Recap

NPL West NPL West 21/22

Borough ParkNew Bridge Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT

Workington AFC
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT
Kidsgrove Athletic
Autonet Insurance Stadium Hollinwood Road Kidsgrove Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST7 1DQ
5 - 0
Final Score
Nic Evangelinos - 2 (45', 66')Steven Rigg - 1 (50')Connor Gaul - 1 (61')Dav Symington - 1 (73')
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
Callum Lovatt
43'
Brad Carroll
45'
Nic Evangelinos
45'
Alex Morris
49'
Steven Rigg
50'
Kingsley Adu Gyamfi
55'
Danny Cocks
59'
Jacob Lovatt
59'
Connor Gaul
61'
Nic Evangelinos
66'
Iyrwah Gooden
67'
Dav Symington
73'
Donae Lawrence
75'
Carl Lightfoot
82'
FT

Recap

It was just the pre-Christmas tonic needed ahead of the second half of the season.  They reached the half-way point of their programme with this emphatic victory but the ’Grove were architects of their own downfall after losing their discipline soon after the interval.

They comfortably held Reds at bay in the first half and had gone close to opening the scoring but, within five minutes of the restart, were two goals down and found it tough thereafter.

It might have been different had Kieran Brown scored in the sixteenth minute but his firm shot struck Jim Atkinson’s left-hand post before deflecting out of play.

Reds had begun well, moved the ball about efficiently but were just starting to run out of ideas when they netted the opener seconds before the break.  Nic Evangelinos was on hand at the far post to score from close range after a cross from the right had been flicked on by Brad Carroll..

Photo: Les Byers

That might have been the turning point of the game, but there was no way back for Kidsgrove after an incident in the fiftieth minute.

Conor Tinnion and Alex Morris were chasing a loose ball in the area and there was a hint of a foul from the Workington skipper.  The referee saw nothing untoward but, when Tinnion got goal-side of Morris and was dumped on the turf, he promptly pointed to the spot.

Kidsgrove, with some justification, argued a free-kick should have been awarded in their favour but the penalty was given and to compound their frustration Morris, as the ‘last man’, was sent off.

Steven Rigg kept his cool until the hullabaloo eased then confidently despatched the ball past ‘keeper, Ryan Brown. 

One could empathise with Morris to a degree but there was no excuse when the visitors were reduced to nine men with over half an hour to play.  Kingsley Adu-Gyamfi got involved in a verbal altercation with the assistant referee and promptly followed Morris to the dressing room after venting a tirade of foul and abusive language.

So, an opportunity was there for Reds to cash in on Kidsgrove’s misdemeanours and they did that with three further goals.

Connor Gaul made it three on the hour mark, Evangelinos bagged his second, Reds fourth, and David Symington side footed home the fifth with quarter of an hour to go.

There was more ill-feeling late in the game when Brad Hubbold was kicked in an off the ball incident and Chris Willcock substituted the midfielder to prevent a potential yellow card.

It was also a good opportunity to get all three substitutes into the game and provide them with some much needed game time.

Workington: Atkinson, Harrison, Clarke, Wordsworth, Carroll, Hubbold (Lightfoot, 82), Symington, Rigg (Lawrence, 75), Gaul, Tinnion, Evangelinos (Gooden, 67).  Substitutes – Howarth, Eccles (not used).

Kidsgrove Athletic: Brown R, Byers, Morris, Lovatt C, Bergin, Lennon, Bromfield, Blake, Brown K (Cocks, 59), Malbon (Lovatt J, 59), Adu-Gyamfi.  Substitutes – Parsons, Bell (not used).

Referee: Alex Beckett

Booking: Lovatt C (Kidsgrove Athletic)

Red cards: Morris, 50 and Adu-Gyamfi, 55 (both Kidsgrove Athletic)

Attendance: 556

Photos: Ben Challis

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
18/12/2021 15:00 NPL West NPL West 21/22 0'

Ground

Borough Park

New Bridge Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Workington145
Kidsgrove Athletic000

Workington

1Jim Atkinson Goalkeeper
2Kyle Harrison Defender
3Matty Clarke Defender
4Dan Wordsworth Defender
5Brad Carroll Midfielder 45'
6Brad Hubbold 15 Midfielder
7Dav Symington Midfielder 73'
8Steven Rigg 12 Forward 50'
9Connor Gaul Forward 61'
10Conor Tinnion Midfielder
11Nic Evangelinos 14 Midfielder 45', 66'
12Donae Lawrence 8 Forward
14Iyrwah Gooden 11 Midfielder
16Aidan Howarth Defender
15Carl Lightfoot 6 Midfielder
21Danny Eccles Goalkeeper

Kidsgrove Athletic

1Ryan Brown Goalkeeper
2Will Byers Defender
3Alex Morris Defender 49'
4Callum Lovatt Midfielder 43'
5Lewis Bergin Defender
6Michael Lennon Forward
7Jack Bromfield Midfielder
8Kyle Blake Midfielder
9Kieran Brown 12 Forward
10Anthony Malbon 14 Forward
11Kingsley Adu Gyamfi Forward 55'
12Danny Cocks 9 Midfielder
14Jacob Lovatt 10 Forward
15Kristian Parsons Forward
16Liam Bell Defender
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