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Team news: Witton make one change to the starting line-up beaten at Hyde United last weekend. Cesaire Lingouba comes in for River Humphreys who misses out through injury. Billy Smart returns to the squad after completing his suspension but starts on the bench alongside new signing Osebi Abadaki. James Yates is not involved.
Greg Hall, Anthony Gardner, Matty Devine, Josh Wardle, Cesaire Lingouba, Will Booth, Danny McKenna, Tom Owens, Rob Hopley, Will Jones, James Foley.
Subs: Billy Smart, Jordan Cobley, Osebi Abadaki.
City midfielder David Norris gets one pelted at his face from close range on 5 minutes. Good start.
Yellow card:
Lancaster City’s Rob Henry on 8 minutes for a foul.
Big call for a penalty on 10 minutes as Witton put a long throw in the box. Waved straight away.
Yellow card:
Witton’s Will Jones on 16 minutes for a foul on City keeper Jack Sims.
The Dolly Blues go close on 24 minutes as Albion keeper Greg Hall tips one just over for a City corner.
30 minutes played - City really looking for the opener, Paul Dugdale does well down the left and forces another corner which is dealt with by the Albion defence.
Chance for the home side on 43 minutes- Corner comes in and headed towards goal only to be denied by Greg Hall in the Albion goal. As good a save you’ll see all season.
Half Time Score from Giant Axe Stadium:
Lancaster City 0 Witton Albion 0.
Attendance: 267.
Chance for the Dolly Blues on 69 minutes as Rob Wilson finds space on the edge of the box and fires for the top corner. Saved again by Greg Hall in the Albion goal.
Another Chance for the home side on 78 minutes - A Free-kick delivered with the header glancing inches wide.
GOAL
Latest Score from Giant Axe Stadium:
Lancaster City 1 Witton Albion 0.
The Dolly Blues score in the 90th minute through Paul Dawson - following a goalmouth scramble after a corner.
Witton Substitution:
Cesaire Lingouba replaced by Osebi Abadaki on 90+1 minutes.
Full Time Score from Giant Axe Stadium:
Lancaster City 1 Witton Albion 0.
Did we ever get into their half . Seems like Hall kept the score down again .
That was my thinking exactly, all the updates appeared to suggest they dominated the game.
Highlights of the game at Lancaster City.
Almost same match report as vs Hyde, battled hard in atrocious conditions, missed River again - mainly beacuse Rob Hopley was not upfront and due to that We offered nothing going forward, we could have easily put all three subs on to try to change what looked inevitable as Lancaster dominated the second half with several of our players looking shattered in the bad conditions but we changed nothing and got the result we did, a biit unlucky that it was in the 90th minute but Lnacaster battered on the door again and again and Greg Hall kept them at bay with 4-5 great saves.The conditions helped them in that they were more direct and were more physical than us so the really heavy and wet conditions did not help us play football but it is a hard watch for the witton faithful and for Me it was one Manager trying to win a game and one trying not to lose it sadly We did. MOM Greg Hall