Wallsend Boys Club 2 Rothbury 1
Northern Football Alliance Division One
Ten-man Rothbury were undone by a late Tony Woods
wonderstrike.
The Reds had dug in after having a man sent off in the
opening period and held out until Woods span and let fly from 20 yards in the
76th minute.
His opener, in the 6th minute, was also a
special. The Wallsend man drilled into the corner of the net from 35 yards to
put the famous Greens ahead.
Rothbury levelled in the 19th minute when Tony
Brown’s free-kick led to a scramble in the six-yard box and Sam Proudlock fired
home.
But the Reds were left facing an uphill struggle when Joel Laviers was dismissed for a foul just 8 minutes later.
The result moved Wallsend up to sixth in the table and
dropped Rothbury back down to eighth, though they have games in hand on a
number of sides above them.
Skipper Tom MacPherson said that although he didn’t really
see the challenge that led to the red card he was told that it was the correct decision,
so had no complaints.
“Although the sending-off changed the game, we still gave a
good account of ourselves playing some really good possession-based football
and creating some excellent opportunities,” he said afterwards.
“I feel like a draw would have been a fair result. I thought
Harry Felton had his best game for Rothbury, he defended really well but also
offered a valuable outlet when going forward. Having a stronger squad this week
makes all the difference. Welcoming back Tony (Brown) and Mins (James Jackson) helps
us to play out from the back and through the thirds,” he continued.
MacPherson also praised the contribution the Greg Woodburn
had made to the side. “He was asked to play in 3 different positions within the
90 minutes and did so without any fuss and did well in all.”
But the skipper did rib the tricky midfielder as a glorious
chance went begging.
“While playing inside forward and the game still level he
had a 1v1 with the keeper and Chris Coe square with an open net, but he unfortunately
got caught in a gust of wind and tripped over the ball,” said MacPherson with a
grin.
Wallsend’s Nick Jarvis-Smith had missed a similar
opportunity early on when he beat two men, went around the keeper and tackled
himself, so the good-natured stick went both ways.
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