DOMINANT BORO OUTPLAY OPPONENTS YET AGAIN

WELL, THE LONG FOUR WEEK WAIT FOR A COMPETETIVE MATCH FINALLY DREW TO A CLOSE AS PONTEFRACT CAME TO VISIT QUEENSGATE.
A NEW RECORD CROWD OF 605 WATCHED YET ANOTHER TOTALLY DOMINANT DISPLAY BY A HUNGRY BORO TEAM.
GOALKEEPER DAVE BRAMLEY WAS MISSING THANKS TO HAVING THE FLU, SO GLENN POWLEY TOOK OVER BETWEEN THE POSTS.
THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE SINCE OUR LAST GAME WAS ANTHONY BOWSLEY REPLACING DAVE THOMPSON, BUT DAVE WAS AMONGST THE SUBSTITUTES TODAY.
THE GAME WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO, TOTAL DOMINANCE BY BORO, AND SOMETHING ELSE WHICH WE ARE ALSO BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO "CLUELESS OFFICIALS".
BORO HAD CHANCE AFTER CHANCE, THEY HIT THE POST ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS, RYAN BLOTT HAD AN EXCELLENT GAME, HE SAW A TREMENDOUS EFFORT FLY JUST PAST THE POST, GARY HEPPLES HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY CLOSE MISSES, AS WELL AS A SHOT CLEARED OFF THE LINE WITH SMITH IN THE PONTEFRACT GOAL WELL BEATEN.
RYAN BLOTT WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE AREA AFTER RECEIVING A CLEVER PASS FROM AN INSPIRED GARY HEPPLES, BUT NOTHING WAS GIVEN.
ANYWAY, HALF TIME ARRIVED WITH AN UNBELIVABLE SCORELINE OF 0-0, IT COULD HAVE BEEN 5 OR 6 EVEN AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE GAME.
THE SECOND HALF CARRIED ON IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE FIRST HALF - "ALL BORO", BUT LADY LUCK SEEMED TO FAVOURING THE PONTEFRACT SIDE AS BORO JUST COULD NOT PUT THE BALL AWAY.
MORE POOR DECISIONS FROM THE OFFICIALS DID NOTHING TO HELP THE BORO CAUSE, TWO MORE DEFINATE BORO PENALTIES WERE SIMPLY NOT GIVEN.
BRIAN FRANCE DECIDED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF CHANGES AND HE REPLACED BOWSLEY AND MEDCALFE WITH THOMPSON AND HOGG.
THE GAME CONTINUED IN THE SAME VEIN, THOMPSON WON A FREE KICK SOON AFTER COMING ON, PHILLIPS WAS BROUGHT DOWN FOR A PENALTY WHICH WAS NOT GIVEN, WE HAD SHOT AFTER SHOT ON THE PONTEFRACT GOAL, AND AS THE 90th MINUTE APPROACHED AND EVERYONE WAS SETTLING FOR JUST THE ONE POINT, UP POPPED SUBSTITUTE CRAIG HOGG TO SLOT HOME WHAT WAS IN ALL HONESTY A SCRAPPY GOAL, IT CAME FROM A CORNER, HOGG HIT THE BALL AND THROUGH A CROWD OF PLAYERS IT FOUND IT'S WAY INTO THE NET.
IT WAS A SCRAPPY GOAL, BUT ALL THE BORO PRESSURE FINALLY PAID OFF AND THEY THOROUGHLY DESERVED THE WIN. PONTEFRACT COULD HAVE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FINAL RESULT AS IT WAS ALL ONE WAY TRAFFIC FROM THE FIRST WHISTLE TO THE LAST.
NEXT WEEK WE TRAVEL TO BARTON TOWN, LET'S HOPE THAT WE GAIN REVENGE FOR THE HOME DEFEAT AT THE START OF THE SEASON, AND AS IT IS ONLY A SHORT JOURNEY THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER LARGE TURNOUT OF BORO FANS.