Post by Kev Panther on Mar 10, 2015 13:30:16 GMT
SKELMERSDALE COMPLETE DOUBLE OVER RAMSBOTTOM
SKELMERSDALE UNITED 3 RAMSBOTTOM UNITED 0
By Neil Leatherbarrow
Skelmersdale United made it a home and away double over their rivals from East Lancashire at Stormy Corner on Saturday, three goals early in the second-half building on the firm foundation of a goalless first period, that they definitely won on points.
Tommy Lawson’s men were in control from the off and could have struck at least a couple of goals before half an hour had elapsed.
Scott Bakkor beat a man only to see Rammy goalkeeper Grant Shenton save his effort in 9 minutes, before a clever bit of hold-up play by Dan Mitchley suffered the same fate on the quarter-hour and a Ken Strickland free-kick fizzed inches over the crossbar on 17 minutes.
The pressure from Skem continued. Joe Whittington and Valtar Fernandes combined with Mitchley on the right to send a ball across the face of goal that somehow went without a telling touch before Shenton made the save of the match with his legs to deny Whittington on 22 minutes.
Ramsbottom did have a couple of decent forays on the Skelmersdale goal; in one Steve James tipped an Osebi Abadaki shot over his crossbar in the 36th minute.
However, in the 38th minute Abadaki did damage to the Ramsbottom cause in strange circumstances. He clashed with Dale Wight just in front of the dug-outs and Skelmersdale were awarded a free-kick, as Wright jogged away to take up a position for the free-kick, Abadaki swung his boot at him and failed to connect, Wright was completely unaware of the attempt on him and glanced over his shoulder to see referee Anthony Moore brandishing a red card at the Ramsbottom number eleven. There had been no incident, no challenge and no verbal appeals at all.
The dismissal didn’t deter Ramsbottom too much though, as James made his best save of the match 5 minutes later falling low to his left to keep out a Jamie Rother shot.
If Skelmersdale should have had an interval lead, they didn’t waste any time after the restart in putting that right and by the 62nd minute they had a 3-0 lead.
The first goal in the 50th minute arrived after the ball was worked into a central spot from where Mitchley saw his shot parried by Shenton, but at the same time the ball ran free behind the keeper, Bakkor pounced and thumped the ball into the empty net.
Two minutes later Bakkor returned the favour to Mitchley, flicking on a through ball that put Mitchley one on one with Shenton, Mitchley lifting the ball over the advancing custodian to make it 2-0.
In the 62nd minute it was game set and match. Warren Bellew had been on the pitch at substitute for just three minutes when he put in a swirling cross from the left; Mitchley ran onto the ball and powerfully headed the ball into the corner of the net from around ten yards out.
To some extent Skelmersdale eased off a bit at 3-0, though, Alan Burton got above everyone to smash a header against the bar from a Wright corner on 71 minutes and a Mitchley free-kick was saved by Shenton as the striker sought his second hat-trick of the season to go with his Bearing & Engineering Man of the Match award.
It was a comfortable victory for Skelmersdale and will set them up for a run of three consecutive away games on the next three Saturday’s, starting with a trip to struggling Belper Town, a game that will be more difficult than many might think.
SKELMERSDALE UNITED: James, Fernandes (Rendell, 69), Holden, Wylie, Bodie, Wright, Whittington (Woolcott, 56), Burton, Mitchley, Bakkor, Strickland (Bellew, 56) Subs (not used) Mooney, Kirkbride
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED: Shenton, Harrop, Pugh, Edgehill (Bowyer, 62), Frost, Neville, Williams, Rother (Slaven, 62), Gaskell (Brookes, 62), Baguley, Abadaki Subs (not used) Heron, Robinson
Referee: Anthony Moore (Stockport) Attendance: 229
SKELMERSDALE UNITED 3 RAMSBOTTOM UNITED 0
By Neil Leatherbarrow
Skelmersdale United made it a home and away double over their rivals from East Lancashire at Stormy Corner on Saturday, three goals early in the second-half building on the firm foundation of a goalless first period, that they definitely won on points.
Tommy Lawson’s men were in control from the off and could have struck at least a couple of goals before half an hour had elapsed.
Scott Bakkor beat a man only to see Rammy goalkeeper Grant Shenton save his effort in 9 minutes, before a clever bit of hold-up play by Dan Mitchley suffered the same fate on the quarter-hour and a Ken Strickland free-kick fizzed inches over the crossbar on 17 minutes.
The pressure from Skem continued. Joe Whittington and Valtar Fernandes combined with Mitchley on the right to send a ball across the face of goal that somehow went without a telling touch before Shenton made the save of the match with his legs to deny Whittington on 22 minutes.
Ramsbottom did have a couple of decent forays on the Skelmersdale goal; in one Steve James tipped an Osebi Abadaki shot over his crossbar in the 36th minute.
However, in the 38th minute Abadaki did damage to the Ramsbottom cause in strange circumstances. He clashed with Dale Wight just in front of the dug-outs and Skelmersdale were awarded a free-kick, as Wright jogged away to take up a position for the free-kick, Abadaki swung his boot at him and failed to connect, Wright was completely unaware of the attempt on him and glanced over his shoulder to see referee Anthony Moore brandishing a red card at the Ramsbottom number eleven. There had been no incident, no challenge and no verbal appeals at all.
The dismissal didn’t deter Ramsbottom too much though, as James made his best save of the match 5 minutes later falling low to his left to keep out a Jamie Rother shot.
If Skelmersdale should have had an interval lead, they didn’t waste any time after the restart in putting that right and by the 62nd minute they had a 3-0 lead.
The first goal in the 50th minute arrived after the ball was worked into a central spot from where Mitchley saw his shot parried by Shenton, but at the same time the ball ran free behind the keeper, Bakkor pounced and thumped the ball into the empty net.
Two minutes later Bakkor returned the favour to Mitchley, flicking on a through ball that put Mitchley one on one with Shenton, Mitchley lifting the ball over the advancing custodian to make it 2-0.
In the 62nd minute it was game set and match. Warren Bellew had been on the pitch at substitute for just three minutes when he put in a swirling cross from the left; Mitchley ran onto the ball and powerfully headed the ball into the corner of the net from around ten yards out.
To some extent Skelmersdale eased off a bit at 3-0, though, Alan Burton got above everyone to smash a header against the bar from a Wright corner on 71 minutes and a Mitchley free-kick was saved by Shenton as the striker sought his second hat-trick of the season to go with his Bearing & Engineering Man of the Match award.
It was a comfortable victory for Skelmersdale and will set them up for a run of three consecutive away games on the next three Saturday’s, starting with a trip to struggling Belper Town, a game that will be more difficult than many might think.
SKELMERSDALE UNITED: James, Fernandes (Rendell, 69), Holden, Wylie, Bodie, Wright, Whittington (Woolcott, 56), Burton, Mitchley, Bakkor, Strickland (Bellew, 56) Subs (not used) Mooney, Kirkbride
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED: Shenton, Harrop, Pugh, Edgehill (Bowyer, 62), Frost, Neville, Williams, Rother (Slaven, 62), Gaskell (Brookes, 62), Baguley, Abadaki Subs (not used) Heron, Robinson
Referee: Anthony Moore (Stockport) Attendance: 229