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Lincoln Moorlands Railway F.C.
Premier Division Northern Counties East
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LINCOLN MOORLANDS RAILWAY MATCH REPORTS
LMRFC 2 HOLBEACH UNITED 1 Saturday 19th September MOORLANDS RAILWAY PROGRESSED TO THE FIRST ROUND PROPER OF THE F.A. VASE WITH A NARROW 2-1 VICTORY OVER HOLBEACH UNITED. THE VISITORS MADE A LIVELY START AND WENT IN FRONT IN THE SEVENTH MINUTE WHEN FORMER BOSTON UNITED 'THE MOORS' WERE FINDING IT HARD TO GET INTO THEIR STRIDE AGAINST THEIR SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE OPPONENTS WHO WERE CREATING GOOD CHANCES THAT THEY FAILED TO TURN INTO GOALS, MOORLANDS GRADUALLY CAME INTO THE GAME AND MOORLANDS WERE NOW PLAYING WITH MORE URGENCY AS THE TWO SIDES WENT IN LEVEL AT THE BREAK. MOORLANDS WENT IN FRONT THREE HOLBEACH HIT BACK AND JONNY ALLEN WAS ONLY DENIED GETTING HIS SIDE ON LEVEL TERMS BY A GREAT SAVE FROM MOORLANDS KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK. MOORLANDS GRADUALLY STARTED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE GAME WITH NICK ROBINSON AND LIAM BULL SNUBBING OUT THE HOLBEACH MID-FIELD. MOORLANDS WENT CLOSE TO INCREASING THEIR LEAD WHEN THE HARD WORKING LEE BEESLEY SHOT INCHES WIDE, AND HOLBEACH HAD ANOTHER LUCKY LET OFF FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM TIME AFTER BRILLIANT PLAY FROM TOM GARRICK SAW HIS CLEVER CHIP BEAT HOLBEACH KEEPER DOUGHTY ONLY TO SEE THE BALL BOUNCE ON THE GOAL LINE AND OVER THE BAR. MOORLANDS HAD TO DO SOME STOUT DEFENDING AS HOLBEACH WENT IN SEARCH OF AN EQUALISER LOOKING TO TAKE THE GAME INTO EXTRA TIME BUT IT WAS MOORLANDS THAT BATTLED THROUGH TO THE FIRST ROUND PROPER, DESPITE NOT PLAYING THEIR BEST FOOTBALL OF THE SEASON, WITH A HARD WORKING AND RESOLUTE PERFORMANCE TO EARN THEMSELVES AN AWAY TRIP TO BLACKSTONES F.C. ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 3rd.
Saturday 12th September
MOORLANDS PICKED UP THEIR FIRST AWAY POINT OF THE SEASON WITH A 1-1 DRAW AT HALL ROAD RANGERS.
MOORLANDS GOT OFF TO THE PERFECT START WHEN GOOD BUILD UP PLAY RESULTED IN LIAM BULL BEING BROUGHT DOWN IN THE PENALTY AREA, NICK ROBINSON SLOTTED THE RESULTING PENALTY HOME.
MOORLANDS WENT CLOSE ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS TO INCREASING THEIR LEAD WITH LEE BEESLEY AND TOM GARRICK LINKING UP WELL. HALL ROAD GRADUALLY WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE GAME AND DREW LEVEL IN THE 25th MINUTE WHEN MICHAEL GIBSON HEADED HOME FOLLOWING A CORNER.
MOORLANDS KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK CAME TO HIS SIDES RESCUE WHEN PAUL PALMER BROKE AWAY BUT THE KEEPER MADE A GREAT ONE HANDED SAVE.
MOORLANDS WENT CLOSE TO REGAINING THE LEAD BEFORE HALF TIME WHEN ROBINSON SAW HIS SHOT GO INCHES WIDE.
MOORLANDS STARTED THE SECOND HALF SLOW AND THE HOME SIDE STARTED TO GET ON TOP BUT AGAIN MOORLANDS DEFENDING WAS FIRST CLASS.
A GREAT TACKLE FROM GIBSON PREVENTED SCOTT COUPLAND FROM GETTING ON THE SCORE SHEET FOR THE MOORLANDS. THERE WAS DRAMA FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM TIME WHEN MOORLANDS KEEPER HERRICK HANDLED THE BALL OUTSIDE HIS AREA LEAVING REFEREE DUVAL NO OPTION BUT TO SEND HIM OFF.
