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Saturday
9th August 2003
Friendly
Bridlington
Town 2
(1)(Farley 44, Thacker missed pen 68, Drayton 90)
Frickley
Athletic
0
(0)(Morris missed pen 65)
Att:
160
Referee:
R.Mc Naughton – Hull
Town
were without Lee Harper, Kev Smith and Paul Palmer, all who had picked up
injuries in training. The home side showed first, Harris, turning well to cross
but no-one could meet the ball in the box. Frickley were soon into their stride
as both teams looked for an opening. After nine mins Burdick collected a Kelly
clearance in midfield, laid the ball left to Farley who crossed. Harris headed
just wide of the Frickley post. Thompson then worked the ball across to Farley.
He fed Drayton who flicked a header straight at Samways. Frickley attacked,
O’Brian switching play across to Nesa but the home defence cleared. Harris was
felled for a free kick on the corner of the penalty area. Thacker hit the ball
wide. A mis hit ball gave Frickley possession but the through ball saw the
Frickley striker Bernard offside. Frickley pressed again from a throw and gained
a central free kick 25 yards out. Nesa’s curled kick forced Kelly to tip round
for a corner on 22mins. Frickley pressed further, Bernard crossing from the left
and Kelly saved on the line to spare Robinson’s blushes as the ball spun off
him goal bound on 26 mins. Kelly cleared long and under pressure from Drayton,
Frickley conceded a corner. Burdick’s header from this went over. Frickley
attacked again, O’Brian feeding Bernard but again Kelly saved. The home side
kept looking for the break but the offside flag stopped them frequently. With
five minutes of the half remaining Town earned a corner but lack of challenge
let Samways gather cleanly. As the half came to a close neat footwork from Jason
Harris saw him slot the ball into the box for Paul Farley. Farley picked his
spot to score under the diving Samways to give the home side the lead.
HT
1 – 0
Just
two minutes into the second half Town should have increased their lead from a
free kick but Burdick headed well over. As in the first half, after early
pressure from the home side the visitors came more into the game.
Bridlington cleared from a Frickley free kick and broke forward in a move
that switched from side to side twice before Frickley cleared. As Burdick
returned play he was blocked. From the free kick Burdick saw his header beat
Samways but rebound off the post on the hour mark. Frickley broke and had two
players up but Kelly raced out of his area to block and Thacker got back to
clear. On 65 mins Kamara appeared to be felled in the box and a penalty was
awarded to Frickley. Morris fired wide from the spot. Frickley pressured further
but Town broke and Burdick raced forward but was tripped as he entered the
penalty area. A penalty was awarded for the home side but Samways saved
Thacker’s spot kick on 68 mins. Both sides introduced substitutes and Frickley
went close but the ball hit the side netting. Inside the last ten minutes a
scramble in the Frickley box almost let Burdick in but the ball wouldn’t drop
for him. Frickley pressed for an equaliser, Taylor having to clear for a corner.
In the last minute Ingram played Burdick through but he fired wide whilst
stretching. As Town attacked again Burdick was tripped 25 yards out for a free
kick. Burdick fired through the wall but Samways gathered. In stoppage time
Baldwin almost got through for the home side but the Frickley defender took the
ball off his toe end as he shot. From the throw Baldwin crossed to the far post
and Danny Drayton headed home to make it 2 - 0
Bridlington
Town: 1.Gavin Kelly, 2.Andy Thompson, 3.Steve Robinson, 4.Shaun Baker, 5.Craig
Suddaby, 6.Steve Heath, 7.Craig Burdick, 8.Martin Thacker, 9.Danny Drayton,
10.Jason Harris, 11.Paul Farley, 12.Wayne Lewis, 13.Chris Hill, 14. Nick
Houghton, 15.Andy Taylor, 16.Dave Ingram, 17.Stuart Baldwin
Frickley
Ath: 1.M.Samways, 2.L.Pugh, 3.K.O’Brian, 4.D.Richards, 5.A.Jackson,
6.P.Marquis, 7.C.Kamara, 8.R.Nesa, 9.L.Morris, 10.C.Bernard, 11.G.Atto,
12.P.Hurrell, 14.A.Russell, 15.M.Vicarage, 16.R.Till, 17.S.Robinson