Northern League Division 1
3 January, 2009
Bishop Auckland 1 : Dunston
Federation 4
Team: Chris Porter, Lee Foster, Kyle Anderson (Gus DiLella HT), Kevin Dixon, Arjun Purewal, Steven West,
Stephen Salvin, Scott Richards, Gavin Barton, Gavin Parkin, Amar Purewal (Adam Strong
62mins)
No Happy New Year at
An explosive start with an early corner for Bishops and as
Richards flag kick was deflected out Barton fired it back goalwards, but
Poskett pushed it over the bar for another corner.
The second corner was cleared and from the break Bishops defence
was stretched to breaking point allowing Sheeran a simple tap-in for 1-0. A minute later and Bishops still shellshocked
defence rocked again and the prolific Bulford finished with ease to make it
2-0.
The remainder of the first half passed without any real
incident. Porter had little to do for the
remainder of the half, and on the two occasions that Poskett dropped the ball
he was helped out by his defence, in the first instance, and the referee in the
second.
Gus Di Lella replaced the still not match fit Kyle Anderson at
half time.
Bishops dominated early possession in the second half and on 53
minutes Amar Purewal picked up a ball over the top and beat Poskett with his
shot, only for it to be cleared from just in front of the goalline by a
Federation defender.
On 68 minutes the game looked over when Michael Dixon made it
3-0 with another simple finish from an unmarked player in the box. On 75 minutes Porter made a good save with
his legs to keep the scoreline down.
A free-kick for Bishops on 76 minutes was swung in from just
over the half way line by
Dunston responded immediately through substitute John Clark to
make the final score 1-4.