COLWYN BAY (A - THE SKRILL NORTH)
T
en Men Pitmen get that
winning feeling
Hednesford Town got back to winning
ways in the league thanks to an excellent
3-1 victory over Colwyn Bay, which moved them back
into third place in the Skrill North. This was despite
playing with ten men for nearly half an hour following
Alex Melbourne’s sending off, writes Scott Smith.
The Pitmen started well and took the lead in just the
sixth minute. Jamey Osborne’s long throw into the box
was nodded back to the creative midfielder and his
cross was headed home by defender Paul McCone at
the back post.
The visitors continued to push and almost found a
second just a minute later, only for Charlie AnaghoNtamark to see his powerful header hit the crossbar
following a fingertip save by Bay goalkeeper Chris
Sanna.
Meanwhile at the other end Hednesford shot stopper
Dan Crane had little to do until the 28th minute mark
when he smartly turned away Sean Williams’ free kick
for a corner.
Hednesford were continuing to cause problems for the
Colwyn back line though with Robbie ThompsonBrown lobbing the ball over the bar after Nathan
Blissett had forced a poor clearance from Sanna.
Hednesford started the second half in blistering form
though and they made it 3-0 just a minute after the
restart. Anagho-Ntamark managed to release
Melbourne down the right-hand-side and his first time
cross picked out Osborne who headed home past the
stranded Sanna.
The home side didn’t give up though and they saw a
glimmer of hope when they reduced the arrears in the
54th minute when substitute Cameron Darkwah
stabbed home past Crane from inside the penalty area.
Their prospects increased further when the hardworking Melbourne was shown a straight red card for a
late challenge on Marc Williams. After consulting with
his assistant, the referee decided that a dismissal was
his only option.
Despite this, Bay failed to really assert any authority on
the match and although Sean Williams saw an effort
flash just wide of the upright, Hednesford were able to
deal with everything which came into their penalty
area.
In the end though the first 45 minute spell proved to be
the difference between the two sides on the day as
Town took their chances to record their first ever
league victory at Bay.
It came as no real surprise when Town did add a
second then in
the 35th minute.
Following a good
one-two
with
Anagho-Ntamark,
midfielder
Melbourne found
room in the box
and his cross shot
was
turned
emphatically into
his own net by
Bay striker Rob
Hopley.
Right
on
the
stroke of half-time
the home side
almost managed
to find a way back
into the game
when the Town
backline failed to
clear their lines
and
Marc
Williams saw his
shot claimed on
the line by Crane.
Ozzy makes it 3-1 to the Pitmen
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