Recap

County GroundCoach Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9DD

Whitehaven AFC
Whitehaven Amateurs Football Club County Ground Coach Road Whitehaven CA28 9DD
Workington AFC
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT
1 - 5
Final Score
Kian Goulding - 1 (50')
Charlie Bowman - 2 (13', 20')Robbie Hebson - 1 (38')Conor Tinnion - 1 (55')Tom Houghton - 1 (80')
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
Dav Symington
13'
Charlie Bowman
13'
Dav Symington
20'
Charlie Bowman
20'
Robbie Hebson
38'
Dav Symington
38'
Kian Goulding
50'
Conor Tinnion
55'
Jack Burns
63'
Ciaran Booty
66'
Tom Houghton
75'
Tom Houghton
80'
Harry Atkinson
82'
Scott Paden-Gale
83'
FT

Recap

The Shaun Hocking Memorial Trophy will spend the next twelve months in the Borough Park Boardroom after a mixed Reds XI retained the cup with a comfortable win at the County Ground.

And as well as the match providing a good work out for the respective teams, the 150 strong crowd raised over £600 for British Polio – the Hocking family’s chosen charity.

The Reds team, made up by nine members of the Development Squad, six seniors and a trialist goalkeeper dominated much of the first half and established a three goal lead by the interval.

Charlie Bowman scored twice in the opening twenty minutes and the hosts, at that point, were left to rue what might have been.  They could have been in front after just two minutes had it not been for Danny Eccles who pushed a firm shot over the bar.

Bowman got his first after thirteen minutes turning to stab a shot beyond Tom Fowler after Dav Symington provided the assist.

The same two players combined for the second goal seven minutes later with Symington crossing from the left on this occasion.  He again picked out Bowman whose well directed header doubled the lead.

Symington wasn’t quite firing on all cylinders, with his shooting awry, but he laid on another assist for Reds third – calmly slotted home from twelve yards by Robbie Hebson in the thirty-eighth minute.

Teenage centre half Tom Skinner met a Conor Tinnion cross but he headed against the cross bar as another chance went begging.

Both sides were guilty of sloppy defending in the early stages of the second half and were duly punished.

Whitehaven introduced wholesale changes at the break and the new line-up made a positive start.  They won the ball deep in Workington territory and Kian Goulding accepted the gift before guiding the ball beyond Eccles.

But Reds restored their three goal advantage after fifty five minutes when Whitehaven, backed into a corner, lost possession enabling Tinnion to side foot home a fourth.

When the goal-bound Symington was brought to ground in the area, the referee penalised Tom Powell’s awkward tackle by awarding a spot-kick.  Symington took the penalty himself but his low shot was kept out by Fowler’s unconventional save.      

Fowler was keeping the score line respectable, thwarting Jack Burns and Hebson with fine saves in a matter of seconds, but he was beaten again ten minutes from time.  Thomas Houghton had just been introduced as a substitute and made an immediate impact by scoring the fifth after another swift Reds’ raid down the left.

Such was Burns’ contribution as a second half substitute, he was selected as the man-of-the-match with his cameo appearance appreciated by home and away fans alike.

Laura Hocking presents the man-of-the match voucher to Jack Burns

He wasn’t the only teenager to impress with the Reds’ youngsters all doing enough to enhance their growing reputations.

Apart from the reliable Fowler in goal, Whitehaven fielded Nathan Dryden, Shaun Carter, Stefan Scott and Owen Durham who have all spent time with Reds in recent times.

  • The trophy was presented to Conor Tinnion by Whitehaven official, Neil Robinson, after the Reds skipper completed his first ninety minutes of the summer.
Neil Robinson presents the trophy to Conor Tinnion

Team: Danny Eccles (Scott Paden Gale), Robbie Hebson, Dan Whitehead, Aidan Howarth, Tom Skinner, Ceiran Casson (Harry Atkinson), Dav Symington, Brad Hubbold (Jack Burns), Charlie Bowman (Thomas Houghton), Carl Lightfoot (Ciaran Booty), Conor Tinnion.

Referee: Adam Pattison

Post match

Steve Durham’s post-match interview with Steven Rudd 

Details

Date Time Season Full Time
21/07/2021 19:30 Friendlies 21/22 90'

Ground

County Ground

Coach Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9DD

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Whitehaven011
Workington325

Whitehaven

Kian Goulding Midfielder 50'

Workington

1Danny Eccles 21 Goalkeeper
2Robbie Hebson Midfielder 38'
3Dan Whitehead Defender
4Aidan Howarth Defender
5Tom Skinner Defender
6Ceiran Casson 12 Midfielder
7Dav Symington Midfielder 13', 20', 38'
8Brad Hubbold 14 Midfielder
9Charlie Bowman 16 Forward 13', 20'
10Carl Lightfoot 15 Midfielder
11Conor Tinnion Midfielder 55'
12Harry Atkinson 6 Defender
14Jack Burns 8 Midfielder
15Ciaran Booty 10 Forward
16Tom Houghton 9 Forward 80'
21Scott Paden-Gale 1 Goalkeeper
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