbull’s sideways pass in his stride but Greenfield could only scuff his effort into the hands of Fielding. Then Greenfield floated a cross towards the back post where Williamson headed wide despite having a third of the net to aim at.

Worksop hammered the final nail into Staveley’s coffin in injury time. Charlie Baird turned Conor Williamson before nutmegging Madin and rifling his shot past Leese.

The fulltime whistle went and cheers rang around Sandy Lane. A good performance from the Tigers with five cracking goals. Next up for Worksop is Bridlington Town at home in the League Cup on Wednesday, where as Staveley travel up to Harrogate Railway Athletic on Tuesday Night.

Attendance: 372
Goals: Denton (25’), Mlynarski (32’, 45’), Holden (65’), Baird (90+1’)
MOTM: Igor Mlynarski

WTFC: Callum Fielding; Sam Liversidge, Lee Hill, Jay Bownes, Alex Boyd; Conor Higginson (Luke Smith), Charlie Baird, Jack Holden, Igor Mlynarski; Alec Denton (Harry Dunbar), Mitch Husbands (Blake Blythe)
Unused Subs: Jason Alexander, Christian Beaumont

SMWFC: Matthew Leese, Ricky Hanson, Charlie Oglesby, Thomas Ellis, Joshua Madin, Conor Williamson, Liam Greenfield, Jack Turnball, Kurtis Morley, Tyla Bell, Josh Barker
Subs: Bradley Johnston, Aaron Williamson, Richard Watson, Ashley Bartley, Adam Lee