BACK TO REPORTS

MATCH DETAILS:-

TEAM:-

REPORT:-

Skipper Jason Keith and fellow midfielder Gary Longmuir were both unavailable for this afternoons clash with local rivals Ferryhill. This of course meant that changes had to be made to the starting eleven that had secured such a comfortable victory last time out. We lined up with Andrews in goal, Fulton, Shaw, Robertson and N.Milne in defence. The midfield was formed by N.Wood, E.Milne, Morgan and M.Woods with G.Woods and Graham linked up front. Our subs were the experienced Michie and Marlow, alongside the youthful Sim and Merchant. A bright afternoon coupled with a stiff breeze made life a little difficult for our back four. The entire first half was played without too many scoring opportunities being created by either side and Halliburton failed to come anywhere near the level of performance produced against Bankhead. One near thing occurred mid way through the half when E.Milne struck the wood work then to balance it up Andrews had to look sharp when turning a free kick over the top. (H.T.0-0) The second half was to be become a much more strongly contested affair with a number of wayward challenges flying around. Morgan was pulled up for a meaty exchange wide left and Ferryhill were also taken to task on a number of occasions by the referee. We grabbed the lead in 70 mins after typical never say die play from N.Wood. The Ferryhill keeper played a short ball out to his chunky sweeper who took an eternity to control and decide what to do with the ball. Meanwhile Wood was closing him down from distance but in truth should never have been able to win the ball. Credit to the Halliman for his tenacity as he robbed the defender drew the advancing keeper and slotted the ball into the net. We now felt that if we could go on and score again then the game would be over, however we could not find the net again. We defended well enough Fulton was being given a torrid time by an experienced forward but did well to get back to clear in 75. Robertson and Shaw were looking comfortable through the middle and N.Milne was matching his man. His brother E.Milne then became embroiled in a niggle with his midfield opponent. We continued to look comfortable but without ever threatening the Ferryhill goal again. (F.T. 1-0). A good result against a stuffy side. No question that had we scored a second then we would have cruised to victory. The Hallitopman award this afternoon goes to Nic Wood , good display.