MALTBY MAIN    3    GLASSHOUGHTON WELFARE    1  

AFTER THE DIZZY HEIGHTS OF FA CHALLENGE CUP FOOTBALL WELFARE RETURNED TO THE BREAD & BUTTER OF LEAGUE FOOTBALL ONLY TO PRODUCE A SHOCKING PERFORMANCE AGAINST LOWLY OPPONENTS AT A FOG BOUND MUGLET LANE

Main were in front after less than a minute, Darren Green being left spare in what appeared to be an offside position to go on and easily beat keeper Darren Holmes.  Welfare came back strongly and reduced the arrears on 13 minutes through Richard Dobson and appeared to be well in contention when once again a lack of concentration led to their downfall, a long punt from keeper Scott Hartley finding the visitors defence having pushed up and Main’s Daniel Parker capitalised on the space to cut in and once again give Holmes no chance to save.

As the fog thickened round the ground Welfare continued to give away hard won possession and it was no real surprise when a more determined Maltby went further ahead, the goal being credited to striker Scott Somerville, it being impossible from the dug outs to actually see any play in either goal mouth, and there was a serious consideration that the game should have been abandoned.

Team: Darren Holmes, Gareth Liversedge(John Haigh), Julian Wilkes, Richard Dobson, Paul Mattison, Darren Leech, Dominic Blair(Andy Seed), Danny King, Lee Parker, Andy Moore, Martin Woolford (Jason Bradley),