Northern League Division 1
31 January, 2009
Bishop Auckland 2 : Ryton 4
Team: Chris Porter, Arjun Purewal, Kyle Anderson, Kevin Dixon
(Gus DiLella 64mins), Andrew Davies, Stephen Salvin, Joe Fairish, Amar Purewal,
Gavin Barton, Gavin Parkin, Mark Robinson (Lewis Hardman HT)
The first meeting between the two clubs on Bishops’ turf
survived an early morning pitch inspection and a second inspection by the match
referee before getting the go-ahead at 2pm.
Andrew Davies and Gavin Parkin came into the side with Lewis Hardman’s
late arrival leaving him on the bench.
After the last two decent performances, it was back to form with
the usual slow start. Fairish cleared
off the line on 6 minutes after a corner caused chaos in Bishops defence. On ten minutes Bishops were behind with more
poor defending allowing a simple free header from Shaw to make it 1-0.
The match was lifeless with no real chances at either end before
shambolic defending allowed a second straightforward opportunity which Ryton’s
Bishops best attack of the half came on the stroke of half
time. Salvin pushed the ball to Amar
Purewal and as he raced to collect the ball he was upended on the corner of the
area. No penalty, but from the resulting
corner Fairish sent the ball into the box and Barton rose above his markers to
power in a header for 2-1.
Hardman replaced Robinson at half time. Bishops immediately threw away the initiative
of their goal on half time when Davies lingered yards behind the defensive line
Ryton players to stream forward into the vacuum he created and notch a third
goal from McBryde.
The game looked over on the hour. More defensive troubles and after Porter’s
first save it looked like the danger was cleared but the ball came back
in. Porter blocked a low follow up shot
but a third attempt from McBryde found its way into the net. A humiliating 4-1.
Acting manager Gus DiLella replaced Kevin Dixon soon after.
74 minutes and Barton latched onto a Salvin ball over the top
and despite having his shirt tugged by a desperate defender knocked in a shot
which went just wide. The referee pulled
the ball back for a free kick but took no further action against the defender
despite Barton being clear in on goal.
However, for the second time Barton punished the offence when he blasted
home the direct free-kick from 20 yards to make it 4-2.
Just three minutes later and Bishops had a great chance to make
a game of it but Amar Purewal blazed the ball high and wide into a nearby field
when in a one on one situation with the ‘keeper hopelessly out of
position. The miss summed up an awful
afternoon for the Two Blues.