A
well placed Kieran Benson header wasn’t enough for Welfare to take all three
points on the road this afternoon at Inkersall Road.
Welfare made the short trip down the M1
this afternoon, still cleaning their wounds after conceding a late equalizer
last weekend against Glasshoughton Welfare.
Manager Brian Johnston struggled to make up
the numbers today, only naming three subs on the bench.
Welfare stated the brighter of the two
teams, causing trouble down the left hand side through Jay Rollins. Rollins’s
pace was slowly becoming an issue for Staveley’s James Caulbeck who struggled
to cope all game.
But the first action of the half took 24
minutes to come through Rollins, the striker picked the ball up out wide on the
left and jinked inside the full back, but unfortunately his shot was seen wide
by Ben Townsend in the home side’s goal.
Staveley then started to get a foot in the
game and after some dangerous play in the box, a deflection off defender Josh
Gibbons saw Welfare’s keeper, Will Biggs, forced into a fantastic reflex save
to keep the tie level.
Welfare started force the young Staveley
side into mistakes and James Walker capitalized on some free space, firing a
venomous shot just over the bar, the goal you felt was coming.
Then 9 minutes before the half time
whistle, Welfare broke the deadlock through winger Kieran Benson.
A 20 yard curling shot from Rollins rattled
the post, striker Darren Mansaram picked up the rebound and chipped the ball
into the middle and there was Benson to head home from 7 yards.
But then, from the restart Welfare switched
off. A foul committed on midfielder Brad Johnston wasn’t given and the home
capitalized through top scorer, Josh Scully, who struck a thunderbolt of a
right footed shot into the top right hand corner of Biggs goal.
There were chances for the home side before
the half time break but failed to take their chances.
The second half wasn’t as eventful as the
first, as Welfare struggled to find their feet from the whistle.
Once again keeper Biggs was on hand to keep
his side level on 59 minutes, after clawing away a shot that looked destined to
hit the netting.
Welfare were creating chances but struggled
to put the ball away after subbing off top scorer Jay Rollins early in the
second half.
But nevertheless, Armthorpe dug in and
ground out a hard working point away from Church Street, their second draw on
the road this season.
Its now no win in seven games for Welfare
who have a busy run in of fixtures in the next two weeks, with two mid week
rearranged fixtures against Nostell Welfare and Athersley Recreation.
Armthorpe Welfare XI: Biggs (GK), Tunney,
Gibbons, Garner (C), Taylor, Benson, Walker, Johnston, Aspinall, Rollins (Ryan,
63 mins), Mansaram.
Staveley Miners Welfare XI: Townsend (GK),
Caulbeck, Finlaw, Jukes, Hill, Dickson, Hague, Scully (Meachin, 51 mins), Flint
(Goodwin, 74 mins), Smith (C) (Wafula, 68 mins), Trench.
Referee: Jason Tyas
Assistant: Steven Holroyd
Assistant: Aaron Bannister
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