Northern League Division 1
27 August 2007
Team: Nicky Farrell,
James Crossman, Paul Crager, Daryll Evans (Shaun Boynton 60 mins), Paul
Griffith, Paul Harvey, Joe Fairish, Scott Richards, Gavin Parkin, Dane Wilson,Dale Mendum (Darren Richardson 64 mins)
Bishops met up with the Spennymoor Town Northern League
franchise at the Brewery Field on a sunny bank holiday Monday. Without goalkeeper Chris Porter and Bryan
Stewart, Dale Mendum joined new signing Nicky Farrell in the starting line-up.
The match was much anticipated, after the home club’s 24
year spell in Northern League Division Two, and Bishops near two decades in the
UniBond League. Fortunately the council
deigned to open the gates of the Brewery Field for this important fixture
between the two
Kicking up the hill, Spennymoor hit the bar in the first
minute. A real break
for Bishops. Richie Storr had a
straight forward one on one in the ninth minute which debutant Nicky Farrell
dived low to save.
Bishops were competitive in the opening exchanges and were
unlucky not to be ahead on 22 minutes when Crager’s shot from a corner was
cleared off the line. Scott Richards
follow up was also headed off the line by Adam Clough.
Moors missed another one on one on 22 minutes. Five minutes later Gavin Parkin helped the
ball through to Fairish on the right whose shot was tipped over the bar.
The referee awarded a soft free-kick when
Bishops were two down on 51 minutes when Karl Richards, one
of many ex-Bishops now plying their trade in Black & White.
The last real chance Bishops had to get back into the game
came on 60 minutes when
Manson added a third on 72 minutes as Bishops faded out of
the game, to the depressing sound of the expletive ridden chanting of the Moors
faithful.
The two teams meet again in the league cup on September 15th,
landlords permitting.