The Latest from Church Lane
Senior Cup Drawn
The draw for the Notts FA Senior Cup has been drawn. We face former CMFL Premier and NSL new boys Newark Flowserve away. We are scheduled to play on October 3rd in a 2:30pm kick off.
Linby CW FC Res 2 Bilborough Town 1
J. Scott, M. Duffin
The Reserves picked up their first points of the season with a 2-1 victory over relegated Bilborough Town. Johnny Scott put Linby in front with a fine individual goal after 20 mins, calmy rolling it under the keeper.
Linby battled well playing a new wing back formation, but Ricky Beardsley equalised straight after half time, as a cleared corner dropped to the corner of the 18 yard box and he fired it through a crowd and in.
Mitchell Duffin scored the winner with a great strike from distance hard and low into the net.
Captain Ross Horton at the back was excellent but young Peel in an unfamiliar wing back position was superb and was given the MOM award.
Linby CW FC 3 Attenborough FC 2
A. Keetley, J. Wright, K. McDermott
After Saturday’s battling victory over neighbours Hucknall Rolls Leisure, managers Matt Keetley and Kez Dean again had to shuffle the pack. Joining Jake Keetley and Martyn Gould on the sidelines were Nathan George and Darren Dickens, with Nick Davies unavailable through work. In came John Dilnot and James Hargreaves for their first competitive starts for the club and Julien Wright had sufficiently recovered from his bout of swine flu to partner Kyle McDermott up top.
Linby began the match playing up the hill and looking into a setting sun. The hill is never easy to defend and the low sun made it difficult for the defence to judge long balls aimed at the Attenborough forwards of Oldham and Constable. In a first half of cat and mouse, both sides managed to get behind the opposition defences with just the final ball lacking. With neither side really testing the ‘keeper, the deadlock was broken by a strike of pure quality. Dave Elson strode out of defence before laying the ball wide to Jonty Bradshaw who set Julien Wright away down the right flank. Julien pulled the ball back to the edge of the area before being unceremoniously dumped in the shrubbery. Julien therefore missed the dividends of his hard work, as an onrushing Ash Keetley drove the ball low and hard and in off the ‘keeper’s left hand post to put Linby 1-0 up. A strike right out of the top drawer. HT 1-0
Linby started the second half in distinct contrast to the first. Lethargic and poor in possession, Linby quickly got a wake up call. A half clearance was picked up by Spencer who threaded a ball through to Steve Oldham. Under pressure from Dave Elson, he managed to squeeze a shot away that beat Craig Lear on his near post and equal the scores. With this kick up the backside, Linby again started to play. With most joy in the first half coming from the right, it was no surprise that 2 quick goals came from that source. Firstly, Julien Wright combined well with Jonty Bradshaw who in turn fed Kyle McDermott. As he advanced into the box the ball got stuck under his feet and in the ‘keeper’s haste to get to the ball he dumped Kyle on his backside for a stonewall penalty. Up stepped Julien Wright who calmly sent the ‘keeper the wrong way to put Linby 2-1 up. Two minutes later it was 3. Julien Wright came deep to retrieve the ball and sent Kyle McDermott scampering away down the right channel. With much to do, Kyle cut in from the right and struck a curling left foot shot that nestled into the back of the net.
Several changes were made as Matt Rick replaced Ash Keetley and Ross Horton and Clint Dancer replaced defenders Dave Elson and Mark Robinson respectively. One of the substitutes, Clint Dancer, should have put the game to bed, but we can only assume he shut his eyes as he put a free header from Kyle McDermott’s corner wide. As Linby again took their foot off the gas, Attenborough threw men forward looking to salvage something from the game. With the defence at sixes and sevens, Ross Horton was left with 2 men at the back post, where Constable’s scuffed shot deceived Craig Lear and rested in the back of the net. Sniffing a point Attenborough went all out, throwing centre half Alex Oldham up front to partner his brother. The Linby back line however managed to hold firm for the 3 points.
Linby made this much harder than it ever should have been. At 3-1 the game should have been sewn up. The side will have to learn from this and be more ruthless in future.
