BRAVE "BORO" BEATEN BUT NOT DISGRACED.

SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC WERE BEATEN 2-0 BY AN IMPRESSIVE YORK CITY ELEVEN IN THIS NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP SEMI FINAL ENCOUNTER AT QUEENSGATE.
A CROWD OF 505 SAW THIS MATCH, THEY SAW BORO PLAY THE BEST FOOTBALL IN THE FIRST HALF, AND ONCE AGAIN IN A GAME THEY LEFT THE FIELD AFTER 45 MINUTES ON LEVEL TERMS WHEN THEY COULD SO EASILY HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF GOALS TO THE GOOD.
RYAN BLOTT HAD A COUPLE OF NEAR MISSES, BUT AS THE SECOND HALF PROGRESSED IT WAS CITY WHO WERE LOOKING THE MORE LIKELY TO SCORE.
IN THE SIXTY THIRD MINUTE CITY'S SAM DUNCUM WAS FOULED IN THE BORO PENALTY AREA AND MARK ROBINSON PUT CITY 1-0 UP FROM THE RESULTING PENALTY.
DAVE THOMPSON , WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ALL NIGHT, CAME CLOSE FOR BORO BUT IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE GAME IT WAS CITY WHO SNATCHED THEIR SECOND GOAL SCORED BY ADAM BOYES.
SO DREAMS OF A CUP FINAL APPEARENCE IN THIS, THEIR FIRST SEASON OF EXISTENCE FOR SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC WERE CRUELY SHATTERED AS CITY WERE 2-0 VICTORS AT THE FINAL WHISTLE. BUT THE TEAM PLAYED EXCELLENT ON THE NIGHT AND EVERY BORO PLAYER CAN HOLD HIS HEAD UP HIGH.
BORO BOSS 'BRIAN FRANCE' PRAISED HIS TEAM, HE STATED "I CAN'T COMPLAIN TOO MUCH BECAUSE THE LADS GAVE THEIR ALL, EACH PLAYER DESERVES CREDIT".
FRANCE SINGLED OUT DAVE THOMPSON BY SAYING "HE WAS AWESOME ON THE NIGHT"
BAD NEWS AFTER THE GAME WAS THAT RYAN BLOTT WILL BE OUT FOR AROUND 10 DAYS WITH A GROIN INJURY.
WE ALSO RECEIVED GREAT PRAISE FROM FORMER SCARBOROUGH FC MANAGER NEIL REDFEARN WHO IS PRESENTLY YORK CITY'S YOUTH TEAM MANAGER- THESE WERE HIS WORDS-"THAT IS NOT A NORTHERN COUNTIES TEAM. I'VE SEEN NORTHERN COUNTIES TEAMS AND LOOKING AT THAT DISPLAY BORO SHOULD BE A LOT HIGHER IN THE PYRAMID. WE PUT OUT SOME EXPERIENCED PLAYERS AND ALSO SOME OF THE YOUNGER LADS WE THINK A LOT OF. BORO HELD US FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY COULD HAVE POSSIBLY GONE AHEAD ON A FEW OCCASIONS. IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND IT WAS NICE TO CATCH UP WITH THE SCARBOROUGH FANS, EVEN THOUGH I CAME IN FOR A BIT OF STICK."
BORO DID PLAY WELL AND COULD HAVE WON THE GAME, BUT IT WILL BE BACK TO LEAGUE ACTION NEXT AND ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE BOTTESFORD GAME ON SATURDAY, WE STILL HAVE AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF GAINING PROMOTION THIS SEASON, AND THREE POINTS ON SATURDAY SHOULD PUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEMI FINAL DEFEAT WELL BEHIND US.
UP THE BORO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!