Sports visited Sandy Lane this Tuesday night after beating Football League sides Notts County and Burton Albion, 1-0 and 2-1 respectively. Parramore kicked off their pre-season with a 3-0 win over a Sheffield United XI side.
It seemed like I was watching an Ex-Worksop side as both teams featured many players that had featured for the Tigers. Parramore had Stuart Ludlum, Lee Hill, Jake Currie, Jordan Turner, Alec Denton and John Froggatt. Sports had Tom Burgin, Jake Scott, Ben Turner, Evan Garnett, Nathan Jarman and also Danny Davidson as a coach. Mickleover also lined-up with former Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City and Crystal Palace forward Clinton Morrison, Ex-Rotherham United and Crawley Town centre-back Pablo Mills, and in the heart of midfield they had the vastly experienced John McGrath.
Mickleover opened the chances in the first minute. A sports trialist chased a ball down the right and struck an effort towards the bottom right however the keeper managed to get down and parry the shot out for a corner.
Ten minutes in, Parramore had their first attempt of the game. A cross from the left fell to the feet of Oliver Fearon who saw his fierce half-volley blocked by Pablo Mills.
Sports then had two chances to open the scoring. The Sports trialist accelerated down the right before floating a cross towards the penalty spot where Jack Walsh saw his acrobatic effort superbly pushed wide by the Parramore shot-stopper. Following the corner, Mills saw his powerful header caught by the keeper.
Mickleover Sports took the lead moments later through a trialist. The keeper made an error as he played the ball to the edge of the box where the trialist picked up the ball, rounded the embarrassed number one and slotted his shot home.
The trialist was proving to be a real handful for the Amber Parras, he almost bagged his second ten minutes after netting the opener. Ben Turner’s cross was glanced towards goal by the winger however the keeper abducted his arm to tip the effort wide of the target.
On the hour mark, Jordan Turner managed to nick the ball off Turner and crossed into the box for Phillips who flicked it on for James Ashmore whose effort went well over the bar.
VAR would have been useful at Sandy Lane in the thirty-sixth minute. John McGrath played a lovely one-two with Clinton Morrison before seeing his thunderous effort cannon off the underside of the bar, down onto the line, and then back out and cleared. Nothing was given and the away side still remained only one goal ahead.
Minutes later, Turner was sent through on goal by Ashmore. Turner attempted to chip the ball over the keeper who managed to backtrack and catch the chance.
The final chance of the half fell in favour of the visitors. The trialist burst down the right and cut the ball back for Clinton Morrison who curled his shot just inches over the target.
Jimmy Phillips almost added to the lead minutes after the restart. Phillips cut in from the left and forced the keeper into a save as he parried wide of his bottom left corner.
Mickleover doubled their lead eight minutes after the break. John McGrath beautifully curled his free-kick over the wall and into the bottom right from twenty-five yards out.
On the hour mark, Nathan Jarman cut in from the right and used the outside of his right boot to bend an effort just wide of the upright.
With twenty minutes to go, Jake Currie intercepted Ben Turner’s sloppy pass and played the ball through to Alec Denton who turned really well until he fell over the ball and Burgin cleared it.
There was a penalty shout for Parramore not long after. Istead weaved his way down to the byline before pulling the ball back for Jake Currie whose first time shot was bravely blocked by Jake Scott. The ball fizzed up into the air and Burgin headed it away but in doing so, he caught Denton in the face with his elbow and the home side surrounded the referee but the man in black waved away any claims.
Sports added a third in the latter stages of the friendly. Niall Doran escaped the attention of the Parramore back-line to latch onto a pump up field. Doran out-paced Lee Hill and tucked his shot under the keeper.
The game filtered out and Sports ran out 3-0 victors.
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