Line-Up (4-4-2)
Lear/
Robinson Dilnot Elson Hargreaves/
Bradshaw P.Campbell Martin A.Keetley/
McDermott Wright
Subs:
Rick (A.Keetley 70)
Dancer (Elson 75)
Horton (Robinson 78)
MOM Martin
The game was visited by Groundhopper Sticky Palms so look out for his match report
After Saturday’s battling victory over neighbours Hucknall Rolls Leisure, managers Matt Keetley and Kez Dean again had to shuffle the pack. Joining Jake Keetley and Martyn Gould on the sidelines were Nathan George and Darren Dickens, with Nick Davies unavailable through work. In came John Dilnot and James Hargreaves for their first competitive starts for the club and Julien Wright had sufficiently recovered from his bout of swine flu to partner Kyle McDermott up top.
Linby began the match playing up the hill and looking into a setting sun. The hill is never easy to defend and the low sun made it difficult for the defence to judge long balls aimed at the Attenborough forwards of Oldham and Constable. In a first half of cat and mouse, both sides managed to get behind the opposition defences with just the final ball lacking. With neither side really testing the ‘keeper, the deadlock was broken by a strike of pure quality. Dave Elson strode out of defence before laying the ball wide to Jonty Bradshaw who set Julien Wright away down the right flank. Julien pulled the ball back to the edge of the area before being unceremoniously dumped in the shrubbery. Julien therefore missed the dividends of his hard work, as an onrushing Ash Keetley drove the ball low and hard and in off the ‘keeper’s left hand post to put Linby 1-0 up. A strike right out of the top drawer. HT 1-0
Linby started the second half in distinct contrast to the first. Lethargic and poor in possession, Linby quickly got a wake up call. A half clearance was picked up by Spencer who threaded a ball through to Steve Oldham. Under pressure from Dave Elson, he managed to squeeze a shot away that beat Craig Lear on his near post and equal the scores. With this kick up the backside, Linby again started to play. With most joy in the first half coming from the right, it was no surprise that 2 quick goals came from that source. Firstly, Julien Wright combined well with Jonty Bradshaw who in turn fed Kyle McDermott. As he advanced into the box the ball got stuck under his feet and in the ‘keeper’s haste to get to the ball he dumped Kyle on his backside for a stonewall penalty. Up stepped Julien Wright who calmly sent the ‘keeper the wrong way to put Linby 2-1 up. Two minutes later it was 3. Julien Wright came deep to retrieve the ball and sent Kyle McDermott scampering away down the right channel. With much to do, Kyle cut in from the right and struck a curling left foot shot that nestled into the back of the net.
Several changes were made as Matt Rick replaced Ash Keetley and Ross Horton and Clint Dancer replaced defenders Dave Elson and Mark Robinson respectively. One of the substitutes, Clint Dancer, should have put the game to bed, but we can only assume he shut his eyes as he put a free header from Kyle McDermott’s corner wide. As Linby again took their foot off the gas, Attenborough threw men forward looking to salvage something from the game. With the defence at sixes and sevens, Ross Horton was left with 2 men at the back post, where Constable’s scuffed shot deceived Craig Lear and rested in the back of the net. Sniffing a point Attenborough went all out, throwing centre half Alex Oldham up front to partner his brother. The Linby back line however managed to hold firm for the 3 points.
Linby made this much harder than it ever should have been. At 3-1 the game should have been sewn up. The side will have to learn from this and be more ruthless in future.
Line-Up (4-4-2)
Lear/
Robinson Dilnot Elson Hargreaves/
Bradshaw P.Campbell Martin A.Keetley/
McDermott Wright
Subs:
Rick (A.Keetley 70)
Dancer (Elson 75)
Horton (Robinson 78)
MOM Martin
The game was visited by Groundhopper Sticky Palms so look out for his match report
Intermediate Cup Drawn
The first round of the Notts FA Intermediate Cup has been drawn. The Reserves have a tough fixture away at Church Warsop Miners Welfare. This game will be played on the 26th September. The 1st XI still await news of their draw in the Notts FA Senior Cup.