THE HOME SIDE WENT ALL OUT FOR THE WINNING GOAL AS THEY SAW SHOTS COME BACK OFF THE BAR AND POST, ALONG WITH TWO GREAT CLEARANCES FROM ADAM HEWITT AND PETE STRAKER ALONG WITH MOORLANDS PLAYERS THROWING THEIR BODIES IN THE WAY TO PROTECT STAND IN KEEPER SCOTT COUPLAND WHO'S HANDLING OF THE BALL LOOKED QUIET IMPRESSIVE WHEN CALLED UPON.
BUT DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS HALL ROAD COULDN'T FIND THE BREAK TRHOUGH AND 'THE MOORS' HELD ON TO THEIR HARD EARNED POINT. LMRFC 1 ARMTHORPE WELFARE 2 IF THE PERFORMANCE HAD MATCHED THE RESULT MOORLANDS RAILWAY WOULD HAVE ARMTHORPE WENT IN FRONT AS EARLY AS THE FIFTH MINUTE, MOORLANDS KEEPER MOORLANDS RESPONDED IMMEDIATLY AND PUT THE LEAGUE LEADERS UNDER PRESSURE WITH SOME DELIGHTFUL ATTACKING PLAY. THE GAME WAS DEVELOPING INTO AN ENTERTAINING GAME AS THE GAME SWUNG FROM END TO END BUT MOORLANDS SUFFERED A SUCKER PUNCH TWO MINUTES FROM HALF-TIME WHEN HENRY SIBENGE RAN INTO THE MOORLANDS PENALTY AREA AND WAS ADJUDGED TO HAVE BEEN TRIPPED FROM BEHIND BY LIAM BULL. HOLDEN MADE NO MISTAKE WITH A WELL TAKEN MOORLANDS COTINUED THEIR ATTACKING PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF AND WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO PULL A GOAL BACK IN THE 60th MINUTE WHEN A HEADER FROM LEE BEESLY WAS HEADED OFF THE LINE BY DEFENDER IAN FARMERY. MOORLANDS HAD MOORLANDS ARE SHOWING GREAT DETERMINATION THIS SEASON AND CONTINUED TO GET THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GAME BUT WERE OFTEN FRUSTRATED WITH SOME STRANGE DECISIONS FROM REFEREE RICHARDSON AND HIS ASSISTANT ROBERT JACKSON. MOORLANDS GOT THEIR JUST REWARD TWO MINUTES FROM TIME WHEN TOM GARRICK SCORED THE BEST GOAL OF THE NIGHT FOLLOWING MORE GREAT ATTACKING PLAY BUT IT WAS JUST TO LATE TO PULL THE GAME ROUND DESPITE ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. ANOTHER PLUS FOR MOORLANDS WAS DESPITE ENGLAND PLAYING A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER THEY STILL ATTRACTED A GATE OF 53 WHICH WAS APPRECIATED BY ALL AT THE CLUB AND SHOWS THE ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL BEING PLAYED DOWN AT NEWARK ROAD IS STARTING TO DRAW IN THE CROWDS. LMRFC 2 HALLAM F.C. 1 Saturday 5th September MOORLANDS RAILWAY RECORDED THEIR SECOND HOME WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A HARD MOORLANDS HAD A BOOST WHEN CENTRE HALF ADAM GILBERT PASSED A LATE FITNESS TEST MEANING MOORLANDS MADE JUST ONE CHANGE FROM THEIR DEFEAT AT WINTERTON. LIAM BULL REPLAVED SIMON CLIFFORD WHO HAS LEFT THE CLUB TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION AT BOLTON UNIVERSITY, ALL AT MOORLANDS RAILWAY WISH HIM WELL AND HOPE TO SEE HIM BACK AT THE CLUB IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. HALLAM MADE A BRIGHT START TO THE GAME PUTTING THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE UNDER EARLY PRESSURE AND 'THE MOORS' HAD KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK TO THANK FOR SOME OUTSTANDING GOALKEEPING MAKING GREAT SAVES FROM HALLAM'S SIMON ASQUITH AND JORDEN STOCKS. MOORLANDS GRADUALLY WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE GAME AND WENT IN FRONT ON THE STROKE OF HALF TIME, A CORNER TAKEN BY ADAM BUCKLEY WAS HEADED HOME BY ADAM GILBERT, AND AFTER A DIFFICULT FIRST HALF MOORLANDS WENT IN AHEAD 1-0 AT THE BREAK, SOMEWHAT AGAINST THR RUN OF PLAY. MOORLANDS STARTED THE SECOND HALF WITHOUT CENTRE HALF ADAM GILBERT BROUGHT OFF AT HALF TIME AFTER A RECURRENCE OF HIS INJURY PROBLEMS. 