A MUCH WEAKENED SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC SIDE WERE VERY UNLUCKY NOT TO COLLECT ALL THREE POINTS AS BARTON TOWN EQUALISED IN THE VERY LAST MINUTE OF A VERY ENTERTAINING GAME.
DEFENSIVE STALWARTS RYAN DAVIES, CRAIG EVANS, LIAM WIDDOWSON AND THE EXCELLENT JAMIE WALTHAM WERE ALL MISSING DUE TO THE FLU BUG, SO MANAGER BRIAN FRANCE WAS FACED WITH MASSIVE SELECTION PROBLEMS FOR THIS GAME.
BORO STARTED WELL AS USUAL, VERY ATTACK MINDED AND CAME CLOSE TO SCORING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN THE OPENING PERIOD.
IT WAS BARTON HOWEVER WHO TOOK THE LEAD IN THE 16th MINUTE THROUGH STRIKER GARY BARLOW, BUT AFTER RELENTLESS BORO PRESSURE MEDCALF FINALLY GOT THE BORO EQUALISER, SCORING DIRECTLY FROM A FREE KICK FOLLOWING A FOUL ON SCOTT PHILLIPS, BUT ONLY TWO MINUTES LATER VERY WEAK DEFENDING BY BORO LET IN THAT MAN GARY BARLOW AGAIN TO SLOT HOME HIS AND TOWNS 2nd GOAL.
HALF TIME TOWN 2 BORO 1..........................................................
BORO STARTED WELL IN THE SECOND HALF, PHILLIPS WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO BE ON THE SCORESHEET AND CRAIG HOGG CREATED SOME EXCELLENT CHANCES.
BORO'S PRESSURE DID REWARD THEM WITH ANOTHER EQUALISER AS DAVE KEMP THUNDERED HOME FROM 6 YARDS.
A THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING, VALUE FOR MONEY GAME FOLLOWED AND IN THE 89th MINUTE RYAN BLOTT SCORED WHAT EVERYONE THOUGHT WAS TO BE THE WINNING GOAL FOR BORO, HE SCORED AN EXCELLENT GOAL FROM A CRAIG HOGG CROSS, BUT UNBELIEVABLY ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY BARTON'S WILLIAM MAIL POPPED UP TO GRAB AN EQUALISER FOR TOWN FOLLOWING AN UNTIDY SCRAMBLE IN THE BORO GOALMOUTH.
THE BORO FAITHFUL WERE NO DOUBT DISAPPOINTED TO GET JUST THE ONE POINT RATHER THAN THE THREE, BUT MANAGER BRIAN FRANCE WAS BOTH OPTIMISTIC AND REALISTIC AT THE OUTCOME AS HE SAID; "BEFORE THE GAME, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN A POINT, BUT AFTER WE TOOK THE LEAD IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES YOU DO FEEL A BIT DISAPPOINTED WITH JUST GAINING THE ONE POINT-IT IS UP TO THE PLAYERS NOW, WE SHOULD WIN THE TITLE NOW, WE HAVE THE QUALITY, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF PLAYING TO OUR STRENGTHS. THE DRAW WAS DOWN TO THREE DEFENSIVE LAPSES, IF WE HAD A FULL TEAM OUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE WON. AT FULL STRENGTH WE ARE CAPABLE OF BEATING ANYONE, NOW WE NEED TO DO IT".
I ALSO THINK WE ARE CAPABLE OF WINNING THE LEAGUE AT OUR FIRST ATTEMPT,WE ARE BY FAR BETTER THAN ANY OTHER SIDE IN THE DIVISION, I SEE ONLY ONE PROBLEM AND THAT IS THE FA HEARING TOMMOROW, AND IF WE ARE DEDUCTED THE 6 POINTS THEN I FEAR THAT WOULD PROBARBLY COST US OUR PROMOTION AS IT WOULD SEE US SUDDENLY DROP TO 12 POINTS BEHIND LEADERS BOTTESFORD, AND THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SEES US TRAVEL TO TEESIDE TO PLAY THORNABY IN THE NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP, A VICTORY THERE WOULD REALLY SEE US WITH A GENUINE CHANCE OF WINNING OUR FIRST TROPHY....THE FIRST OF MANY, OF THAT I AM CERTAIN.
THE BORO TEAM WHICH PLAYED AT BARTON.
BRAMLEY,WOOD,KEMP,BOTHAM,GRIFFIN,PHILLIPS,BOWSLEY,HEPPLES,BLOTT,MEDCALF,THOMPSON, SUBS; HOGG,PINDER,WILBERFORCE.
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