Linby CW FC 1 Hucknall Rolls Leisure 0
D. Elson
“Luck is always to blame.” – French Poet Jean de la Fontaine,
“The champion makes his own luck.” – American Football Coach Red Blaik
“In my experience, there is no such thing as luck.” - Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars
Many a quote or saying has been written or spoken on the issue of luck. In Saturday’s local derby many may say that Linby Colliery Welfare had a huge slice of luck.
As per last season the fixture randomiser threw up a tasty local encounter early doors. Linby’s number 1 football club versus Hucknall’s newly crowned number 2 football club. On a hot August day a sizeable crowd were at the Lane to watch as Linby met a rested and fresh Rolls Leisure side. Several enforced changes had to be made to the Linby starting eleven with Jake Keetley and Martyn Gould out through injury and Julien Wright not fully fit after his bout of swine flu. With just one recognizable striker available at kick off, the side lined up 4-5-1 with Kyle McDermott the lone striker, Nick Davies on the left, Darren Dickens reverting to left back and Ash Keetley joining the returning Simon Martin and Pete Campbell in midfield.
Defending the hill first half, Linby were always going to be up against it. With no real outlet for the defence and Rolls’ Soar being allowed to use his right foot wand from the back, possession was never going to be in Linby’s favour. Graft was the order of the day. Whilst some sides had already played a couple of league matches, Rolls were fresh from a further weeks’ rest and they quickly put the home side under pressure with Soar looking to pick out the runs of both Rennicks and Start. Numerous free kicks and corners came Roll’s way, but their air of predictability made it easy for the home side to deal with.
Rolls were aggrieved not to have a spot kick after 20 minutes after a surging run from Andy Start down the left. Nathan George tracked the run of Start and as he fell theatrically just inside the box, the referee pointed to the corner flag. Rolls came close minutes later as Rennicks' free kick from the left was tipped on to the post by Craig Lear and away to safety. Rennicks should have done better from close range as a long ball from Soar evaded Dave Elson, but he could only strike the ball straight at Craig Lear and away for a corner. As the half drew to a close, another carbon copy free kick to the back post was headed in by Soar, but was chalked off due to a push by the same player on Nathan George. HT 0-0
After successfully negotiating the slope, Linby resorted to a more familiar 4-4-2, with Ash Keetley joining Kyle McDermott up top. The only goal of the game came only 8 minutes into the second half and from an unlikely source. A long free kick from Simon Martin evaded everyone and fell into Rolls ‘keeper Neil Waters’ hands. In what can only be described as a moment of madness, Waters hastily thumped the ball forward only to see it cannon off Dwayne Soar’s backside. The ball fell kindly to Dave Elson who calmly slotted the ball into the Rolls net.
Rolls could and should have been level within minutes as they broke quickly from a Linby corner and managed to free up Dan Lee who wasted a glorious 1-on-1 chance, lofting the ball weekly over Craig Lear and over the bar. The ever hungry and man of the match, Kyle McDermott then went on a surging run at the heart of the Rolls defence before unleashing a venomous drive that had Waters stranded. Expecting the back of the net to ripple, the ball cannoned off the bar and away to safety.
With time running out, Rolls had several strikes from distance, as shots from Lee, Short and Betteridge all cleared the Linby bar or were straight at Lear. Rolls did have the ball in the back of the Linby net, but Start was rightly flagged offside. With pressure continuing till the final whistle, Linby held firm to keep a clean sheet and 3 points. FT 1-0
With only one recognizable striker available at 3pm, this was always going to be a battle. Rolls can point to their greater possession and chances, but a resolute defence and dogged determination saw Linby home to their first points of the season.
Line-Up (4-5-1)
Lear/
Robinson Elson George Dickens/
Bradshaw A.Keetley P.Campbell Martin Davies/
McDermott
Subs:
Rick (A.Keetley 65)
Hargreaves (Dickens 73)
MOM McDermott
AFC Beeston 7 Linby CW FC Res 1
A heavy defeat for the second string against a very strong AFC Beeston side. The solitary Linby goal coming from Ross Horton.
Teammates with Andrew Corthorn
First up is Physio and Social Sec Andrew ‘Screech’ Corthorn.