'THE MOORS' WERE DELT A FURTHER BLOW FOUR MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF WHEN A VERY HARSH DECISION MOORLANDS NOW HAD TO SHOW SOME BATTLING QUALITIES AND TO A MAN THEY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE. THESE SET BACKS INSPIRED THE HOME SIDE AS THEY STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR ATTACKING FOOTBALL AGAIN, THE INTRODUCTION OF LEE HALLAM IMMEDIATELY HIT BACK AND SHOULD HAVE DRAWN LEVEL WHEN A CROSS FROM THE RIGHT FOUND ANDREW WOOD AT THE FAR POST BUT HE SHOT HIGH OVER THE BAR. MOORLANDS KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK CAME TO HIS SIDES RESCUE AGAIN WHEN HE TURNED A GREAT STRIKE FROM JORDEN STOCKS ROUND THE POST. THE VISITORS WERE PUSHING FOR THE EQUALIZER, BUT THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE STOOD FIRM WITH JAMIE STOKES AND NEW SIGNING PETER STRAKER, MAKING HIS DEBUT FOR THE CLUB, HAVING OUTSTANDING GAMES AT THE HART OF THE DEFENCE. SO ANOTHER GREAT WIN AT NEWARK ROAD FOR 'THE MOORS' FULLY DESERVED AFTER A GREAT ALL ROUND TEAM PERFORMANCE, NEXT GAME IS AT HOME ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST HIGH FLYING ARMTHORPE, KICK OFF 7.45pm. THE HOME SIDE WENT TOOK THE LEAD IN THE 10th MINUTE WHEN GARY JONES TURNED IN ROB NORTHERN'S CROSS. MOORLANDS HIT BACK, PLAYING SOME DELIGHTFUL FOOTBALL ON A PLUSH GREEN SURFACE BUT AGAIN THEY FAILED TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR GOOD PLAY BY MISSING CHANCES WHEN IN GOOD SCORING POSITIONS. BUT THEY GOT THEIR REWARD, FOR THEIR EFFORTS JUST BEFOR THE BREAK WHEN CAPTAIN NICK ROBINSON EQUALIZED WITH A TREMEEDOUS 35 YARD STRIKE GIVING WINTERTON KEEPER DANNY FREE NO CHANCE. MOORLANDS STARTED THE SECOND HALF BRIGHTLY FORCING TWO CORNERS IN THE OPENING MINUTES BEFORE THE HOME SIDE CAME MORE INTO THE GAME WITH THE EXPERIENCED GARY JONES LEADING WINTERTON'S FRONT LINE WELL. MOORLANDS SUFFERED A BLOW IN THE 50 MINUTE WHEN CENTRE HALF ADAM GILBERT HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER SUFFERING A DEAD LEG, THIS UNSETTLED THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE AND WHEN THE BALL FELL INTO THE MOORLANDS PENALTY AREA MOORLANDS HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE WHEN JONES, WHO WAS NOW CAUSING MOORLANDS RESHUFFLED DEFENCE PROBLEMS, BROKE CLEAR AND ROUNDED KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK ONLY TO SEE HIS SHOT CLEARED OFF THE LINE BY ADAM HEWITT. THE KILLER GOAL ARRIVED ON 72 MINUTES AFTER BEN GARRICK LOST THE BALL IN THE WINTERTON HALF FOLLOWING AN ATTACKING FREE KICK AND WHEN THEY BROKE AWAY LIAM WILKIN SEALED THE POINTS FOR THE HOME SIDE. LMRFC 3 SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC 1 MOORLANDS PICKED UP THEIR FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON WITH A 3-1 VICTORY OVER THE MUTCH FANCIED SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC. THE GAME KICKED OFF ON ANOTHER HOT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE VISITORS URGED ON BY A LARGE CENTRE HALF DAVID KEMP TOOK OVER IN GOAL AND WAS UNLUCKY WHEN HE MADE A GOOD SAVE FROM ADAM BUCKLEY'S WELL STRUCK FREE-KICK, RESULTING FROM THE ORIGINAL INFRINGEMENT, ONLY FOR THE BALL TO FALL FOR LIAM BULL WHO FINISHED WELL TO REGISTER HIS FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB ON HIS FULL LEAGUE DEBUT. THE VISITORS ALTHOUGH DOWN TO TEN MEN STARTED TO PUT MOORLANDS UNDER PRESSURE BACKED BY THEIR STRONG ARMY OF SUPPORTERS AND ONLY POOR FINISHING DENIED THEM THE EQUALIZER, HOWEVER MOORLANDS TACTICS OF HITTING TEAMS ON THE BREAK SHOULD HAVE PAID DIVIDENDS WITH JACK McGOVERN AND SCOTT COUPLAND BOTH HAVING GOOD CHANCES TO HAVE INCREASED MOORLANDS LEAD. MOORLANDS CAME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF LOOKING FOR THAT VITAL SECOND GOAL AND IT ARRIVED IN THE 52nd MINUTE. AFTER SOME NEAT FOOTBALL BY 'THE MOORS' THE BALL WAS WORKED OUT TO LIAM BULL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND HIS SCARBOROUGH BATTLED BACK TO TRY ANDGET INTO THE GAME AND GOT THEIR REWARD IN THE 68tH MINUTE , THE IMPRESSIVE MARK GRIFFIN FOR ONCE GOT BEHIND THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE AND FINISHED WITH A GREAT STRIKE GIVING MOORLANDS KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK NO CHANCE. IT WAS NOW GAME ON AS THE ACTION SWUNG FROM END TO END, BUT THE VISITORS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE WHERE ADAM GILBERT AND JAMIE STOKES WERE OUTSTANDING, WITH KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK MAKING THE VISITORS HAD A LUCKY LET OFF WHEN STAND -IN KEEPER KEMP HANDLED OUTSIDE OF HIS PENALTY AREA BUT MOORLANDS MADE THE GAME SAFE THREE MINUTES FROM TIME WHEN SCOTT COUPLAND AND BEN GARRICK, WHO HAD BEEN LMRFC 2 ST ANDREWS 3 FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND Saturday 15th August A HAT-TRICK FROM ST ANDREWS AARON PRESTON SENT MOORLANDS CRASHING OUT OF THE F.A. CUP AT THE FIRST TIME OF ASKING. THE GAME KICKED OFF WITH MOORLANDS FACING A STRONG WIND AND MADE A SLOW START TO THE PROCEEDINGS, MOORLANDS GRADUALLY FOUND THEIR FEET AND TOM GARRICK WAS CAUSING TROUBLE FOR THE VISITORS DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. ST ANDREWS WERE USING THE WIND TO THEIR ADVANTAGE AND TWO LONG RANGE EFFORTS NEARLY DECEIVED 'MOORS' KEEPER LEE HERRICK. MOORLANDS GRADUALLY GOT THEIR GAME GOING AND WENT IN FRONT ON THE HALF HOUR, SOME GREAT BUILD UP MOORLANDS HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO HAVE DOUBLED THEIR LEAD FROM THE RE-START WHEN SCOTT COUPLAND FOUND HIMSELF IN THE SIX YARD BOX WITH TOM GARRICK WAITNG FOR A SIMPLE PASS BUT HE CHOSE TO SHOOT AND HIS SHOT WAS EASILY SAVED BY KEEPER KYLE WINSTONE. MOORLANDS PAID THE PENALTY AS ST ANDREWS BROKE AWAY AND WILL ROBINSON BROKE DOWN THE MOORLANDS LEFT AND HIS PERFECT CROSS WAS SUPERBLY HEADED HOME BY ARRON PRESTON IN THE 32nd MINUTE. MOORLANDS