Sol strike boosts dirty Saints
1:08pm Sunday 21st Aug 2011
St Albans City recovered from a midweek drubbing during Cambridge City to marker adult a dirty 1-0 Southern League Premier Division feat during Leicestershire
side Barwell on Saturday pleasantness of an opportunist idea by midfielder Solomon Shields.
In a compare that struggled to upsurge City showed worthy suggestion and with Rob Haworth streamer a line with certainty David Howell’s side always looked able of collecting all 3 points.
That said, Barwell had some-more than adequate chances to bind their second win of a deteriorate usually for careless finishing to infer costly.
City done 3 changes from a outing to Cambridge. Paul Furlong was called adult for his initial starting coming when replacing Brian Haule alongside Haworth, while harmed far-reaching players Jerome
Walker and Sean Shields stood down in foster of Danny Hart and Craig Davies.
Barwell began quietly with Jamie Towers, down a right flank, causing City countless problems though a one-time Kettering Town actor was also guilty of spendthrift several good chances.
Towers showed his threat early on when environment adult captain Scott Hadland for a shot that was sliced good wide.
The home side had an concerned impulse when screw Liam Castle, decorated in a ridiculous Day-Glo all orange kit, spilled a Ryan Moran giveaway flog underneath vigour from Haworth. Fortunately for a keeper
a round was hacked to safety.
Midway by a half Towers cut in from a side and had a shot charged down by Matt Cutchey before drilling a miscarry opposite a outward of screw Kyle Merson’s left palm upright.
Barwell’s many vivid skip came on 27 mins when a lax pass by City right behind Matt Pooley authorised Lewis Dodd to produce a low curling round low into a City half. Cutchey and Moran were
hold out by a twist on a round that was seized on by Luke Barlone.
But with time aplenty Barlone, a scorer of dual goals during a midweek win over Banbury United, shot needlessly early and wrongly far-reaching of a target.
City’s initial on aim bid came on 36 mins though Castle had no problem in smothering Haworth’s tame shot.
Haworth was distant some-more considerable a notation after as he tested Castle with a drifting header following an glorious discerning turn, run and cranky by a entrance creation Hart.
The home side responded with Barlone looping a header usually over a bar and Nigel Julien weaved his approach along a dilemma of a chastisement area before slicing his shot towards a circuitously Bowls Club.
Young Merson, now on loan from Staines Town, changed closer to ensuring his initial purify piece of a deteriorate when creation a indicate vacant retard from Kevin Charley following a Scott Rickards knock
down, and afterwards a screw clean hold Towers glancing header.
Barrie Matthews picked adult City’s initial engagement of a deteriorate early in a second half when holding Towers out and on 56 mins Howell done his initial change with Davies creation approach for Joakim Ehui.
One notation after City done a wilful breakthrough.
Hadland was cruelly penalised for handball, arbitrate Edward Smart’s perspective was clearly vaporous as a Barwell actor had his behind to a compare central nonetheless still he awarded City a giveaway kick.
Hart’s passed round flog bounced clearly kindly in front of Castle usually for a screw to weakly fail a ball. Furlong nipped in quickly with his miscued shot resilient off a diving Castle
to Solomon Shields who deftly scooped his shot towards a distant tip dilemma of a net for his second idea of a season.
The flog off was behind by enlarged diagnosis to Barwell defender Mason Rowley who suffered an harmed shoulder during a goalmouth scramble, during a check City sent on Frenchman Sakho Bakare
for Furlong.
For a while City looked set to take finish control though had a let off when Towers raced transparent to fasten onto a prolonged round though when confronted by Merson a Barwell midfielder shot wide.
The vigour mounted with Towers streamer opposite idea and usually far-reaching from a Hadland cranky while a cranky by Rickards led to Barlone’s shot distinguished team-mate Towers and deflecting gently into Merson’s
beholden arms. Rowley also headed far-reaching from a Rickards corner.
St Albans mislaid a good possibility to stitch a diversion adult when a low Bakare cranky from a left was helped on by Ehui to associate surrogate Marvin Alebiosu who was denied by a sprawling Castle.
City were positively done to wait for a final alarm as 8 mins of combined time were played.
In a initial notation additional notation Towers headed on a goalkick from Castle and charged divided to recover possession usually to damage his shot opposite a City goal.
Five mins after Cutchey fell to a belligerent in a crumpled conduct after restraint a absolute Towers shot with his stomach, Towers afterwards dismissed a lax round high over a goal.
Barwell: L.Castle, S.Lower, L.Dodd, R.Bains (H.Harris 60), M.Rowley (A.Wykes 84), S.Rickards, J.Towers, S.Hadland, L.Barlone, K.Charley (D.Pearson 89), N.Julien, subs, L.Hamilton, J.Ginelly.
St Albans City: K.Merson, M.Pooley, B.Matthews, D.Ijaha, M.Cutchey, R.Moran, D.Hart (M.Alebiosu 72), So.Shields, R.Haworth, P.Furlong (S.Bakare 58), C.Davies (J.Ehui 56), subs, B.Haule, J.Sonuga.
Goal: 57 0-1 So.Shields.
Referee: Edward Smart (Birmingham).
Att: 163.
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