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Pitmen Progress With Blistering Ten Minutes
Hednesford Town progressed into the second round of the Staffordshire Senior Cup with relative ease thanks mainly to a blistering start and a momentary lack of discipline from Biddulph Victoria’s Daniel Smith.
On a bitterly cold and damp night at Keys Park the on form Ross Dyer side footed in from four yards after seven minutes following a Tyrone Barnett flick on. The home team doubled their lead two minutes later when Sam Aiston broke powerfully through the Biddulph back line and pulled the ball back for Barnett to finish from close range.
Elliott Durrell was enjoying acres of space on the right wing but Matt Pearson looked intent on stopping the diminutive winger from having an effect on the game as on eleven minutes the defender crashed through the back of him and earned himself a yellow card. As Durrell lay pole-axed on the ground, Daniel Smith aimed a petulant kick and received a red card.
With The Pitmen’s opening salvo and Smith’s subsequent dismissal the game all but ended as a contest and the home side added to their lead with Durrell rifling the ball into the far corner after a quality through ball by Barnett on twenty-nine minutes.
To their credit, Biddulph battled hard in the second half and the ten men scored a consolation goal in confusing circumstances when the Hednesford defence hesitated as they expecting the ball to go out for a goal kick; the indecision left Robert Tice to scuff into the net with ten minutes remaining on the clock.
Hednesford Town
Flynn, Carvey, Martin, Jagielka (Nisbett 81), McMullen, Goodhead (Chapman 81), Durrell (29), Bailey, Barnett (9), Dyer (7), Aiston,
Subs Not Used
Ward, Platt, Walker,
Biddulph Victoria
Smith, Price, Pearson, D Smith, Burge, Ellis, C Smith (Massey 81), Chadwick (Tice (80) 58), Spencer (Barlow 71), Baker, Mould,
Subs Not Used
Heeps
Bookings
Pearson, D Smith (Sent Off)
Attendance 116, |
