Hopefully a chance to see Haywood and 2 new players involved hopefully will make a difference wont be easy at Kidsgrove though UTA
Kidsgrove are a decent side. A draw might not be such a bad result to be honest.
It would be the start of getting it together so Yes a draw is fine for me but prefer 3 points lol UTA
Admission Prices confirmed as follows:
Adults: £10, Concessions: (Including Students, Armed Forces & NHS Workers): £5, 12-16 Year Olds: £2, Under 12’s: Admitted FREE.
Apologies in advance for the lack of a match preview as I have been in Leighton since Thursday night and the internet here is not great.
For those not attending the game, I will do my best to keep everyone updated with the score and any other relevant information.
Cheers Derek, your efforts are very much appreciated as always. Hope you are not in there for too long.
Witton team news and latest score updates will appear here as and when they become available.
Team news: Witton make four changes to the starting line beaten at Prescot Cables on Tuesday night. Lee Jackson comes in for the injured Ben Harrison whilst latest recruits Jamie Reed & Jordan Barrow make their debuts. Prince Haywood is unavailable due to his wedding whilst Jack Tinning has departed the club. Taylor Kennerley comes in but Kingsley Williams drops down to the bench. Vani Da Silva, Leslie Adekoya, Joshua Paterson, Sam Billington & Jordan Darlington are not involved.
Witton team:
Ollie Martin, Mike Koral, Taylor Kennerley, Lee Jackson, Oliver Hitchcox, Jordan Barrow, Harry McGee(Calum Huxley66mins), Cameron Fogerty, Joe Duckworth, Jamie Reed(Robbie Hatton67mins), Elliot Rokka(Kyle Riley76mins).
Subs: NOT USED: Kingsley Williams.
Albion one up at half time, 9th minute goal from Mike Koral. (Apologies for jumping in Derek).
Seems like Witton have had a couple of chances to increase their lead, but it’s now level with a Kidsgrove substitute netting almost immediately after coming on 
.
In added time, still one all but according to Kidsgrove’s twitter we’ve managed to miss an open goal.
Final score 1 - 1.
50 /50 first half but we had the better chances, second half we didn’t start till 30 minutes gone and it looked like a defeat looming but we finally got going and should have won it! Duckworth missing a sitter and then hitting the post with a very good free-kick. Barrow looked good addition and Huxley on as sub played well I thought. Reed didn’t look match sharp but set up the first goal. Tinning has moved on and Haywood was getting married and Williams/Harrison injured, so now we need a left back but with everyone fit its looking better. UTA
A lot better today, need to take our chances. Thought Barrow was excellent in the holding role. We’ve had some tough games early doors but hopefully we’ll start to pick up points.
One point is the kit situation. Why do we need to wear our purple away kit every game. Today was embarrassing with Kidsgrove having to wear their away shirts. Why change to our away kit when our iconic red and white stripes dont clash.
I put the kit in to the ref 2 wks ago and he said it was fine …
But it wasn’t so i appolgize it was my mistake
Agreed CJ midfield looked better with the big man in there we could have won this game with a bit more luck we are still getting over run at times but an improvement
Any news on Ben’s return? Why and where has Tinning gone?
Not your mistake if the ref had OKd it beforehand. Although I have to agree with @Charliebel, we should always play in the traditional strip unless there is a clash. Never understood the fad for ‘away’ kits, always struck me as just a money-making gimmick by the big professional clubs.
Ben said he hopes to be fit for next week.
Understand Tinning is to join AFC Bury after they put in 7 days notice for him. Presumably money talks!
Although they had more posession, particularly on the second half, we created the more clear cut chances.
Agree that Darlington gave us much needed physical presence and know-how as the holding midfield player.
Good move for our goal, in which Reed played his part.
As well as the missed chances there were also several occasions when a slightly earlier pass from the midfield could have created further chances.
The half-time tannoy announcement that foul language would not be tolerated was obviously missed by their manager who was effing and jeffing throughout the second half!
Overall pleased to get a draw and something to build on.