BORO' OUTPLAY PICKERING IN FRONT OF OVER 600 FANS.

ANOTHER EXCELLENT ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE FROM THE MEN IN RED. BORO ATTACKED FROM THE START AND NEVER ALLOWED PIKES TO PROPERLY SETTLE 
  IT WAS ALSO GOOD TO SEE JOEL HARTLEY START IN THIS GAME AND HE HAD ANOTHER VERY GOOD GAME FOR THE BORO.
  PICKERING'S 'KEEPER CLARK HAD A GOOD DAY AND KEPT THE BORO SCORE DOWN, HE SAVED BRILLIANTLY FROM A MIKE PRICE LONG DISTANCE FREE KICK.
  BORO WERE ON TOP IN EVERY DEPARTMENT BUT HAD TO SETTLE FOR A 0-0 SCORELINE AT HALF TIME.
  THE 2nd HALF GOT UNDER WAY AND AGAIN IT WAS ALL BORO, RYAN BLOTT AND  JOEL HARTLEY WERE ESPECIALLY UNLUCKY NOT TO FIND THE BACK OF THE PIKES NET, BUT THROUGH THEIR CONTINUING PRESSURE BORO EVENTUALLY FOUND THE GOAL THAT THEY SO DESERVED, IT CAME JUST AFTER THE HOUR MARK.
  FOLLOWING A CORNER TAKEN BY DUNNING, IT WAS ACTUALLY BORO SUBSTITUTE CHRIS JENKINSON WHO TOOK HIS CHANCE AND HAMMERED THE BALL PAST PIKES 'KEEPER CLARK TO GIVE BORO THEIR MUCH DESERVED LEAD.

WRONGLY RED CARDED DAVE KEMP

  PIKES DID STEP UP A GEAR AND LOOKED FOR AN EQUALISER BUT BORO STAYED STRONG AND KEPT THEIR ONE GOAL ADVANTAGE TO THE END OF THE GAME.
  PICKERING CAN THANK THEIR GOALKEEPER  FOR THE LOW SCORELINE WHICH WAS VERY FLATTERING FOR MITCH COOKS TEAM.
  MUST JUST MENTION  REFEREE 'Mr C. WOODALL'  WHO GAVE A RED CARD TO BORO'S DAVE KEMP IN THE DYING MINUTES OF THE GAME, THIS FOLLOWED A FOUL ON A PIKES PLAYER BY BORO'S GOALSCORER, JENKINSON, THE FOUL DID NOT WARRANT A RED CARD ANYWAY BUT THE REF' AFTER CONSULTING ONE OF  HIS CLUELESS ASSISTANTS EVENTUALLY GAVE THE WRONG PLAYER (KEMP) THE RED CARD FOR THE CHALLENGE MUCH TO THE AMAZEMENT OF ALL INSIDE QUEENSGATE.
SO, ANOTHER GREAT ALL- ROUND PERFORMANCE FROM BORO, AND A TERRIFIC TURNOUT ON A BITTERLY COLD DAY. THE TEAM ARE ON A GOOD RUN OF FORM AND WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THEIR RUN GOING  ON TUESDAY EVENING  WHEN THEY VISIT THACKLEY FOR THEIR PRESIDENTS CUP TIE.
UP THE BORO.............

GOALSCORER CHRIS JENKINSON

BORO TEAM
WOODHEAD.8
BELT.8
PRICE.6
INGRAM.7
KEMP. 8
HOTTE.8
HARTLEY.8
DUNNING.8
BLOTT.8
NORTHERN.7
LEISTER.7
REFEREE...3out of 10. 


PICKERING TOWN BOSS MITCH COOK'S COMMENTS REGARDING THEIR DEFEAT.

“They (Boro) had more possession but we had more chances which, once again, we failed to take,” he said. “We should have had at least a point and, with a bit of luck, all three   

Considering half of our squad were teenagers, we did well in a very hostile environment. We kept our composure and had just one player cautioned against their three or four and a sending-off.”

JUST ADMIT YOU WERE BEATEN BY A SUPERIOR TEAM AND THE BEST TEAM DID WIN.