Worksop Town 2-1 Sheffield F.C.
Tigers beat F.C. in strong performance
Town opened the scoring six minutes into the game through Matt Sykes. Sheffield F.C. equalised through Jamie Yates but thanks to a goalkeeping mistake by Jamie Ingham, the Tigers won the friendly.
The Tigers started the game with high intensity and had two chances to take the lead in the opening stages.
Firstly, Matt Sykes saw his first time shot bravely blocked by Magee after a Pemberton long throw.
Then, Mark Simpson brought down Price’s over the top ball and sharply cut across his marker before bending his shot just wide of the upright.
Town opened the scoring six minutes into the game. Deegan Atherton delivered a pinpoint accurate cross towards the back stick where Matt Sykes was on hand to squeeze his volley past Ingham.
Just before the half hour point, Steve Woolley slipped Simpson down the right wing. Simpson subsequently dinked the ball over to Kyle Jordan whose shot seemed to take a deflection before going wide of the post.
Sheffield F.C. had their first opportunity ten minutes before the break. Waide Fairhurst saw his free-kick, which was fairly central and around twenty-five yards away from goal, beat the wall but disappointingly for the visitors it continued to rise and the effort flew high over the bar.
The Tigers kept the ball well for the rest of the half and restricted the away side’s possession and attacking prowess.
Sheffield’s best chance of the game so far came minutes after the restart. Ehsan Mohammed cut inside from the right wing and hit a stinging shot towards the bottom corner which was well kept out by David Reay.
Jordan almost doubled the lead moments later. Brad Wilson curled an a wonderful cross towards the left-hand side of the six yard box where Kyle Jordan rose highest and headed the ball across goal and just inches over the bar.
Soon after, Matty Templeton almost extended Worksop’s scoreline. Templeton teased his marker before cutting onto his favoured left foot and drilled a shot across goal which went just wide of the far post.
On the hour mark, new signing for ‘the worlds first’ Mitchell Dunne, from Hallam FC, dropped the shoulder, cut in across the body of Pemberton, but saw his effort saved and held down low by Reay.
Midfielder Ross Goodwin almost netted against his former club. Tomas Poole threaded Goodwin through on goal however, good defending from Magee meant the shot was blocked and allowed Ingham to pick up the shot with ease.
Sheffield equalised with twenty-minutes to go. Jamie Yates received a short F.C. corner just left of the box. Yates proceeded to run along the edge of the area before curling an accurate shot beyond the reach of Reay.
However the friendly didn’t stay level long as three minutes later, Town reclaimed the lead thanks to a goalkeeping error. Harley Wilson’s through-ball, which was intended for Templeton, ran through straight to the keeper. With was seemed as a lapse of concentration, Ingham miss-controlled the pass and the ball rolled into the bottom corner.
The final chance of the game fell to the host’s. Connor Brunt spotted that Ingham was on the edge of his box and attempted an audacious effort from halfway. The chance was over hit though and the ball flew over the stand.
The full-time whistle went to confirm another pre-season win for the Tigers. Worksop next take on Mickleover Sports on Friday, 27th July at Sandy Lane.
Attendance: 236
Goals: Sykes (6’), Wilson (75’); Yates (72’)
Worksop Town: David Reay, Deegan Atherton (Brad Wilson), Liam Royles, Steve Woolley (Harley Wilson), Matt Reay (Luke Francis), Max Pemberton, Jamie Price (Ross Goodwin), Cecil Nyoni (Will Wraith), Mark Simpson (Matty Templeton), Kyle Jordan (Connor Brunt), Matt Sykes (Tomas Poole)
Unused Sub: Andy Francis
Sheffield F.C: Jamie Ingham, Ben Turner, James Kay, Darryl Winter, Julian Lawrence, Damian Magee, Matthew Roney, Andrew Gascoigne, Marc Newsham, Waide Fairhurst, James Gregory
Subs: Mitchell Dunne, Leon Osborne, Jamie Yates, Anthony Mackie, Eshan Mohammed, Trialist, Trialist
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