Recap

NPL West NPL West 22/23

Holt HouseColne, Pendle, Lancashire, North West England, England, BB8 9SF, United Kingdom

Colne
Holt House Harrison Drive Colne BB8 9SF
Workington AFC
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT
2 - 3
Final Score
Malik Diakite - 1 (89')Mateusz Kardacz - 1 (90')
Scott Allison - 1 (22')Reuben Jerome - 1 (70')Conor Tinnion - 1 (81')
Game Statistics
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
0 Corner Kick 0
0 Saves 0
0 Shots on Goal 0
0 Shots 0
0%
Pass Accuracy
0%
Shot Accuracy
OFF
0
F
0
SH
0
0%
Pass Accuracy
0%
Shot Accuracy
0
OFF
0
F
0
SH
Game Timeline
KO
KO
Scott Allison
22'
Kai Nugent
22'
Mateusz Kardacz
37'
Reuben Jerome
62'
Keelan Leslie
70'
Reuben Jerome
70'
Lewis Reilly
75'
Conor Tinnion
81'
Owen Watkinson
82'
Thomas Fagan
83'
Dan Wordsworth
84'
Malik Diakite
89'
Mateusz Kardacz
90'
Steven Rigg
90'
Reuben Jerome
90'
FT

Recap

Holt House has proved a happy hunting ground for Workington in recent years with Danny Grainger’s team recording a fifth successive win at the hill-top venue.

They were good value for the victory, too, despite a nail-biting finale which brought Colne two late goals.

For eighty-five minutes, Workington were in control and played some great football in testing conditions, establishing what looked an unassailable lead.  But credit to the hosts who battled to the end, coming close to salvaging a point after a stirring finish.

That would have been an injustice on the Cumbrian Reds who, overall, deserved their eleventh away win which brings play-off qualification within touching distance.

The manager named an unchanged squad from Saturday as did his counterpart, Paul Weller, the recently appointed Colne boss.  Weller had one game for Workington back in 2005 after a distinguished career with Burnley.

Both goalkeepers were forced into early action with Hakan Burton denying Conor Tinnion with a fine reflex save and Jim Atkinson preventing Luke Stowe opening the scoring for the hosts.

Workington did score first, midway through the first half, and a fine goal it was too.  Bobby Carroll spread the ball out wide to Kai Nugent and the impish eighteen year old swept in a teasing cross from the right.  Scott Allison did the rest, lifting the ball over Burton for a deft finish after twenty-one minutes.

Play was temporarily suspended ten minutes before the interval with the referee inviting the two skippers and their managers to a mystery debate in front of the technical area.  It transpired they were discussing the state of the pitch with a hint of the game being abandoned.

Thankfully, the contest went the distance.    

The visitors continued their good work in the second half moving the ball about efficiently to good effect.

But they gained some valuable breathing space with a second goal after seventy minutes and it was substitute Reuben Jerome who netted, making the impact his manager demanded.  Keelan Leslie was involved in the build-up and the scorer got lucky when the ball rebounded conveniently into his path before he lashed into the net from an acute angle.

A third goal followed and it came via the penalty spot after Dav Symington was tripped in the area.  Skipper Conor Tinnion looked calm and composed and confidently sent Burton the wrong way from the spot.

Game over?  Not quite.

Colne found a way back into the contest forcing a few corners.  And from one flag kick, Reds were unable to clear the ball properly and, from the edge of the box, Malik Diakite sent an unstoppable shot past numerous bodies and a probably unsighted Atkinson in the eighty-ninth minute.

And it came very interesting when they added a fine second following a well-worked corner routine.  The ball found Mateusz Kardacz and his precision shot came to rest in the bottom corner of the net.

But with the travelling supporters fearing the worst, Grainger’s gang kept their heads in stoppage time to win by the odd goal in five.

The game produced some cracking goals, three of which from substitutes, plenty of entertaining football, several dodgy tackles a bit of feisty argy-bargy and enough to leave both managers happy with their team’s contribution, making a mockery of the discussion to halt the contest.

The two sides will meet again at Borough Park next month. 

Colne: Burton, Fagan, Stowe, Winstanley, Devenney, Bridges, Weaver (Diakite, 62), Doyle (Kardacz, 37), Watkinson, Elewa-Ikpakwu, Kyobe.  Substitutes – McCann, Wallbank and Bradley (not used).

Workington: Atkinson, McCaragher, Leslie, Wordsworth, Birch, Hubbold (Rigg, 79), Symington, Carroll, Allison (Reilly, 75), Nugent (Jerome, 62), Tinnion.  Substitutes – Mugalula, Hughes (not used).

Referee: Matt Archibald, Bolton

Bookings: Fagan, Watkinson (Colne), Wordsworth, Rigg, Jerome (Workington)

Attendance: 271

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
28/03/2023 19:45 NPL West NPL West 22/23 90'

Ground

Holt House

Colne, Pendle, Lancashire, North West England, England, BB8 9SF, United Kingdom

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Colne022
Workington123

Colne

1Hakan Burton Goalkeeper
2Thomas Fagan Defender 83'
3Luke Stowe Midfielder
4Harry Winstanley Defender
5Finley Devenney Defender
6Jacob Bridges Midfielder
7Lucas Weaver Midfielder
8Alex Doyle 14 Midfielder
9Owen Watkinson Forward 82'
10Edward Elewa-Ikpakwu Midfielder
11McDaniel Kyobe Forward
12Malik Diakite Midfielder 89'
14Mateusz Kardacz 8 Defender 90'
15Tom McCann Midfielder
16Ellis Wallbank Defender
Cuan Bradley Defender

Workington

1Jim Atkinson Goalkeeper
2Greg McCaragher Midfielder
3Keelan Leslie Midfielder 70'
4Dan Wordsworth Defender 84'
5Charlie Birch Defender
6Brad Hubbold Midfielder
7Dav Symington Midfielder
8Bobby Carroll Midfielder
9Scott Allison 16 Forward 22'
10Kai Nugent 17 Midfielder 22'
11Conor Tinnion Midfielder 81'
12Obua Mugalula Midfielder
14Steven Rigg Forward 90'
15Ben Hughes Midfielder
16Lewis Reilly 9 Forward
17Reuben Jerome 10 Forward 70'
90'
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