Gornal 3-4 Coventry Colliery...
The Mowdog's thoughts...
Colliery, already champions of Midland League 3, travelled to Gornal for their final league game of the season, where the players and staff were presented with a fine trophy and their individual medals...
The match was a decent spectacle, involving seven goals and a missed spot-kick, which might have seen Coventry's Ty Wilson complete a first-period hat-trick but it wasn't to be.
At 1-3, the guests were coasting but errors offered the hosts two second-period breakaway goals to regain parity but a very late winner by replacement Joe Wright (his second goal of the afternoon) gave Colliery the win which meant that the team had beaten every other team in the league at least once...
Gornal had drawn 2-2 at Colliery earlier in the season but their efforts to be the only team not beaten by the champions were subsequently dashed at the death.
Wilson netted the opener from close range, following good foraging work by skipper Callum Regan, neat play by Bryan Badu-Wa-Badu and an unselfish pass from Josh Low. Then, after Jack Allen had equalised with a jumping shot past Nathan Pearce, Wilson's second goal was a deflected free-kick effort from downtown which looped over home goalie John Hickman.
After the interval, Joe Wright, usually a defender, appeared in an attacking role and quickly shovelled in a fine goal from 18 yards, before two defensive lapses allowed Gornal to net twice in quick succession. Sameer Arshad chased well and set up the lively Theo Boakye-Yiadom to score and then raced clear himself to equalise soon afterwards.
However, Wright won the contest late on, snapping up a rebound, after Hickman had saved a low drive by Wilson.
It had been a lively afternoon, with Charlie Swann starring for the hosts in midfield and Charlie Palmer-Field defending well. Hickman made several very stylish saves too, although tall skipper Baba Mohammed was often influential as a wide forward.
Coventry's players worked hard, despite no pressure being on them but although Badu was often effective on the flanks, his finishing wasn't accurate. Regan urged his team on, as usual, whilst Wilson was always a threat and Jean Dakouri was terrific, making challenges, blocks and interceptions throughout the match. He made a dribble once and miscued a shot at goal too... To be fair though, he dropped from midfield into defence after the recess and excelled...
Pearce made one outstanding low save before the break and was involved throughout with his verbal encouragement and strong kicking.
Certainly Colliery fashioned more goal chances and deserved the victory, albeit making the job harder for themselves after half-time...
So, celebrations for Colliery on the day Coventry City celebrated their promotion to the Premier League around the city and in front of thousands of their fans...
The images from Wombourne...
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| THE BODGING & THE PYDOG CLAIM THE ONLY SEAT AT THE VENUE... |
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| CHANGING FOR THE BEACH? |
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| MOHAMMED (7) IMPRESSED AT TIMES FOR GORNAL... |
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| LOOKS LIKE MOHAMMED HAS JUST SLAM-DUNKED... |
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| 0-1, COURTESY OF WILSON... |
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| 1-1 & ALLEN HAS EQUALISED FOR GORNAL... |
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| AWAITING A FLAG-KICK... |
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| WILSON (LEFT) LOOKS EMBARRASSED THAT HIS FREE-KICK HAS BEEN DEFLECTED IN FOR 1-2... |
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| REGAN & ALLEN: A GOOD TUSSLE... |
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| WRIGHT (WITH THE MOST HAIR, LEFT OF IMAGE) HAS MADE IT 1-3... |
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| WILSON: 41 LEAGUE GOALS, OUT OF HIS TEAM'S 101... |
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| WRIGHT, LEFT, HAS ADDED GOAL 4... |
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| WILSON LINES UP ANOTHER FREE-KICK... |
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| ARSHAD HAS EQUALISED AT 3-3... |
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| WRIGHT WONDERS WHY HIS OWN COMPANY ISN'T ADVERTISED ON HIS SHIRT... |
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| YIADOM (11) HAS MADE THE SCORE 2-3... |
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| WILSON CHATS TO THE REFEREE ABOUT GORNAL'S LINESPERSON... |
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| ALLEN & WRIGHT CHECK THEIR HAIR, STEPHEN CUDJOE DOESN'T NEED TO... |
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| THE IMMENSE JEAN DAKOURI... |
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| THE BEST CLASH OF THE DAY: DAKOURI v SWANN... |
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| IBRAHIM TAKES A KNOCK... |
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| SKIPPER REGAN STRUGGLES TO HIS FEET... |
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| THE JOLLY LINESMAN... |
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| COLLIERY ON OFFENSE... |
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| HALTON SPOTS A PUFFIN FLYING OVER STOURBRIDGE... |
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| IBRAHIM & BADU... |
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| PEARCE: STRONG BETWEEN THE STICKS FOR COVENTRY... |
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| THE LINO-IMPOSTER HIDES BEHIND THE REF... |
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| ENTERING THE ARENA... |
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| THIS WILSON FREE-KICK WOULD END UP IN A GOAL... |
The screenshots.. |
| WILSON SHOOTS... |
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| ...& IT'S 0-1 TO COLLIERY... |
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| ALLEN LEAPS... |
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| ...& FIRES GORNAL LEVEL... |
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| WILSON'S FREE-KICK... |
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| ...DEFLECTS HIGH PAST HICKMAN... |
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| ...FOR 1-2... |
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| HICKMAN DIVES LOW TO SAVE WILSON'S SPOT-KICK... |
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| WRIGHT'S SCOOPED EFFORT... |
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| ...FLIES IN FOR 1-3... |
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| ...WITH THE LEAPING HICKMAN BEATEN... |
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| ARSHAD REGAINS PARITY AT 3-3... |
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| HICKMAN HAS SAVED WILSON'S SHOT BUT... |
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| ...BUT WRIGHT (14) SNAFFLES THE REBOUND... |
...AND FINALLY, THE LINK TO THE 23 MINUTES OF VIDEO ACTION WITH FULL COMMENTARY...
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