Position: Physio.
Best Trainer: Dave Elson.
Worst Trainer: Craig Lear.
Most Skillful: Jonty Bradshaw or Nick Davies.
Least Skillful: Glenn Guyatt, looks like Bambi when he runs.
Fastest: Kyle McDermott or Julien Wright.
Slowest: Ellis, as I can still catch him after his Notts County jibes.
The Joker: Dale Raynor with his mum jokes, brilliant……
Most Intelligent: Martyn Gould.
Least Intelligent: Dicko.
Best Dress Sense: Have you seen our nights out…no one!
Worst Dress Sense: Simon martin, Jesus!
Linby CW FC Res 4 Grassmoor Sunday FC 0
Comfortable victory with goals for Mitchell Duffin (2), Matt Rick and the returning makeshift striker Johnny Scott.
BBQ at the Lane
To coincide with the first home game of the season for the first team and particularly with us expecting a bumper crowd due to the visit of local rivals Hucknall Rolls Leisure, there will be an all day/night BBQ.
Basford Utd 4 Linby CW FC 0
Recipe for opening league game defeat. Meet one strong, physical title contending side, add a weak and poor referee, throw in 2 quick injuries and a well below par performance, result a 4-0 defeat.
After an unbeaten pre-season run with good wins against 'higher ranked opposition', the squad were buoyant ahead of the game. After a couple of early scares, the sparring between the sides was halted when Martyn Gould went down under an innocuous challenge. Straight away he feared a recurrence of his ACL injury, from which he had only just returned after a 2 year lay off. Jake Keetley was also withdrawn due to a recurrent rib injury picked up playing Sunday football. Replacing them were Tom Campbell and Darren Dickens, with Kyle McDermott moving to the centre of midfield and Darren Dickens partnering Julien Wright up top. This unexpected change clearly disrupted the side and with no main striker to hold the ball up, the defence was going deeper and deeper under the pressure. Despite this the game could have changed when Basford ‘keeper Curtis MacDonald raced out to clear a through ball only for it to rise up and strike what the referee believed to be his arm. Now in modern day football that could be deemed a red card, especially as Julien Wright was behind him and would have been through on goal. The lenient referee deemed it only a talking to? The Linby defence finally cracked midway through the half as a poorly headed clearance fell to Jon Bower who fed John Manders to crash home from just inside the box. It was quickly two as Will Heath fed John Manders who twisted and turned 2 defenders to then fire across Craig Lear. But for the linesman’s flag, Manders would have had a first half hattrick and Linby were thankful for the half time whistle. HT 2 – 0
Despite the half time team talk, Linby started the second half slowly. Walker and Manders were a constant menace, but they failed to capitalise on several half chances and corners. Linby started to get a footing in the game, as Julien Wright managed to wriggle free on a couple of occasions and Darren Dickens headed over a Tom Campbell corner. Another bizarre refereeing decision had a hand in Linby going 3 down. As Julien Wright burst to the bye line, he pulled the ball back for Dickens whose goal bound shot was deflected wide and towards the corner flag. Despite this the referee gave a goal kick. From this punted goal kick Basford managed to free Ash Murdoch who fed Lewis Johnson just inside the box and he shot across Craig Lear into the far corner. Linby still had a few chances to get on the score sheet as Kyle McDermott twice went close and Dave Elson shot straight at MacDonald on a surge forward. Basford compounded a miserable night for Linby as Austin Wallace managed to get free down the middle and slide the ball past Craig Lear despite the best attempts of Nathan George to clear. FT 4 - 0
A very disappointing evening for Linby after such a positive pre season. The side will have to quickly pick itself up with the visit of local rivals Hucknall Rolls Leisure on Saturday.
