Acklam Football Club

Redcar Town ‘A’ v Acklam FC

Sunday 13^th January 2008

North Riding Tesco Cup Quarter Final

 

Acklam travelled to first division Redcar Town in the quarter finals of the Tesco Cup for what promised to be a very difficult tie

Acklam started very brightly indeed and took the game to their opponents with some confident passing and moving

Acklam had a lot of the early possession but couldn’t break through a very solid defence

Just after 10mins Redcar broke away down the right and a cross was miss judged by the Acklam defence and the Redcar player struck a great shot into the corner of the net

This give Redcar the impetus to take command of the game and only a good save from Michael Easton in the Acklam goal kept the score down

Redcar hit the bar with a looping header as they went in search of a second goal 

Half time: Redcar Town ‘A’ 1 v 0 Acklam FC 

Acklam tried to get into the game after the restart but were been closed down very quickly by a hard working Redcar team

The game was turning into a real midfield battle with both teams not able to create any clear cut chances

Redcar were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area and the shot went straight through to deceive the Acklam defence and goalkeeper

Acklam made a substitution by bringing a forward on for a defender and started to get a lot more possession and won a number of corners but Redcar’s defence were in a defiant mood

Joe Stubley had a shot just over the bar in Acklam’s only real attempt at goal

With 5mins remaining and Acklam pushing for a goal to give them some hope of getting back into the match they were caught out at the back and good combination play from the Redcar forwards resulted in a good low strike into the far corner 

Full time: Redcar Town ‘A’ 3 v 0 Acklam FC 

A very disappointing result but all the team can be very proud of what they have achieved in this years North Riding Cup

We have beaten 2 first division teams in this run to the quarter finals but sadly came up against a very good Redcar team in this game

We battled well on a tricky day weather wise but were beaten by the better side on the day, so no complaints from us

A special mention for Referee Tommy Turner who was fantastic throughout, he let the game flow and talked to all the players explaining decisions and giving great encouragement, I only wish all referees were as good as him.

 

MOM: Gavin Stubley the captain led by example and didn’t deserve to be on the losing side