HIT BACK AND SHOULD HAVE INCREASED THEIR LEAD BUT SOME IDECISIONS IN FRONT OF GOAL LET THEM DOWN. FINALLY THEIR GOOD PLAY BROUGHT IT'S REWARD ON THE STROKE OF HALF TIME WHE BEN GARRICK NETTED HIS SECOND OF THE GAME FOLLOWING GREAT BUILD UP PLAY. THE VISITORS SHOWED THEIR INTENTIONS AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF WHEN A SHOT FROM JOSH RICHARDS WAS JUST WIDE, MOORLANDS WERE INCHES AWAY FRIM INCREASING THEIR LEAD IN THE 50th MINUTE WHEN GREAT WORK FROM ADAM HEWITT SET UP TOM GARRICK WHO SHOT INCHES WIDE. THAT MISS PROVED COSTLY AS FROM THAT POINT THE VISITORS STARTED TO TAKE CONTROL AND DREW LEVEL IN THE 54th MINUTE WHEN ARRON PRESTON GRABBED HIS SECOND OF THE GAME. MOORLANDS GAME WAS NOW BEGINNING TO SUFFER AS THE VISITORS WERE FINDING TO MUTCH SPACE AND TIME TO DICTATE MATTERS AND WENT IN FRONT ON 63 MINUTES. MOORLANDS LOST THE BALL GOING FORWARD AND WITH THEIR DEFENCE OUT OF POSITION PRESTON GRABBED HIS HAT-TRICK. MOORLANDS HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO EARN A RE-PLAY IN THE DYING MINUTES WHEN BEN GARRICK SET UP
LINCOLN UNITED 0 LMRFC 1 Saturday 1st August MOORLANDS RAILWAY CONCLUDED THEIR PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES WITH A 1-0 VICTORY OVER NEIGHBOURS LINCOLN UNITED. A GOAL ON THE STROKE OF HALF TIME FROM DAMIAN PRIDUM SEPERATED THE TWO TEAMS AT THE BREAK AFTER AN ENTERTAINING FIRST HALF. UNITED SHOWED EARLY PRESSURE AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF BUT AGAIN MOORLANDS SHOWED GREAT DEFENDING QUALITIES TO KEEP OUT THEIR UNIBOND OPPONENTS IN WHICH KEEPER LEIGH HERRICK WAS ONCE AGAIN OUTSTANDING, MAKING QUALITY SAVES FROM MARK PEMBLETON AND BRENDAN McDAID. HOWEVER MOORLANDS ALWAYS THREATEND TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD ON THE BREAK AND IT WAS UNITED CUSTODIAN MARIO ZICCARDI WHO HAD TO MAKE A COUPLE OF LATE SAVES TO KEEP OUT EFFORTS FROM BEN GARRICK AND JASON TINKLER. ANOTHER ENCOURAGEING ALL ROUND TEAM PERFORMANCE AS MOORLANDS LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR OPENING LEAGUE FIXTURE NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY ENTERTAIN DINNINGTON TOWN AT NEWARK ROAD (Kick-Off 3.00) LMRFC 0 WORKSOP TOWN 1 Saturday 18th July MOORLANDS PUT IN ANOTHER HARD WORKING PERFORMANCE AGAINST UNBOND PREMIERSHIP SIDE WORKSOP TOWN. BOTH SIDES PLAYED SOME ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL IN THE OPENING 45 MINUTES BUT FEW CHANCES WERE CREATED BY EITHER SIDE. FOLLOWING SOME PRESSURE FROM THE VISITORS IT WAS EX- LINCOLN CITY PLAYER DANNY BACON WHO PUT THE UNI-BOND SIDE IN FRONT AFTER 80 MINUTES FOLLOWING SOME CONFUSION IN THE MOORLANDS DEFENCE. MOORLANDS HIT BACK AND NEARLY LEVELLED THREE MINUTES LATER WHEN EX- SUNDERLAND KEEPER JON KENNERDAY HAD TO MAKE A DOUBLE SAVE TO KEEP OUT MOORLANDS ADAM HEWITT. ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE FROM MOORLANDS IN AN ENTERTAINING GAME AGAINST A STRONG WORKSOP SIDE WHICH WAS ENCOURAGING FOR THE COMMING SEASON WHICH STARTS ON AUGUST 8. MOORLANDS NEXT FRIENDLY WILL BE ON TUESDAY 28th JULY WHEN THEY ENTERTAIN GEDLING TOWN (Kick Off 7-45] LMRFC 0 GRANTHAM TOWN 0 Thursday 16th July MOORLANDS BATTLED OUT A WELL EARNED 0-0 DRAW AGAINST A STRONG GRANTHAM TOWN NOW MANAGED BY FORMER 'MOORS' PLAYER WAYNE HALCROW. GRANTHAM LOOKED THE STRONGER SIDE IN THE FIRST 45 MINUTES AND ONLY THE WOODWORK TWICE AND GOOD GOAL KEEPING FROM LEE HERRICK KEPT THE SCORES LEVEL AT THE INTERVAL. MOORLANDS HAD A GOOD CHANCE EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF TO GO IN FRONT WHEN SCOTT COUPLAND SHOT WIDE FROM 8 YARDS. MOORLANDS WERE COMPETING WELL AGAINST THEIR UNIBOND OPPONENTS AS THE GAME SWUNG FROM END TO END BUT NEITHER SIDE COULD FIND THE BACK OF THE NET, AND A HARD EARNED DRAW WAS A GOOD FINAL RESULT FOR 'THE MOORS'. RUSTON SPORTS 2 LMRFC 2 Tuesday 14th July A YOUNG MOORLANDS SIDE CAME FROM TWO DOWN TO EARN A DRAW WITH LAST SEASONS LINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUE RUNNERS UP RUSTON SPORTS. 1-0 DOWN AT THE BREAK MOORLANDS CONCEEDED A SECOND MID-WAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF BUT LATE GOALS FROM DANNY CUNNINGHAM AND SCOTT COUPLAND GAVE THEM A WELL EARNED DRAW. BOSTON TOWN 3 LMRFC 0 Saturday 11th July MOORLANDS RAILWAY OPENED THEIR PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES WITH A 3-0 DEFEAT AT BOSTON TOWN. BOTH SIDES MADE A LIVELY OPENING BUT IT WAS THE HOME SIDE WHO WENT IN FRONT IN THE TENTH MINUTE WHEN EX GRANTHAM TOWN PLAYER JACK PEMBLETON RAN ONTO A GREAT PASS TO FIRE PAST MOORS KEEPER MARK NEAVE MOORLANDS HIT BACK WITH LEE BEESLEY AND BEN GARRICK LINKING UP WELL, NEW SIGNING JASON TINKLER WAS MAKING GOOD RUNS DOWN THE RIGHT AGAINST THE EXPERIENCED DOMINIC REVILL AND FROM ONE OF HIS CROSSES LEE BEESLEY HEADED JUST OVER. WHILE MOORS KEEPER MARK NEAVE HAD TO MAKE A COUPLE OF SMART SAVES TO KEEP THE SCORE AT 1-0 GOING INTO THE BREAK. MOORLANDS MADE SEVERAL CHANGES AT HALF TIME BRINGING ON FOUR 17 YEAR OLD PLAYERS WHO ALL SHOWED GREAT CONFIDENCE AND PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE. NEW KEEPER CRAIG TURNER HAD TO BE ALERT IN THE OPENING MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF WHEN HE HAD TO CLEAR ON THE EDGE OF HIS BOX. MOORLANDS WERE CAUGHT OUT IN THE 55TH MINUTE WHEN A QUICK FREE KICK ALLOWED GARRY BULL TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD, AND PEMBLETON MADE IT 3-0 IN THE 75TH MINUTE WITH A NEAT HEADER. DESPITE THE 3-0 DEFEAT THE RESULT DIDN'T JUSTIFY THE PERFORMANCE AND MOORLANDS CAN TAKE HEART FROM THIS DEFEAT WITH THEIR NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CLUB. A GOOD GROUP OF UNDER 18'S THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. MOORLANDS FIRST HALF - NEAVE, STOKES, JOHN, GILBERT, HEWITT, TINKLER, SAYCE, ROBINSON, BUCKLEY, BEESLEY, GARRICK. MOORLANDS SECOND HALF - TURNER, STOKES, GILBERT, CREANE, HEWITT, CUNNINGHAM, THOMPSON, ROBINSON, NUTTHALL, BOWDEN, GARRICK. MOORLANDS NEXT GAME RUSTON SPORTS AWAY TUESDAY JULY 14TH KICK OFF 8.00 HALL ROAD RANGERS 1 LMRFC 1WINTERTON RANGERS 3 LMRFC 1 Monday 31st August DESPITE MATCHING THEIR OPPONENTS FOR 72 MINUTES MOORLANDS SUFFERED A 3-1 DEFEAT AT WINTERTON RANGERS. |
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