Line-Up (4-4-2)
Lear/
Robinson Dancer George Elson/
Bradshaw P.Campbell J.Keetley McDermott/
Gould Wright
Subs:
T.Campbell (J.keetley 20)
Dickens (Gould 20)
Dilnot
Hargreaves
A.Keetley
After an unbeaten pre-season run with good wins against 'higher ranked opposition', the squad were buoyant ahead of the game. After a couple of early scares, the sparring between the sides was halted when Martyn Gould went down under an innocuous challenge. Straight away he feared a recurrence of his ACL injury, from which he had only just returned after a 2 year lay off. Jake Keetley was also withdrawn due to a recurrent rib injury picked up playing Sunday football. Replacing them were Tom Campbell and Darren Dickens, with Kyle McDermott moving to the centre of midfield and Darren Dickens partnering Julien Wright up top. This unexpected change clearly disrupted the side and with no main striker to hold the ball up, the defence was going deeper and deeper under the pressure. Despite this the game could have changed when Basford ‘keeper Curtis MacDonald raced out to clear a through ball only for it to rise up and strike what the referee believed to be his arm. Now in modern day football that could be deemed a red card, especially as Julien Wright was behind him and would have been through on goal. The lenient referee deemed it only a talking to? The Linby defence finally cracked midway through the half as a poorly headed clearance fell to Jon Bower who fed John Manders to crash home from just inside the box. It was quickly two as Will Heath fed John Manders who twisted and turned 2 defenders to then fire across Craig Lear. But for the linesman’s flag, Manders would have had a first half hattrick and Linby were thankful for the half time whistle. HT 2 – 0
Despite the half time team talk, Linby started the second half slowly. Walker and Manders were a constant menace, but they failed to capitalise on several half chances and corners. Linby started to get a footing in the game, as Julien Wright managed to wriggle free on a couple of occasions and Darren Dickens headed over a Tom Campbell corner. Another bizarre refereeing decision had a hand in Linby going 3 down. As Julien Wright burst to the bye line, he pulled the ball back for Dickens whose goal bound shot was deflected wide and towards the corner flag. Despite this the referee gave a goal kick. From this punted goal kick Basford managed to free Ash Murdoch who fed Lewis Johnson just inside the box and he shot across Craig Lear into the far corner. Linby still had a few chances to get on the score sheet as Kyle McDermott twice went close and Dave Elson shot straight at MacDonald on a surge forward. Basford compounded a miserable night for Linby as Austin Wallace managed to get free down the middle and slide the ball past Craig Lear despite the best attempts of Nathan George to clear. FT 4 - 0
A very disappointing evening for Linby after such a positive pre season. The side will have to quickly pick itself up with the visit of local rivals Hucknall Rolls Leisure on Saturday.
Line-Up (4-4-2)
Lear/
Robinson Dancer George Elson/
Bradshaw P.Campbell J.Keetley McDermott/
Gould Wright
Subs:
T.Campbell (J.keetley 20)
Dickens (Gould 20)
Dilnot
Hargreaves
A.Keetley
Teammates
From Saturday, 'Teammates' will feature in the programme where players will answer questions on their, you've guessed it teammates. This week see's physio and social secretary Andrew 'Screech' Corthorn give his opinion on his club mates. For those that can't get to the game or the programmes have hopefully all sold out, you will be able to view Screech's answers next week on the club website.
1st Team Player Stats
| Apps | MOM | League | NFA Cup | NSL Cup | Total | |
| Craig Lear | 31 | |||||
| Jake Keetley | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Elson | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nick Davies | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ross Horton | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Campbell | 22 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Mark Robinson | 21 | |||||
| Darren Dickens | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| James Hargreaves | 20 | |||||
| Ross Cheeseman | 19 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Nathan George | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kyle McDermott | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ashley Keetley | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Ellis | 13 | |||||
| Julien Wright | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Richard Peel | 11 | |||||
| Spencer Goff | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Simon Martin | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Jonty Bradshaw | 9 | |||||
| Johnny Scott | 8 | |||||
| Steve Thompson | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Morgan Whitehurst | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| David Hardy | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Jamie Start | 6 | |||||
| Luke Parker | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tom Campbell | 5 | |||||
| John Dilnot | 5 | |||||
| Tom Walters | 5 | |||||
| Bobby Harrison | 4 | |||||
| Andrew Corthorn | 3 | |||||
| Clint Dancer | 3 | |||||
| Tee Ebanks | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Sean Middleton | 3 | |||||
| Matt Rick | 3 | |||||
| Liam Atter | 2 | |||||
| Jamie Brown | 2 | |||||
| Tom Endy | 2 | |||||
| Connor Hamilton | 2 | |||||
| Glenn Guyatt | 2 | |||||
| Luke Parkin | 2 | |||||
| Szewczuk | 2 | |||||
| Jonathon Archer | 1 | |||||
| Kez Dean | 1 | |||||
| Shane Fitzpatrick | 1 | |||||
| Martyn Gould | 1 | |||||
| Richard Howell | 1 | |||||
| James Logan | 1 | |||||
| James McBride | 1 | |||||
| Craig Orridge | 1 | |||||
| Paul Randle | 1 | |||||
| Dale Raynor | 1 | |||||
| Lee Weir | 1 |
Linby CWFC Res 1 Nottinghamshire FC 5
T. Endy
It was 0-0 until the 58th minute, when 4 individual defensive mistakes cost Linby CWFC Reserves the game.
