Bad Start To The Year

A very quiet game with little opportunities. The visitors mounted the first attack of the game when Paul Garvey timed his run pass the defence perfectly before keeper Mike Kinsella produced a good save to block the striker's effort.

Vauxhall took the lead seven minutes before the interval when Robbie Lawton's left-wing cross was met by the head of Motors centre half Craig Robinson who found the back of the net to set Vauxhall on the way.

Half Time: Vauxhall Motors 1-0 Ashton United

After the restart Vauxhall had a great chance to put the game virtually beyond Ashton when visiting keeper Daniel Trueman saved a close range effort from Peter Cumiskey. After that it was all Ashton and the game took a turn for the worse for The Motormen.

Then came an Ashton fight-back when full back Danny White finished of a goal mouth scramble when he struck home from close range.

With 15 minutes remaining another set-piece for Ashton game caused Vauxhall's problems. Craig Fleury whipped in a good ball that Dean Johnson flicked on and Ashton sub Phil Deeney scored with his first touch of the game.

Full Time: Vauxhall Motors 1-2 Ashton United

Man of the Match: Peter Cumiskey for showing good work rate throughout and creating most of Vauxhall's opportunities.

Teams:

Motors: Kinsella, Spellman, McDermott, Robinson, Cullen (Ward 70), Lynch, Nesbitt, Lawton, Fearns, Macauley (McCann 80), Cumiskey.