Worksop Town U19s 2-0 Dronfield Town U19s
The Tigers beat Dronfield with a dominant second half performance.
The Under 19s make it six games unbeaten with a win over Dronfield Town. A tight first half was suddenly shrugged into the Tigers favour with goals from Dodsworth and Evison which confirmed all three points for the team in Amber and Black.
The Tigers opened the chances in the tenth minute. Jack Shaw whipped in a free-kick towards the back-post where Alfie Smith connected with the ball but saw his shot blocked on the line by Zach Bell. The ball popped out to Liam Smart who sliced over the rebound.
Dronfield then replied with a chance of their own. Travis Hodgson sent a corner towards the back stick where Ethan Flower rose highest but headed high over the bar.
A quarter into the game, Alfie Dodsworth, who scored last night for Maltby Main’s first team against Thackley, lost his marker on the edge of the box and created space for himself to have a shot from which he ultimately fizzed over the bar.
A fiercely hit Travis Hodgson free-kick was matched by James Gamble who managed to punch the ball away to safety.
On the half hour mark, Kyle Blake burst through the middle before slamming a shot from twenty-five yards towards goal which, again, was superbly saved and held down low by Gamble.
Moments later, Travis Hodgson robbed Smith of the ball and advanced towards goal where Gamble made himself big and the forward rifled his shot wide of the upright.
Both sides shared possession of the ball, for the last ten minutes, with little clear cut chances made and eventually, the referee blew for half-time.
The visitors started the second half emphatically. James Gamble was forced into a save as he got down to push Hodgson’s low driven shot wide of the far post.
Moments later, Kyle Blake was threaded through by Dominic Charles but the winger slotted his shot into the side-netting.
The Tigers took the lead just after the half hour mark. Jack Shaw’s free-kick was met by the head of Alfie Smith who headed towards goal. The keeper spilt the effort allowing Jay Evison to poke the ball across for Alfie Dodsworth who coolly slotted home the opener.
The home side’s advantage was doubled minutes later. The roles for the first goal were reversed as Alfie Dodsworth produced a fine corner for Jay Evison to glance his header past the keeper.
Worksop thought they had put the game to bed with twenty minutes to go. Deegan Atherton made a late run into the box to head home Jack Shaw’s flag-kick but the referee blew for a foul in the box and disallowed the goal.
As we entered the last quarter of the game, Aaran Bovis struck a fierce free-kick towards goal which was well held by the keeper.
On the stroke of full-time, Josh Buxton was sent through on goal by Luke Parkin however, James Gamble rushed off his line and made the crucial save needed to preserve his clean sheet.
The Tigers saw out the game to carry on their recent good form. This means they have collected sixteen points from seven games and go top of the league.
After the fixture, we caught up with the gaffer about his side’s performance, his time in charge and next weeks Cup game against Hallam FC…
“I think in the first half we wasn’t at our standard, it wasn’t good enough. We addressed that at half-time and said a few home truths but we didn’t change anything, apart from bringing off ‘Smarty’ as he was injured, as I knew the lads that were in there are good enough to win this game. We always believed that we would dominate the second half. We just needed to be a bit better against sides like this and the better sides, what know that we can’t just turn up and expect to win the game but we came out and dominated from the front, we got the ball back quickly when we lost it and we should have scored three or four if I’m honest but I’m pleased with the result. I don’t think it was our best performance but it shows we’re a good side if we are playing poor and still winning.
“I think the first game of the season came too early for us, it is a new group of lads, a brand new Under 19s side, and to be fair to them it hasn’t took much time to get going. The last two to three weeks have been brilliant results and performances. From the Sheffield United game we needed more out of that, I don’t like to blame referees but he killed us a little with a few decisions. Against Sheffield FC it was an all around good performance. The first half we dominated and in the second we sunk our teeth in and got stuck into the game. All the management and the lads were buzzing in the changing room after that game. It was good to watch and it showed what we were about as a side and what we are trying to achieve this season.
“We approach next week the same as every league game. It is a chance to go on a run and get into the semi-final. We’ve already played Hallam. They were a tough side in the first fifteen minutes but we dominated the whole game after. I hope we will do the same again. I might make a few changes, we’ll have to see throughout the week but ultimately we want to keep winning games and keep this habit up.
“You know what you will get with us. You know you’ll get a performance where the lads will give everything. I know it is cold but, especially the last few weeks, these lads will be something special at the end of the season and what we want to achieve and where we going, it is well worth a watch”.
Attendance: 55
Goals: Doddsworth (62’), Evison (66’)
Worksop Town U19s: James Gamble, Sam Jones (Frazer Russell), Liam Smart (Harley Brown), Ziah McClaren, Alfie Smith, Deegan Atherton, Jack Shaw, Jack Charlesworth (Bobby Thompson), Isaac Darien (Ryan Delello), Alfie Dodsworth, Jay Evison
Dronfield Town U19s: Lewis Keir-Taylor, Luke Parkin, Alfonso Ferreira, Dominic Charles, Zach Bell, Finley Mitchell, Ethan Flower, Arran Bovis, Travis Hodgson, Kai Butler, Kyle Blake
Subs: Josh Buxton, Nathan Clarke, Albie Hoyle, Connor Needham
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