Workington AFC
1. Aaran Taylor
2. Jake Simpson
3. Dave Symington
4. Danm Wordsworth
5. Matty Douglas
6. Josh Calvert
7. James Earl
8. Anthony Wright
9. Jack Ryan
10. Scott Allison
11. Conor Tinnion
Subs:
12. Sam Joel
14. Jordan Holt
15. Sam Smith
16. Jamie Mellen
17. Leo Holliday
Grantham Town
1. Kieran Preston
2. Tom Potts
3. Oliver Luto
4. Matt Baker
5. Stefan Galinski (c)
6. Rhys Lewis
7. Danny Meadows
8. Andrew Wright
9. Jordan Hempenstall
10. Lee Shaw
11. Curtis Burrows
Subs:
12. Luke Shaw
14. Jack McMenemy
15. Kegan Everington
16. Ryley Thompson
17. Michael Hollingsworth
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Teams emerging.
Joined beside me by Jeff Scott.
Game underway.
Grantham free kick.
Cleared for a throw.
Lee Shaw fluffs his shot well wide. (2 mins)
Taylor off his line well to smother the ball.
Wright blocks cross out for a corner.
Reds throw from a wasted corner.
Reds attacking throw.
Cross too long and out for a goal kick.
Grantham free kick own half.
Free kick straight through to Taylor in goal.
Jack Ryan chests the ball to Tinnion whose volley goes wide. 10 mins
Reds corner finds and his downward header is easily taken by the keeper.
Reds corner.
GOAL: James Earl stooping header into the corner of the net. (14 mins)
GOAL: Grantham Town 0 – 1 Workington AFC, (Earl, 14 mins)
Reds free kick, header deflected out for a corner.
Corner out for a Reds throw. Throw cleared.
Reds attacking throw.
Symington clears long for a throw.
Earl sees the keeper off his line and tries from forty yards, drifts a couple wide. (24 mins)
Scott Allison through sees his shot just touched wide of the post.
Ball scrambled off the line and Allison volley clears the cross bar.
Earl covering tackle out for a Grantham throw.
Wordsworth hoof out for a throw on the half way line.
Simpson run but tackled and limping out of the tackle.
Reds defend well but waste the ball forward.
Shout for a penalty but nothing and shot easily clears Taylor’s bar. (34 mins)
Rain starts it’s a bit torrential.
Lovely play from the Reds, Simpson cross headed out for a corner. Corner out for goal kick.
MATCH SUSPENDED AFTER 38 MINUTES DUE TO LIGHTNING.
Torrential hailstones now!
The referee has called half time early and will play the remaining approximately seven minutes then immediately change round.
Looks like we will be back underway in five minutes.
Teams emerging.
Game underway with a drop ball.
Grantham throw. Ball out for a Reds goal kick.
Reds corner, ball palmed over thew bar for another corner.
Douglas shot deflected wside. Resultant corner out for a goal kick.
Referee clattered with the ball, received treatment.
HALF TIME: Grantham Town 0 – 1 Workington AFC
Second half immediately underway.
Reds free kick, nearly a pen very close.
Simpson takes, keeper gathers the looping loose ball.
Keeper way off his line, Ryan shot blocked, Symington fires a yard or too wide.
Andrew Wright shot tipped over the bar for a corner.
Simpson poor clearance and volleyed return is well over Taylor’s bar.
Grantham sub: Luke Shaw on for Tom Potts (54 mins)
GOAL: Jordan Hempenstall header into the corner of the net. (56 mins)
GOAL: Grantham Town 1 – 1 Workington AFC, (Hempenstall, 56 mins)
Grantham attacking throw.
Ryan tees up Earl, but he fluffs his shot well wide. (62 mins)
Yellow card: Josh Calvert (64 mins)
Earl long distance effort but back tracking keeper takes easily.
Reds sub: Jordan Holt on for James Earl (67 mins)
Reds corner.
Corner cleared long and Simpson yellow carded harshly for a foul.
GOAL: Scott Allison drives the ball into the net from 25 yards to regain the lead for Reds. (69 mins)
GOAL: Grantham Town 1 – 2 Workington AFC, (Allison, 69 mins)
Tinnion back well tackling, wins the ball and Wordsworth clears.
Attendance: 236
Grantham sub: Kegan Hetherington on for Andrew Wright (76 mins)
Taylor off his line well to smother a dangerous through ball.
Ball to Allison put out for a Reds throw.
Matty Douglas very harshly penalised for a penalty just inside the area, it was never a penalty.
Luke Shaw sails the ball well over the bar from the spot kick, justice!
Grantham sub: Jack McMenemy on for Stefan Galinski, (82 mins)
Allison shot just touched around the post by the keeper.
Ball cleared from the corner, Simpson run but ball out for a goal kick.
Jordan Holt carded for a foul.
GOAL: Jordan Hempenstall stabs the ball in from close range to level the scores. (87 mins)
GOAL: Grantham Town 2 – 2 Workington AFC, (Hempenstall, 87 mins)
Great save from Aaran Taylor, clawed the ball away.
mins)
Meadows header wide.
4 minutes added time.
GOAL: Lee Shaw, clearly offside, allowed to run through on goal and score. (90 + 1 minutes)
GOAL: Grantham Town 3 – 2 Workington AFC, (Shaw, 90 mins)
FULL TIME: Grantham Town 3 – 2 Workington AFC
APOLOGIES FOR THE ISSUES WITH THE LIVE SCOREBOARD ON SATURDAY, APPARENTLY THEY UPDATED TO A NEW SYSTEM ON THE SERVER AND UNEXPECTED TECHNICAL ISSUES LED TO THE SYSTEM BEING DOWN FOR A WHILE.
NORMAL SERVICE SHOULD RESUME ON TUESDAY.
Well Done Scotty
Time to start racking up some positive results lads !