Matt Rick was a constant thorn in the side of the visitors and had 3 good chances in the first half. Ash Wards fledgling team were made to pay for costly errors in the second half.
Tom Endy pulled a consolation goal back on 80 mins, scoring straight from a corner.
Line up
(4-4-2)
Guyatt/
Scott, Howell, Horton, Mason/
Brown, Fitzpatrick, Ellis, Walters/
Rick, Ingram
SUBS
Clark (for Mason 45m)
Endy (for Brown 60m)
Duffin (for Walters 65m)
MOM Ross Horton
It was 0-0 until the 58th minute, when 4 individual defensive mistakes cost Linby CWFC Reserves the game.
Matt Rick was a constant thorn in the side of the visitors and had 3 good chances in the first half. Ash Wards fledgling team were made to pay for costly errors in the second half.
Tom Endy pulled a consolation goal back on 80 mins, scoring straight from a corner.
Line up
(4-4-2)
Guyatt/
Scott, Howell, Horton, Mason/
Brown, Fitzpatrick, Ellis, Walters/
Rick, Ingram
SUBS
Clark (for Mason 45m)
Endy (for Brown 60m)
Duffin (for Walters 65m)
MOM Ross Horton
Linby CW FC 2 Southwell City 1
P. Campbell, Trialist
After a practice game on Tuesday evening and the bruising 2-2 draw with Ollerton on Thursday evening, this was to be the third game in 5 days for several of the players. Maybe it was this fact, but more highly likely the previous evenings club night out at Jongleurs, that meant only a squad of 14 was available for this match. Without a recognisable centre forward in the squad, Darren Dickens and Daniel Ellis were thrown the number 9 and 10 shirts respectively. Craig Lear who despite a probable lack of sleep due to the birth on Thursday of his son William, was between the sticks.
Under a blazing sun, with many sweating out the previous night's beer and many changes to the line-up, understandably Linby again started slow and yet again went a goal down. With many players stopping expecting the linesman's flag, Southwell's Number 6 Gilly linked up well with his Gaffer Mark Nangle to place a well hit shot inside Craig Lear's right hand post from the edge of the box. Lear then made a couple of saves racing from his line before Linby started to get a footing in the game. Linby had a couple of forays down the wings that came to little, until Linby's trialist on the day broke free down the left. Getting to the bye line and cutting in, his cross was met by Darren Dickens who teed up Pete Campbell to slot past his former club of 13 years. Now starting to take control of the game, Linby scored what proved to be the decisive goal shortly before half time. As the Southwell backline were hurried to clear, the ball fell to Linby's trialist who took a touch before calmly shooting high over the 'keeper into the far top corner. HT 2-1
The second half saw the sides make many changes as the small squads tired under the blazing sun. In a second half of little note, Linby hung on for the last 10 minutes as several players faded in the energy sapping heat, with Nangle going close on a couple of occassions. FT 2-1.
Another good work out for the side and an unbeaten pre-season schedule against several 'higher ranked' clubs. We now have to wait till the 18th August before we face a much fancied Basford Utd away at Greenwich Avenue.
