Northern League Division 1
1 December 2007
Bishop Auckland 0 :
Team: Chris Porter,
Liam Bramley, Dominic Gamble, Michael Coghlan, Paul Crager, James Crossman, Joe
Fairish, Kevin Dixon (Neville Fuller 89mins), Gavin Parkin, Carl Chillingsworth,
Gus DiLella (Sean Joseph 55mins)
Bishops seem unable to recreate their decent away form to
An unchanged team took to the pitch and Bishops started well
enough. The first incident of any note
was an unusual one, when a member of the
Parkin had two decent chanced. The first midway through the half saw the
forward turn blind and spin, but his shot went straight into Poskett’s
arms. Minutes later another half chance
again saw Parkin in, but his low shot was knocked clear by Poskett’s feet.
Coghlan saw his direct free kick tipped over the bar by the
Morpeth ‘keeper on 43 minutes, but overall the first half was a fairly even
affair.
Only Morpeth came out in the second half. The opening goal came on 53 minutes. Porter pushed a cross straight into the path
of a Morpeth forward who fired home to make it 1-0. Morpeth missed another good chance a minute
later when a low cross was side footed wide by Herron.
Crossman conceded a penalty on 65 minutes when contesting a
jumped header, but Porter dived to his left to save the spot-kick. However, the reprieve was short-lived and
Young added a second from a quick break after
Bramley fired straight at the goalkeeper after good
interplay with Fairish on 72 minutes, but Bishops never really looked like
getting back into the game, and heads seemed to drop well before the final
whistle signalled another home defeat.