IF SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC HAD ANY DOUBTERS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S HOME DEFEAT TO LEEDS MET', THEN THEY ANSWERED THEM IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY TODAY AT STAVELY.
ANOTHER SOLID, ENTERTAINING AND DOMINANT DISPLAY SAW THE TEAM WIN ANOTHER THREE POINTS AND REMAIN IN THE TOP FOUR IN THE TABLE.
THE NEW CROWD RECORD OF 292 ALSO MEANT THAT THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE LOCAL SPONSORS, BOTH A STAVELY AND A SCARBOROUGH CHARITY WILL BENEFIT WITH A GIFT DONATION OF £500 EACH.
AS FOR THE FOOTBALL, STAVELY DID MAKE A GAME OF IT AND PLAYED SOME NICE FOOTBALL THEMSELVES, BUT IT WAS "NORMAL SERVICE" FOR THE BORO AS THEY WERE THE STRONGER AND MORE SKILLFUL OF THE TWO SIDES.
IT WAS A SLIGHTLY WEAKENED BORO ELEVEN, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE DAVE THOMPSON RETURN TO THE SQUAD AND HE HAD A GOOD FIRST HALF.
IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE GARY HEPPLES IN THE TEAM AS HE WAS DUE TO MISS TODAY'S MATCH BECAUSE OF A WEDDING COMMITMENT, BUT HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE HIM MAKE THE JOURNEY.
BORO TOOK THE LEAD AFTER ONLY TWO MINUTES AS RYAN BLOTT BEAT THE STAVELY OFFSIDE TRAP , BORO CONTINUED TO DOMINATE, BUT STAVELY DID LOOK DANGEROUS ON THE BREAK AND DAVE BRAMLEY IN THE BORO GOAL DID MAKE SOME FINE SAVES, TWO IN PARTICULAR FROM ELLIS AND DAMMS RESPECTIVELY .
BORO CONTINUED TO CHASE GOAL NUMBER TWO AND IT FINALLY CAME IN THE 22nd MINUTE, FOLLOWING A FOUL ON MEDCALFE ON THE EDGE OF THE STAVELY PENALTY AREA, BOWSLEY STEPPED UP TO TAKE A MAGNIFICENT FREE KICK WHICH FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET.
BORO REMAINED ON TOP FOR THE REST OF THE HALF AND COULD EASILY HAVE GONE IN FIVE GOALS UP AT HALF TIME AS BLOTT, MEDCALFE AND THOMPSON ALL HAD GOOD CHANCES, BUT HALF TIME ARRIVED WITH THE SCORE TWO NIL TO BORO.
PINDER REPLACED DAVE THOMPSON FOR THE SECOND HALF AND IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE IT LOOKED AS THOUGH BORO WOULD EXTEND THEIR LEAD, BUT A DIABOLICAL REFEREEING DECISION STOPPED RYAN BLOTT IN HIS TRACKS, AN ADVANTAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED BUT THE OFFICIAL DECIDED TO STOP PLAY WITH RYAN IN A GOOD POSITION WHICH WOULD SURELY HAVE LEAD TO GOAL NUMBER THREE, HOWEVER BORO GOT ON WITH THINGS, THEY WERE STILL THE MORE LIKELY TO SCORE AND SURE ENOUGH WITH SOME TWENTY MINUTES REMAINING BORO GOT THEIR THIRD GOAL,WHEN RYAN BLOTT MY 'MAN OF THE MATCH' HIT A GLORIOUS SHOT WHICH WAS WAY OUT OF 'KEEPER POULTER'S REACH AND ENTERED THE NET AT HIS FAR POST.FULL CREDIT TO STAVELY, THEY CONTINUED TO GET BACK INTO THE MATCH AND IT TOOK ANOTHER FINE SAVE FROM DAVE BRAMLEY TO KEEP GREGORY OFF THE SCORESHEET FOR STAVELY.
IT WAS A GREAT ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE ONCE AGAIN FROM BORO, RYAN BLOTT IN ATTACK AND JAMIE WALTHAM IN DEFENCE WERE BOTH MAGNIFICENT AND I THINK DAVE BRAMLEY IN THE BORO GOAL DESERVES CREDIT FOR HIS SAVES.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE TEAM THAT BRIAN FRANCE WILL PUT OUT NEXT WEEK AT TADCASTER, DAVE THOMPSON IS A TOP PLAYER AND LIKE MOST FANS I WAS SAD TO SEE HIM GO WHEN HE DID. BUT WE HAVE HAD A GREAT RUN SINCE HIS DEPARTURE AND PERHAPS HE WILL BE ON THE BENCH NEXT WEEK, ANYWAY JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER BORO FANS WHO ARE ENJOYING THE SEASON SO FAR, I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN BRIAN FRANCE'S DECISION MAKING AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK ALREADY.
TODAY'S TEAM;
BRAMLEY,WOOD,WALTHAM,WIDDOWSON,GRIFFIN,HEPPLES,PHILLIPS,BOWSLEY,THOMPSON,MEDCALFE,BLOTT, SUBS; PINDAR, WILBERFORCE, DAVIES.
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