After a practice game on Tuesday evening and the bruising 2-2 draw with Ollerton on Thursday evening, this was to be the third game in 5 days for several of the players. Maybe it was this fact, but more highly likely the previous evenings club night out at Jongleurs, that meant only a squad of 14 was available for this match. Without a recognisable centre forward in the squad, Darren Dickens and Daniel Ellis were thrown the number 9 and 10 shirts respectively. Craig Lear who despite a probable lack of sleep due to the birth on Thursday of his son William, was between the sticks.
Under a blazing sun, with many sweating out the previous night's beer and many changes to the line-up, understandably Linby again started slow and yet again went a goal down. With many players stopping expecting the linesman's flag, Southwell's Number 6 Gilly linked up well with his Gaffer Mark Nangle to place a well hit shot inside Craig Lear's right hand post from the edge of the box. Lear then made a couple of saves racing from his line before Linby started to get a footing in the game. Linby had a couple of forays down the wings that came to little, until Linby's trialist on the day broke free down the left. Getting to the bye line and cutting in, his cross was met by Darren Dickens who teed up Pete Campbell to slot past his former club of 13 years. Now starting to take control of the game, Linby scored what proved to be the decisive goal shortly before half time. As the Southwell backline were hurried to clear, the ball fell to Linby's trialist who took a touch before calmly shooting high over the 'keeper into the far top corner. HT 2-1
The second half saw the sides make many changes as the small squads tired under the blazing sun. In a second half of little note, Linby hung on for the last 10 minutes as several players faded in the energy sapping heat, with Nangle going close on a couple of occassions. FT 2-1.
Another good work out for the side and an unbeaten pre-season schedule against several 'higher ranked' clubs. We now have to wait till the 18th August before we face a much fancied Basford Utd away at Greenwich Avenue.
Linby CW FC 2 Ollerton Town 2
J. Wright, T. Campbell
Same score line as last season's friendly between the sides. Linby went a goal down early on when a needlessly conceded free kick wide on the left was sloppily defended. After again taking time to settle, the side started to create a few chances, notably a miss from close range by Jake Keetley. Julien Wright then scored a goal out of nothing as he shrugged off the attentions of the last defender to race away and nonchalently chip the 'keeper from an acute angle. Not long after Julien was sent away by Kyle McDermott's pass as Linby broke from an Ollerton corner. This time Julien passed to Tom Campbell who slotted past the keeper. HT. 2-1
Linby came out strong in the second half and nearly put the tie to bed as both Kyle McDermott and Julien Wright had chances in quick concession. Wholesale changes were made and as is usually the case the side lost it's way a bit, particularly with some rough tactics starting to be employed by the opposition. With about 10 minutes to go, Ricky Chambers pounced at the far post at the second attempt to snatch a draw for Ollerton. Full Time 2-2.
Two harsh accounts of the game here - ontheroad2009-2010 the66pow
A good physical work out for the side. Next up Southwell City at Church Lane on Saturday 8th August, 3pm K.O.
Same score line as last season's friendly between the sides. Linby went a goal down early on when a needlessly conceded free kick wide on the left was sloppily defended. After again taking time to settle, the side started to create a few chances, notably a miss from close range by Jake Keetley. Julien Wright then scored a goal out of nothing as he shrugged off the attentions of the last defender to race away and nonchalently chip the 'keeper from an acute angle. Not long after Julien was sent away by Kyle McDermott's pass as Linby broke from an Ollerton corner. This time Julien passed to Tom Campbell who slotted past the keeper. HT. 2-1
Linby came out strong in the second half and nearly put the tie to bed as both Kyle McDermott and Julien Wright had chances in quick concession. Wholesale changes were made and as is usually the case the side lost it's way a bit, particularly with some rough tactics starting to be employed by the opposition. With about 10 minutes to go, Ricky Chambers pounced at the far post at the second attempt to snatch a draw for Ollerton. Full Time 2-2.
Two harsh accounts of the game here - ontheroad2009-2010 the66pow
A good physical work out for the side. Next up Southwell City at Church Lane on Saturday 8th August, 3pm K.O.
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