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Saturday 11th October, 2003 |
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying round |
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Wakefield & Emley 0 - 2 Hinckley United |
| Hinckley: |
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Taylor |
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Cartwright |
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Lenton |
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Crowley |
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Penny
(Goodwin 14mins) |
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Stone |
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Storer |
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Jackson
(Dyer 59mins) |
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Smith
(Piercewright 87mins) |
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Jenkins
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Murray |
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| Wakefield & Emley: |
| 1. |
Cuss |
| 2. |
Nicholson |
| 3. |
Selby |
| 4. |
Bullimore |
| 5. |
Hazeldon |
| 6. |
Bairstow |
| 7. |
Tonks
(Clarke 75mins) |
| 8. |
A Wilson |
| 9. |
Gledhill
(Manouses 46mins) |
| 10. |
M Wilson |
| 11. |
Fowler |
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| Goals: |
| Jenkins, 60 mins |
0 - 1 |
| Smith, 81 mins |
0 - 2 |
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| Half Time: |
0 - 0 |
| Full Time: |
0 - 2 |
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the Hird Dimension: |
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Hello my darlings, well from my stairlift in heaven I've been looking down on
you all, and in particular that lovely football team in red & blue. Me and
Jimi Hendrix love a bit of 'knitting' of an evening and we really can't wait for
Geri Halliwell to join us for a threesome. Knit one, Perl one, deary. So we
thought what better way to pass our time than to follow the Knitter's football
team.
There isn't that lovely, then. |
Are you all alright dears? Well coming from Lancashire as I do you can tell
this was more of an FA Cup game for me. When Jimi told me Hinckley were away at
Emley I thought he was talking about my great niece. I thought "what was she
doing in the Cup", but apparently he didn't mean Emily, he meant Wakefield
& Emley. Wakefield in Yorkshire! Only Harry Secombe knows this but I have a
red rose tattooed on my thigh! This was blood and history, wars of the roses and
cricket and everything. Jimi informed me that Emley was a town between Wakefield
and Huddersfield, and following a small piece of media hype decided to move
grounds to Wakefield, then losing their support in the process. 250 fans in a
ground of 10000, the 'Knitters hardcore' echoed all the way up here to the
Pearly Gates.
The match went pretty much true to the form. Hinckley weren't at their best in
the first half, but Emley did nothing. Absolutely nothing. Chris Smith could've
given Hinckley a dream start within the first 5 minutes, Jamie Lenton played him
in but having controlled the ball then mis-kicked it and Paul Cuss made the save.
15 minutes later Tom Goodwin, on as a substitute for the injured 'man mountain'
Andy Penny, played a defence splitting through ball for Shaun Murray to run onto.
Murray passed to Justin Jackson, who then dribbled around 2 defenders, but
couldn't get past the third as he was about to shoot on goal. Chances for Murray
and Jenkins came and went before an old fashioned goalmouth melee ended with
shots from Justin Jenkins, Chris Smith and the 'mop top middlefield rock' Gavin
Stone all being blocked in the confusion. Half time came goaless, with Hinckley
never threatened for the whole half. Jimi's opinion was that while Hinckley had
the better approach work and more possession they had failed to get the killer
touch in front of goal, he didn't comment on Emley because he didn't see them do
anything.
Second half started and it looked like both teams had been whipped up. Emley
began to push forward and this then left the space for Hinckley to open them up
around the back. That lovely young man Neil Cartwright went close with a free
kick before Hinckley finally took the lead. On the hour mark 'mop top middlefield
rock' Gavin Stone flicked on a corner and Justin Jenkins met it at the far post
to net from 6 yards out, 0-1 Hinckley. Then for the first time in the match Chris
Taylor had something to do, and didn't he do it well. Almost straight from the
restart, he was alert to tip away a Scott Clark chip and then from the corner he
made a superb reflex save to deny Mark Wilson. Emley had a couple more chances
before Hinckley hit them with the classic FA Cup breakaway winner. With Emley
pushing forward for the equaliser, Murray received the ball on the break and
raced towards the Emley goal. Murray let fly with a 'middlefield missile' that
Paul Cuss could only deflect into the path of Chris Smith. He calmly side stepped
a challenge and slotted the ball home for Hinckley's second goal. This killed
the game and Emley were glad for the final whistle to get it out of the way.
Final score 0-2 to Hinckley. Yessss, come on Lancyshire.
Jimi said it was a professional performance from Hinckley, only really doing
enough to win the tie, but never looking in trouble in the process. Hinckley
were obviously better than Emley in all areas on the pitch and it was only a
matter of time before they scored. Once they did Emley were always going to be
chasing and not looking like catching up. |
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