Armthorpe
Welfare slump to a fifth defeat in a row after a defensive error lead to
Glasshoughton securing a fifth league win in as many games.
Armthorpe welcomed back into their starting
eleven, Chris Davies after a month out due an injury. David Buck, Gary Mundy
and Darren Mansaram missed out on the trip due to injuries picked up at Heanor
Town on Saturday and Retford Town.
Armthorpe started the game well on a cold
night at Leeds Road, pressing the Glasshoughton midfield into mistakes. Both
teams took their time to work each other out.
Glasshoughton did know how Armthorpe were
going to play after a 4-1 drubbing in the FA Vase earlier in the season, where
striker Jay Rollins bagged a hat trick.
The first chance of the match fell for
Armthorpe, Steve Garner won the ball back and went on an advancing run down the
left hand flank, he pinged a ball cross field to the feet of Danny Taylor,
after turning the full back inside out, Taylor dragged a left footed shot just
wide of the Glasshoughton goal.
Glasshoughton then started to frustrate
Armthorpe and a rash tackle from Jonathan Mirfin resulted in a freekick for the
home side.
A long freekick was punted into the Welfare
18 yard area, a free header was won after not one Armthorpe defender picked up
the runner, keeper Will Biggs failed to clear the ball, and a open goal was
left for Darrell Young to slot home after 36 minutes.
Four minutes later an unnecessary sending
off for Glasshoughton’s, James Beaston after raising an arm to Armthorpe’s,
Chris Davies under the referee’s noise. The contest started to become a scrappy
affair from this point.
The second half started brightly for
Armthorpe, straight from the kick off Jay Rollins cut inside the left full back
and fired a shot into the side netting. Early warning signs for the home side.
Delight for James Walker once again as he
came off the bench for a forty-minute cameo after making his long awaited come
back at Heanor Town on Saturday.
The game then slowed down and Glasshoughton
sat back on their lead, another sending off for Glasshoughton then occurred as
their manager, Rob Hunter, was sent from the dug out after constant jeers to
the referee’s assistant on the near side.
Welfare then started to make their extra
man count and a thunderbolt of a shot from Jonathan Mirfin saw Glasshoughton’s
keeper, Paul Hagreen, pull off a diving save to push the ball round the post.
Welfare then pushed Hagreen into another
great save from a diving header from substitute, Anthony Ryan from a James
Walker freekick.
Welfare left it to late to force
Glasshoughton into a mistake and the final whistle blew to end the scrappy
encounter, which saw Rob Hunter’s men walk away with all three points.
Brian Johnston’s squad are now all to used
to losing in the league after falling to the their fifth league defeat in a
row. Welfare once again must regroup and focus on Saturday’s massive FA Vase
cup tie at Thackley.
Welfare have had a good run up to now on
the road in the Vase this season, after beating Glasshoughton and Liversedge,
now Welfare face their third league compatriots in the competition, in the
shape of Thackley at Dennyfield.
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