The fourth contest between these two sides this
season, saw Welfare walk away from a cold Church Street winning their first
game in eight matches, with goals from Jay Rollins and Captain Craig Morley.
Welfare came into this
Premiership clash having lost eight matches in all competitions on the bounce
including heavy defeats at Thackley, Albion Sports and Heanor Town, only
scoring six goals in the recent run of poor form.
Welfare gave a second
start of the season to Luke Atkinson after impressing in the unlucky 1-0 defeat
to runaway leaders Tadcaster, Craig Morley captained the side also in the
absence of Richard Smith.
Both teams started
slowly with only a few chances in the first 20 minutes. Thackley’s Matt Hall
came closest to breaking the deadlock with a selfish shot into the side
netting.
The game then lit up
with an off the ball incident causing a sending off for Thackley.
Luke Atkinson won the
ball fairly off Luke Richardson, as Atkinson got back to his feet, Richardson
felt the need to raise both hands and push Welfare’s number two to the ground,
the referee sent Richardson packing much to his disgust.
This was the turning
point in the game as the first half came to a halt with very few chances for
both sides.
Just as manager Brian
Johnston wants his team to play, Welfare started the second half with an
intense work rate and forced Thackley into mistakes.
The chances started to
come for Welfare as they made the extra man count with Stuart Gibbard coming
close, heading over from an inch perfect cross from Rollins.
An excellent piece of
play from Welfare broke the deadlock. Jay Rollins held the ball up for Danny
Taylor who played a defence splitting pass into Rollins, who took a touch and
placed the ball into the Thackley goal, his ninth goal of the season.
11 minutes later,
Welfare attacked once again with Stuart Preston, Danny Taylor squared the ball,
a missed shot from Gibbard fell into the path of captain fantastic, Craig
Morley, to slot home and double the home sides advantage.
The final whistle blew
and the reaction everyone involved in the club was hoping for. A second half
performance that stunned highflying Thackley, showed that Armthorpe are no push
overs.
Welfare travel to mid
table Basford United on Saturday, looking for back to back wins for the first
time since September.
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