Halifax Town 5 Northwich Victoria 3

By Highroadwellian
September 6 2003

The Shaymen from Halifax Town net five goals at the Shay to get back on track. Northwich Victoria never gives up as they net three goals of their own.

Match Report
September 6th

Town are rampant after last weeks poor performance at Barnet.
Great win but there are still major defensive weaknesses to bridge.
Killeen was my personal MOTM, he did everything with the ball today.
Cameron coming on for Lee was a wasted substitution. Cameron has no pace, can't jump and looks very dumb, send him back to Chester quick. Lee made intelligent runs, got in front of defenders and links up well with Elam and Killeen.
Midgley's set pieces were ineffective today, penalty apart.

1st Half
02 Midgley free kicked cleared by defence.
03 Killeen run in from left touchline, shot over.
05 First Town corner Garnett header into danger area defence clears.
06 First Northwich corner Foran heads over.
07 Snap shot from Lee well wide.
09 Cross for Lee heads back to Killeen, who is impeded in the box, nothing given.
12 Second Town corner Midgley to Monington who clambers over his marker.
16 1-0 Nice swift flowing movement from Lee to Elam, nice knock back for Killeen who has time to cooly place the ball under keeper Woods diving body.
21 Royle moves the ball forward and unleashes a long range shot just over.
23 Allan takes the ball down the left wing, cuts in easily, has a free shot Davies saves.
26 Midgley free kick finds Monington in the box, but he slips before he can get any purchase on it.
28 Mallon in from the right, but shot just over, good supporting play from Killeen and Lee.
31 2-0 Lee and Killeen playing ping pong in the Northwich box, Killeen heads goalwards and Elam nods it home downwards bounce to make sure.
39 A good long run from Elam causes havoc and he is pulled back inside the Northwich box by Blackburn who sees a yellow card. Puzzlingly the referee gives a free kick to Town on the line of the 18 yard box.
40 Resulting free kick from Midgley soars over the bar.
2nd Half
45 Shot over from Norwich 17 seconds into the second half. Stating their intentions early.
48 Long cross from Hockenhull finds Lee in the box who plays for Killeen, but the last defender clears.
49 3-0 After good interplay between Killeen and Mallon, releases Mallon on the right who crosses for Lee, right on head, Lee nods home confidently.
54 Killeen brought down by Royle after a good run. Free kick Midgley is wasted again.
63 3-1 Thompson receives a very long ball from Ward, looks off-side, but still has work to do, rounds Davies and slots it home.
65 3-2 Northwich are looking fast and dangerous, Brazier threads a lovely ball, through the centre of the Town defence for Garvey who rifles it in. Northwich are coming to life.
68 Lee releases Farrell on the left, but his resulting cross across the centre of the box is cleared.
69 Farrell is brought down in the box by Foran in front of keeper Woods, near the goal line.
70 4-2 Third time lucky penalty appeal. Midgley shoots left it agonisingly rolls in off Woods right post.
72 Killeen picks up a loose ball in own half and releases Cameron, his cross fails to reach Farrell.
73 5-2 Killeen wins another ball in the Northwich half, fires towards goal, it bounces back off Woods, who never really saw it, straight back to Killeen who drills it home at the second attempt. A wonder goal.
90-1 5-3 Northwich never give up, a strong shot from Barnard is parried by Davies, a great save, but falls out to Allan on the Northwich right who crosses for the unmarked Ward to tap home.
90+2 McAuley tries a shot from distance, well over the bar.


Halifax Town 5 (Killeen 16,73, Elam 31, Lee 49, Midgley pen 70)
Davies, Hockenhull, Sandwith, Bushell., Monington, Garnett, Mallon (Farrell 65), Midgley, Lee (Cameron 68), Killeen, Elam (85).
Unused Subs: Quinn, Price.
Yellow Cards: None
NorthwichVictoria 3 (Thompson 63, Garvey 65, Ward 90+1)
Woods, Royle, Brazier, Foran, Garvey (Norris 77), Thompson, Devlin, Blackburn (Owen 56), Barnard, Zico-Black (Ward 56), Allan.
Unused Subs: Connet, Woodyatt.
Yellow Cards: Blackburn, Royle
Attendance: 1440









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