Recap

North West Division North West Division 2020/21

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

Workington AFC
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT
Trafford
Home Estates Shawe View Pennybridge Lane Flixton Manchester M41 5DL
2 - 2
Final Score
Scott Allison - 1 (16')Charlie Bowman - 1 (45')
Max Hazeldine - 1 (22')Oli Roberts - 1 (35')
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
Reuben Jerome
16'
Scott Allison
16'
Max Hazeldine
22'
Oli Roberts
35'
Charlie Bowman
45'
Dieter Downey
58'
Matty Clarke
63'
Chris Palmer
65'
Florian Yonsian
74'
Matthew Barlow
76'
Louis Potts
80'
Dan Wordsworth
82'
Florian Yonsian
84'
Matthew Barlow
86'
Matt Cooper
88'
FT

Recap

There were a few similarities in this game from Trafford’s previous visit.

The visitors finished the game with ten men but were well worth the point after the teams shared four goals.

And, like they were in January, Reds were frustrated to have dropped two points yet grateful to have salvaged something after coming from behind.

They didn’t obtain the first win of the season we all craved but, apart from the final quarter of an hour when passes and shots were going astray, this was more like the Reds that swept all before them last term.

With Brad Hubbold orchestrating matters from midfield, Reds were seeing plenty of the ball and it was being moved about quickly and efficiently, unlike the first half performances at Pickering and Kendal.

Considering the limited options to the manager, it was a commendable performance albeit with a few questions posed.

Scott Allison, who also scored in the corresponding fixture last term, maintained his excellent start to the new campaign opening the scoring in the sixteenth minute.  He was indebted on this occasion to a fine run from Reuben Jerome who provided the assist.

He cut in from the left, tight-roped along the goal line then pulled the ball back into Allison’s path who finished with aplomb.

All was going well at that point, but Trafford levelled matters six minutes later.  Brad Carroll’s intended back pass was rather luckily intercepted by Max Hazeldine but there was no luck about his measured finish as the ball found a way round the stranded Jim Atkinson and into the net.

Matters deteriorated after thirty-five minutes when Reds went behind.  Although Oliver Roberts’ wand of a left foot struck the ball superbly, Atkinson seemed to get done by the pace of the ball which flew low into the net.

Reds responded well after both Trafford goals and it was all square again just before the break.  Charlie Bowman and Keil O’Bien tussled for the ball, the former eventually won it before sending a thumping shot on the turn past the helpless Matthew Cooper.

A thoroughly entertaining forty-five minutes and just about the right score line.

Unusually, Trafford conducted their half time break in the centre circle which possibly contributed to their slow start to the second period.

Reds began to dominate the possession but could not find a way through the yellow-shirted defensive wall.  Liam Brockbank was providing some excellent crosses from the left but the hard-working Bowman and Jerome couldn’t connect to the service.

And a low cross from the right, from Dan Wordsworth of all people, found a way past three or four red shirts in the box.

The best chance fell to skipper Carroll whose looping header just drifted wide of the far post.

Reds lost some of their poise in the later stages although shots from distance via Hubbold and Jordan Holt just cleared the bar.

Matthew Barlow’s lunging tackle on Allison was punished with a red card less than ten minutes after being introduced to the game as a substitute but, even with ten men, Trafford comfortably survived the closing stages.

A point apiece was about right at the finish and Reds remain unbeaten and winless which is some form of consistency at least!

Workington: Atkinson, Kelly (Clarke, 62), Brockbank, Wordsworth, Casson, Hubbold, Holt, Carroll, Jerome, Allison, Bowman (Potts, 79).  Substitutes – Robertson, Grainger, Lightfoot (not used).

Trafford: Cooper, Kenny, Downey, Roberts (Barlow, 77), O’Brien, Neild, Ford, Davidson, Hazeldine, Mulholland (Palmer, 65), Morgan (Yonsian, 74).  Substitutes – Sloan, Dorney (not used).

Referee: John Mulligan, Carlisle

Bookings: Wordsworth (Workington), Cooper, Downey, Yonsian (Trafford)

Red card: Barlow (Trafford)

Attendance: 400

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”63″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]Match photos: Ben Challis

Video

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
29/09/2020 19:45 North West Division North West Division 2020/21 90'

Ground

Borough Park

New Bridge Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2DT

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoals
Workington202
Trafford202

Workington

1Jim Atkinson Goalkeeper
2Jay Kelly 12 Defender
3Liam Brockbank Defender
4Dan Wordsworth Defender 82'
5Ceiran Casson Midfielder
6Brad Hubbold Midfielder
7Jordan Holt Midfielder
8Brad Carroll Midfielder
9Reuben Jerome Forward 16'
10Scott Allison Forward 16'
11Charlie Bowman 14 Forward 45'
12Matty Clarke 2 Defender
14Louis Potts 11 Forward
15Brandon Robertson Midfielder
16Danny Grainger Defender
17Carl Lightfoot Midfielder

Trafford

1Matt Cooper Goalkeeper 88'
2Jake Kenny Defender
3Dieter Downey Defender 58'
4Oli Roberts 16 Midfielder 35'
5Keil O’Brien Defender
6James Neild Defender
7Ollie Ford Midfielder
8Ross Davidson Midfielder
9Max Hazeldine Forward 22'
10Astley Mulholland 12 Forward
11Matty Morgan 14 Midfielder
12Chris Palmer 10 Midfielder
14Florian Yonsian 11 Forward 84'
15Jack Sloan Defender
16Matthew Barlow 4 Forward 86'
17Jack Dorney Midfielder
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