Recap

Recreation Ground, WhitehavenCoach Road, Corkickle, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, North West England, England, CA28 9BX, United Kingdom

Whitehaven AFC
Whitehaven Amateurs Football Club County Ground Coach Road Whitehaven CA28 9DD
Workington AFC Development
3 - 4
Final Score
Jay Connor - 1 (44')Kevin Holliday - 1 (45')Travis Fyfe - 1 (88')
Dan Whitehead - 1 (11')Ciaran Booty - 1 (35')Matty Foster - 1 (44')Louis Pickering - 1 (85')
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
Dan Whitehead
11'
Ciaran Booty
35'
Matty Foster
35'
Jay Connor
44'
Matty Foster
44'
Kevin Holliday
45'
Brodie Richardson
46'
Leon Dmytrowski
46'
Harry Atkinson
46'
Matty Hartley
46'
Joe Palmer
46'
James Bell
46'
Tom Houghton
46'
Charlie Johnston
46'
Carl Lightfoot
46'
Louis Pickering
85'
Travis Fyfe
88'
FT

Recap

This was the final outing for a Reds team, pre-lockdown, with the youngsters signing off with a deserved win over the West Lancashire League outfit in this hastily arranged friendly.

Such is the strength in depth of Brian Dawson’s squad, a different XI, almost, took to the field for each half.

And it was the first half line-up which caught the eye with a dominant display of fast, flowing football. All change for the second half and the ‘fresh legs’ didn’t quite match the standards set in the opening forty five minutes.

Nevertheless, it was a notable win achieved on Whitehaven’s 4G pitch.

Dan Whitehead opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, cutting in from the right his left foot shot from the edge of the box deceived Tom Fowler and ended up in the net.

The young Reds doubled their advantage after thirty five minutes thanks to a superb solo effort from Ciaran Booty. Matty Foster won the ball just inside his own half and released Booty who raced half the length of the field before finishing with aplomb.

There was a flurry of activity with three further goals in the final two minutes of the half.

Whitehaven reduced the arrears when Jay Connor broke through the inside left channel, rounded ‘keeper, Scott Paden Gale and rolled the ball into the vacant net.

Back came Reds who restored their two goal advantage immediately thanks to Foster’s shot on the turn which went in via the upright.

And there was still time for Whitehaven to reduce the arrears again, just before the interval. Connor was clattered by Paden-Gale and the referee had no other option than to award the hosts a penalty. Kevin Holliday converted.

Both sides made a raft of substitutions during the interval and the game lost much of the tempo evident in the first half.

Reds won the overall corner count 11-3 but they couldn’t finish off their higher-ranked opponents.

They didn’t retain the ball as well in the second half and their passing wasn’t quite as fluent or accurate.

So, it was with some relief when Louis Pickering netted Reds fourth goal five minutes from time. He collected the ball on the edge of the box and drove home a well struck shot.

But Whitehaven concluded the scoring with another good goal of their own. Connor did well on the right and his cross to the far post was swept home in style by Travis Fyfe.

It was a good work-out for both sides and the final action for a month at least.

Whitehaven: Fowler, Sanczuk (Bunting), Starkey (McGlennon), Coulter (Keeler), Blaney, Goulding (Barton), Green J (Green E), Holliday M, Holliday K, Connor, Fyfe.

Workington Development: (First half) Paden-Gale, Howarth, Dear, Skinner, Pickering, Hambling, Burns, Lowrie, Booty, Foster, Whitehead.

(Second half) Richardson, Dmytrowski, Howarth, Atkinson, Hartley, Palmer, Bell, Lowrie, Houghton, Johnston, Lightfoot.

Referee: Tommy Linford

Details

Date Time Season Full Time
03/11/2020 19:30 Friendlies Development Team 2020/21 90'

Ground

Recreation Ground, Whitehaven

Coach Road, Corkickle, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, North West England, England, CA28 9BX, United Kingdom

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Whitehaven213
Workington AFC Development314

Workington AFC Development

1Scott Paden-Gale Goalkeeper
2Aidan Howarth Defender
3Kian Dear Defender
4Tom Skinner Defender
5Louis Pickering Midfielder 85'
6Taylor Hambling Midfielder
7Jack Burns Midfielder
8Elliot Lowrie Midfielder
9Ciaran Booty Forward 35'
10Matty Foster Forward 44'
35'
11Dan Whitehead Defender 11'
Brodie Richardson 1 Goalkeeper
Leon Dmytrowski 3 Midfielder
Harry Atkinson 4 Defender
Matty Hartley 5 Defender
Joe Palmer 6 Defender
James Bell 7 Midfielder
Tom Houghton 9 Forward
Charlie Johnston 10 Forward
Carl Lightfoot 11 Midfielder
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