AFC BALSALL 2-4 COVENTRY COLLIERY...
A tense and physical game was played at a bright but bitterly cold Massey Ferguson Sports Ground in Coventry, which featured decent saves by both goalkeepers, George Gane for Balsall and the athletic Nathan Pearce for Colliery.
An early lead for the guests, when Jacob Dodds' free-kick from downtown on the right swerved in the blustery wind and curled into the top left corner of the net, was nullified in the opening exchanges of the second period by Fin Taylor's close-range finish for Balsall.
Immediately though, Ty Wilson was gifted with a clear run at goal to slip a measured finish beyond Gane, before the hosts regained parity a second time, courtesy of substitute Jake Gould's clever near post flick at a set-piece.
However, Wilson responded again with a 25 yard free-kick which bounced in front of of Gane's dive and ricocheted high into the home goal, then finally, Gane was unable to hold onto another Wilson shot, which allowed the alert, lurking, if off-balance Jack Low to fire the rebound high into the AFC net...
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| TY WILSON (LEFT) PLUNDERED A BRACE ON THE NIGHT... |
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| NEAT BUT COLD SUNSET... |
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| WILSON & BEN JONES TUSSLED THROUGHOUT... |
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| WILSON, LEFT, RESPONDED TWICE & QUICKLY EACH TIME AFC FOUND AN EQUALISER... |
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| JOE WRIGHT, SECOND FROM LEFT, WAS INVALUABLE IN THE COLLIERY DEFENCE, WELL BACKED UP BY WILL HAWKINS & THE ALERT GOALKEEPING OF NATHAN PEARCE... |
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| WILSON HAS FOUND THE NET BUT SEEMS TO FIND A CONTEMPLATIVE CELEBRATION RATHER COOLER THAN MAKING A FOOL OF HIMSELF... |
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| WILSON THINKS:'HERE WE GO AGAIN...' |
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| REF TO CONOR HALTON: "I DIDN'T LIKE HIS BIB, SO I TOLD HIM TO DO 25 PRESS-UPS, OK?" |
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| THE STERN EXPRESSION WHICH JAMES CHAPPELL HAS PERFECTED... |
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| A SWIRLING BALL IN A GUSTING WIND... |
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| JOHN PALMER FINDS SOME INSECT OR OTHER BUT BEN JONES (5) SEEMS TO LACK INTEREST... |
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GOOD TO SEE JACK MULLEN (10) AGAIN, A PLAYER WHO ALWAYS TAKES TIME TO CHAT.
APPRECIATED... |
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| CALLUM REGAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DRAGGING HIS TEAM TO VICTORY... |
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| CONOR HALTON'S LEFT BOOT HAS BEEN USEFUL IN COLLIERY'S SEASON THUS FAR... |
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| BRAD TAYLOR (2) MADE SOME INCISIVE RUSHES ALONG THE RIGHT-FLANK... |
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| THE DUGOUT SIDE, WHERE THERE WAS ONCE A GRANDSTAND, I BELIEVE... |
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| I FILMED FROM IN FRONT OF THE CRICKET COVERS... |
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| WILSON STARTS THE GAME... |
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| THE TOSS... |
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| PRE-MATCH HUG FOR AFC... |
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| THE PYLON END... |
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| THE FACILTIES... |
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| THE WOODLAND END... |
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| THE MEETING & THE GREETING... |
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THE BODGING & THE PYDOG INSISTED ON STAYING IN THE CAR FOR THE DURATION OF THE MATCH.
I AGREED... |
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| THE RATHER MUTED CELEBRATION OF JACOB DODDS' GOAL, THE ASSIST COMING FROM A SWIVELLING WIND... |
SCREENSHOTS OF THE GOALS...
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| DODDS' FREE-KICK... |
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| ...FINDS ITS WAY IN FOR 0-1... |
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| TAYLOR (9) SLIDES TO EQUALISE AT 1-1... |
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| WILSON SLIPS HOME FOR 1-2... |
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| GOULD'S FLICK (FAR LEFT) REGAINS PARITY AT 2-2... |
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| WILSON'S FREE-KICK... |
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| ...BEATS 'KEEPER GANE FOR 2-3... |
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| THE FALLING LOW SLAMS HOME A REBOUND OFF GANE, FOR 2-4... |
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