Northern League Division 1
9 October, 2010
South Shields 1 : Bishop Auckland 1
Bishop Auckland –
Peter Jeffries / Chris Bell / Darren Atkinson / Wayne Clarke / Chris Lawson / Simon
Ord / Mark Henson / Stephen Salvin (capt) / Arran Wearmouth / Steven Turnbull / Adam Emson
Another re-arranged away fixture as Bishops travelled to Filtrona Park to take on South Shields. Last season’s match at this venue was memorable to say the least, and after a bad week Bishops really needed to bounce back.
Mark Henson returned and Adam Emson was also available. Wearmouth took up th striker’s role with Emson moving out wide on the left and Henson starting on the right of midfield.
No great chances until 13 minutes when Emson turned his man and sent in a shot across ‘keeper Parkin which hit the foot of the post and rebounded back across goal, but the ‘keeper was lucky to gather on the rebound.
15 minutes and Shields took the lead when Winn was allowed to head home unmarked from a deep cross to make it 1-0.
Bishops nearly hit back on 21 minutes. Atkinson’s corner to the back of the six yard box found Turnbull climbing to head, but the ball deflected over the bar from a Shields head.
A minute later and Shields hit the post from a quick break.
End to end, and a minute later a free kick from Bell from a central position was well hit and evaded the wall but was well gathered by Parkin.
29 minutes and Mark Henson challenged for a ball just on the edge of the Shields area. The midfielder stretched and went down injured. Shields defender Stoneman took the opportunity to wander over and step on the prostrate player’s ankle which hardly aided his recovery. Henson returned to the game after a couple of minutes treatment on the sidelines.
34 minutes on the clock and a free kick for offside just over the half way line was hit into the danger area. The ball fell for Salvin who blasted in a shot but a defender got his head to it and it flew clear.
On the stroke of half time Coe beat the offside trap but hit the post with only Jeffries to beat.
Sroggins picked up a yellow for a foul on the rampaging Turnbull in added time, and Jeffries also pulled off another decent save from a powerful fizzing shot in the fifth minute of added time.
HT: South Shields 1, Bishop Auckland 0
Darren Richardson
replaced the injured Henson at half time, taking up his familiar position on
the left wing. Bell pushed forward on the right and Emson joined Wearmouth in the
centre.
The reshuffle
nearly paid immediate results as Emson found space and lifted a shot just over
the ‘keeper from 20 yards but it dipped onto the top of the net.
The equaliser did come soon after though. Ord won the ball
inside Bishops half and played in Bell who passed on the floor to Emson who
turned his man and shot expertly into the far corner of the net. 1-1.
Bishops were much
improved in the second half and looked dangerous on their frequent
attacks. 63 minutes and a throw from the
right caused chaos with two Shields defenders missing the ball and Richardson
blasting in a goal-bound shot which was well blocked.
A minute later
and Ord, now playing at right back, did well to
thwart an attack as he tracked his man then put in a great tackle.
65 minutes and Wearmouth
tried to wriggle through a cluster of players.
After beating two the third took him down on the edge of the box.
Turnbull’s free kick hit the wall. His
follow up attempt was also blocked but after the ball fell to Salvin the
captain also had his shot blocked.
74 minutes and
Emson ran down the left beating his man and feeding Richardson whose shot was
blocked.
Two minutes later
and Arran Wearmouth beat his man at the goal line and
cut a cross to Richardson who controlled and shot but Parkin
made an excellent save to keep the ball out of the net.
Clarke picked up
Bishops only yellow of the game on 77 minutes and from the resulting free kick Salvin headed the ball clear from just in front of the line.
Bishops continued
to press and Wearmouth chased a through ball and beat the ‘keeper and a
defender to it. Bishops were two on one
in the box but Emson at the near post picked up the cross and prodded wide with
Richardson totally unmarked in front of goal.
After all that
pressure and chances it would have been harsh if Bishops had failed to pick up
the point, but they had Peter Jeffries chest to thank for the point as he made
himself big for a one on one and blocked the shot with his body.
Emson had another
chance four minutes into added time but Parkin dealt
with his low shot to the near post.
A disappointing
first half but Bishops bounced back well and played very well after the
interval. Over the 90 minutes the draw
was a fair result.