Recap

NPL West NPL West 22/23

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

Workington AFC
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT
Leek Town
Harrison Park Macclesfield Road Leek Staffordshire ST13 8LD
1 - 1
Final Score
Dav Symington - 1 (85')
Robert Stevenson - 1 (72')
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
Jessy Bavanganga
15'
Keelan Leslie
54'
Timothy Grice
68'
Lewis Reilly
69'
Scott Wara
72'
Robert Stevenson
72'
Dav Symington
85'
Keelan Leslie
85'
William Reeves
87'
Jordan Palmer
90'
Regan Brown
90'
FT

Recap

Another special Dav Symington goal saved the day for Reds with an eighty-fifth minute equaliser salvaging a point after a very good performance produced a frustrating result.

It left them in sixth position in Northern Premier League’s West Division with six clubs on fourteen points, a harsh end to the day for endeavour that deserved a better reward.

But it took an important save from Jim Atkinson in the fifth minute to prevent Leek taking an early lead.  Workington were still finding their feet at that point but Thomas Carr probably had too much time thinking about his chance and Atkinson pounced quickly to block the shot.

Reds survived that scare but it took a while before they threatened at the other end.  Charlie Birch’s first few sorties up the left flank failed to produce an end product but he would emerge one of Reds’ best attacking options in the first half.

His first cross which reached the danger area was headed by Reuben Jerome but the ball rebounded off the cross bar with Sam Booth helpless.

Birch took on responsibility himself in the next attack and a firmly struck shot from an angle was parried by Booth then, towards half time, the young fullback saw another goal-bound attempt blocked.

Steven Rigg’s weak shot was comfortably gathered by Booth but Leek’s second attempt on target, a Daniel Trickett-Smith effort, also lacked the power to trouble Atkinson.

Scott Allison’s late effort in the first half had a bit more zip but narrowly missed the target.

Workington survived an early concern soon after the restart following a needlessly conceded free-kick but Town were then penned back in their own half as Reds began to dominate.

Conor Tinnion almost scored the opener with a wonderful piece of skill.  The skipper produced his party-piece, a curling shot with the outside of his left foot, that was heading for the top corner of the net until Booth pulled off the save of the match to flick the ball over the bar.

Speaking of corners, the count was 11-0 in Reds’ favour but Town stayed resolute from the set pieces with Oliver Harrison and Josh Ryder dealing with most of the aerial threats.

The hosts struck the woodwork for a third time with Symington’s shot rebounding off the upright with Booth possibly getting his finger tips to the ball.  The same two players featured in the next attack with Symington again thwarted when Booth parried his shot and Jerome was unable to reach the rebound.

And having had so much of the play in and around the Leek penalty area, Workington fell for the classic sucker punch after seventy-one minutes.  They seemed to get caught out in both fullback positions with the Staffordshire side cashing in on a rare but devasting attack.  Scott Wara found himself in acres of space on the right flank and his precision cross found the unmarked Rob Stevenson who volleyed home a fine goal bicycle-kick fashion.

It was then that Reds’ character emerged.  They could have easily folded and resigned themselves to ‘it not being their day’ but, instead, kept going to the end.

Booth dealt with another outrageous shot from Symington, pushing the ball over the bar on this occasion.

Workington then had two penalty appeals in quick succession turned down, the first for a foul on Dan Wordsworth seemed a legitimate shout, the second less blatant.

With five minutes of the ninety to be played, Symington capped his man-of-the-match performance by finally getting the better of Booth.  Keelan Leslie did ever so well on the left to find Reds’ number seven but Symington still had a bit to do.  He cut in from the left, created sufficient space and sent a low shot beyond the ‘keeper into the bottom corner – much to the relief of the Workington faithful on the terraces.

There was still time for Reds to win it and the best opportunity fell to Allison but his hurried effort was way off target and, for the third consecutive meeting, the teams played out a draw.

Workington: Atkinson, Clarke, Birch (Reilly, 69), Wordsworth, Smith, Casson (Leslie, 53), Symington, Allison, Rigg, Jerome (Palmer, 90), Tinnion.  Substitutes – Moran, Eccles (not used).

Leek Town: Booth, Wara, Keenan, Grocott, Harrison, Ryder, Davidson (Bavanganga, 15), Reeves, Carr (Grice, 68), Trickett-Smith (Brown, 90), Stevenson.  Substitute – Pickering (not used).

Referee: Alex Beckett, Blackpool

Booking: Reeves (Leek Town)

Attendance: 601

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
01/10/2022 15:00 NPL West NPL West 22/23 90'

Ground

Borough Park

New Bridge Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Workington011
Leek Town011

Workington

1Jim Atkinson Goalkeeper
2Matty Clarke Defender
3Charlie Birch 16 Defender
4Dan Wordsworth Defender
5Sam Smith Defender
6Ceiran Casson 15 Midfielder
7Dav Symington Midfielder 85'
8Scott Allison Forward
9Steven Rigg Forward
10Reuben Jerome 14 Forward
11Conor Tinnion Midfielder
12Niall Moran Defender
14Jordan Palmer 10 Forward
15Keelan Leslie 6 Midfielder 85'
16Lewis Reilly 3 Forward
21Danny Eccles Goalkeeper

Leek Town

1Samuel Booth Goalkeeper
2Scott Wara Midfielder 72'
3Louis Keenan Defender
4Marc Grocott Midfielder
5Oliver Harrison Defender
6Joshua Ryder Defender
7Ross Davidson 14 Midfielder
8William Reeves Midfielder 87'
9Thomas Carr 12 Forward
10Daniel Trickett-Smith 16 Midfielder
11Robert Stevenson Midfielder 72'
12Timothy Grice 9 Forward
14Jessy Bavanganga 7 Defender
15Mason Pickering
16Regan Brown 10 Defender
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