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SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2005
BRIDLINGTON TOWN 4, CHORLEY 1
MATCH REPORT BY JUSTIN CHOAT
A Fyvie-star display from Town, as young striker Matt grabbed a brilliant
hat-trick to send his side top of the league on goal difference. Another
accomplished performance from Billy Heath’s side, in which the result
was
never in doubt. Fyvie walked away with the match ball and the deserved
man-of-match award, with Martin Thacker also earning plaudits after
producing his own 90-minute masterclass in the midfield.
Town opened the scoring with the quickest league goal of the day after just
2 minutes. Visitor’s ‘keeper Phil Priestley looked odds-on favourite
to
collect a long ball over the top near the corner flag, but fatally tried to
take the ball round the advancing Fyvie instead of simply playing it into
touch. The Town striker was having none of it, casually brushing Priestley
aside, but he still had the hard work to do as he was almost on the
bye-line. The cross was the simple option, but with the crowd and defenders
expecting this, he somehow curled a magnificent first-time low shot into the
corner of the net.
Thacker was also prominent instantly as Town swept forward confidently.
Fyvie turned supplier, and from his lay-off 25 yards out, the Town
midfielder drove a shot inches over the bar. He curled a trademark
free-kick wide of the post on 12 minutes following a foul on James Tomlinson
just outside the 18-yard box.
Chorley were struggling to get to grips with a fluent Town side. Carl
Giblin, in for the injured Lee Harper, and Steve heath, were mopping up
everything the visitors had to offer. Veteran striker Gary Martindale had
a
half-chance on 22 minutes, by Giblin reacted well to turn the ball behind
for a corner. Town replied quickly, with Shaun Baker finding Paul Palmer
with a fine diagonal ball. The frontman took the ball past the challenge of
Ian Dickenson on the edge of the box, but pulled his shot wide of the post.
He made amends in the 35th minute. He took a ball from Chris Hyam with his
back to goal on the angle of the 18-yard box, and spun off Jamie Squires
with a fine turn. He still had men between him and a sight of goal, but
superb footwork enabled him to find space for a low shot into the right had
corner of the net.
Minutes later, Nick Baxter made his now customary jaw-dropping save to stop
a certain goal. Tiny Sullivan and Kyle Armstrong linked well through the
midfield and Anthony Bowden was able for once to get free of Giblin to crack
a swerving 20-yarder that had some of the Chorley players with arms half
raised in celebration. The Town ‘keeper could only have seen the ball
at the
last second, but he threw himself full length across his goal in an instant
to palm the ball around the post.
Buoyed by the save, Town quickly regained their stride, and on 40 minutes
Steve Underwood went close to increasing the lead. He got on the end of a
fine right-sided move involving Baker, Hyam and Fyvie to fire a shot from
15
yards that scraped the bar.
HALF-TIME
BRIDLINGTON TOWN 2 CHORLEY 0
A positive start to the second period that almost echoed the first. The
imperious Thacker again drifted effortlessly away from his marker in
midfield to find Fyvie with a slide-rule pass. The striker this time opted
to lay the ball back, and his pass found Underwood in space on the edge of
the 18-yard box, whose low drive was just wide of Priestley’s right-hand
post. Thacker again set Town in motion on 50 minutes, this time with a long
diagonal ball to Palmer. He found James Tomlinson in space 20 yards out,
and the Town midfield man curled his effort narrowly wide. Going for third
time lucky, Thacker at last struck gold in the 56th minute. Fyvie was the
recipient this time of another cracker of a pass, and finished emphatically
past Priestley with a low drive past the advancing ‘keeper from just
inside
the 18-yard box.
Fyvie saved the best until last however, with a strike on the hour mark that
had Town fans reaching for the record books. No-one present could remember
the who scored the last hat-trick at Queensgate and when, but the Town
hitman made sure everyone was aware of this one. Yet again Thacker was
involved, as a one-two with Wayne Lewis on the angle of the 18-yard box saw
the ball chipped into danger area. Fyvie was alert, and in a flash had
turned to lash a fierce half-volley high into the net for his third and
Town’s fourth.
Typically, the visitors then pulled a goal back from nowhere as Town relaxed
with the job done. Kyle Armstrong got clear down the right, and delivered
a
perfect ball onto the head of Adam Roscoe, who from 6 yards out, simply
could not miss.
Heath did not have the usual strong bench to call on due to injuries and
unavailabilities, and had to resist the temptation to throw Andy Neill into
the fray too early. The frontman did get a run for the last ten minutes,
entering the action to replace Wayne Lewis to a rapturous ovation. Fyvie,
his afternoon’s work more than done, dropped back into midfield. Thacker
did everything but get the goal his display warranted on 82 minutes.
Skipping past 2 challenges, he strode into the 18-yard area and past another
despairing tackle only to see his shot drift agonisingly wide with Priestley
beaten.
With a depleted bench due to injury and unavailability, assistant manager
Mark Carroll was thrown on as substitute to raucous cheers from the home
fans late in the game. The closing minutes became slightly fractious as the
greasy surface and tiring limbs led to a couple of late challenges, but the
referee took a grip, and Town were able to play out added time with no real
worries.
Town go into the long midweek trek to Spalding in pole position, and
importantly, full of that priceless asset, confidence. With 13 goals in 4
games, they now look able to score from any area of the field, and with
several key squad members looking to return this week, could still be top
for the home game against Bamber Bridge this Saturday. Hopefully less
inclement weather could see the size crowd at Queensgate that the team’s
play richly deserves at present.
Teams:
Bridlington Town
Baxter, Hyam, Lewis, Baker, Giblin, Heath, Tomlinson, Thacker, Fyvie,
Palmer, Underwood.
Subs- Neill, Harper, Carroll
Chorley
Priestley, Callaghan, Dickenson, Squires, McGrath, Sullivan, Armstrong,
Bowden , Martindale, Wright, Bluck
Subs- Price, Roscoe, Walsh