Northern League Division 1
8 November 2008
Seaham Red Star 1 : Bishop Auckland 1
Team: Chris Porter, Gareth Gwyn (Gus Di Lella 70mins),
Back
to Seaham on a bright drizzly windy day, Bishops made four changes from
Wednesday with Chris Porter, Scott Richards and Kevin Dixon available again
with Lewis Hardman suspended. Martin
Langley also returned to the team.
Bishops
had the benefit of the breeze in the first half. Porter was the first keeper called into
action, making a good flying save on 16 minutes.
A
Scott Richards shot caused problems for the home ‘keeper on 26 minutes but the
ball was bundled out for a corner.
Fairish took the corner and the ball was cleared to Langley who blazed
over from the edge of the area.
Liam
O’Mahoney made a good run in the 32nd minutes and clipped in a quick
cross. Barton connected with the ball,
but it was deflected high in the air and out for a corner. Fairish’s corner was met by Barton who
powered home a header from six yards to give Bishops the lead.
A
minute later Bishops should have doubled the lead when Barton slotted the ball
through the defence for Parkin to race on to, but the forward missed his one on
one chance. The ball went agonisiginly wide of the post.
Martin
Langley cleared the ball off the line on 39 minutes with a clean header.
On
46 minutes, Bishops conceded an indirect free kick when Porter obstructed a
Seaham forward whilst trying to retrieve the ball. However, Bishops defence held firm and
blocked the original shot before clearing the danger.
Parkin
set up
Scores
were level on the hour. A ball over the
top saw Porter racing to get the ball at the corner of the 18 yard box. He appeared to clear it with his hand, and
the attacker fell over his outretched body.
The referee didn’t initially deem it an offence, but the linesman saw
differently and awarded a penalty – the fifth in five games. The spot kick was converted easily.
O’Maloney
and Parkin worked well down the left before finding Barton whose shot was
fingertipped just wide of the far post.
Di
Lella and Richardson came on to replace Gwyn then Ankers who left after
sustaining a nasty looking in jury in a full blooded 50:50 tackle.
In
the final minutes Parkin cut the ball back to Barton but his shot was saved by
the ‘keeper’s feet.
Three
minutes to go and Parkin pestered the goalkeeper on the edge of the box. The ball fell free to Barton whose chip went
just wide.
In
injury time
No
midweek game, and next up is struggling Bedlington at