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Matt Cooper, Anthony Gardner, Matty Wood, Ben Harrison, Paul Booth, Olly James, Josh Hancock, Anthony Sheehan, Chris Gahgan, Alex Titchiner, Danny Andrews.
Subs: Liam Newman, Tom Schofield, Matt Woolley, Mike Moseley, Josh Glover.
Latest Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 0 Witton Albion 0.
The Albion have had the ball in the net already but the goal was disallowed for offside.
Latest Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 0 Witton Albion 1.
Tom Schofield puts Witton in front, Cables down to 10 men. Schofield replaced the injured Olly James following the red card.
Half Time Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 0 Witton Albion 1.
Latest Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 0 Witton Albion 2.
Anthony Sheehan from the spot.
Witton Substitution: Josh Hancock replaced by Liam Newman.
Latest Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 1 Witton Albion 2.
Witton Substitution: Tom Schofield replaced by Josh Glover.
Latest Score from Valerie ParK:
Prescot Cables 1 Witton Albion 3.
Liam Newman restores Albion’s two goal cushion.
Full Time Score from Valerie Park:
Prescot Cables 1 Witton Albion 3.
A deserved win against a dirty side, on a rubbish pitch. Everything a Wittoner should have expected from today’s game.
We were easily the better team, trying to play football, whilst Cables hoofed the ball downfield all game long. It was from our own hoofed balls that we had some of our best chances in the first half, with a couple of good chances following breakaways.
From where I stood it was the correct decision to award the red card. Anthony Sheehan picked the ball up in the centre of the field and ran towards the edge of the box. As he approached the D, Prescot’s centre-back launched himself into a two-footed, stud’s up lunge. He got a touch on the ball, but a much bigger touch on Sheehan. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the free-kick and showed a straight red to the Prescot number 5.
Olly James was then substituted before the kick was taken, due to a recurrence of his ankle ligament injury. Tom Schofield replaced him, and was then the quickest to react when Danny Andrews’ curling free-kick bounced back across goal off the left post. He didn’t get as much of a touch as he would have liked, and he looked horrified as a defender attempted to hook it clear, but it had just enough on it to go in.
In my opinion, the referee got the penalty decision wrong. Danny Andrews ran into the box, heading for the by-line when the defender slid into the tackle. The defender got a touch on the ball to send it out for a corner, and Andrews appeared to get tripped when the defender’s trailing leg came round. I thought it should have been a corner, but the referee pointed to the spot. Sheehan then placed it beautifully into the top left corner.
I think we all thought that would be it, although we should have scored more, but then Prescot had a long throw from our left into the box. We failed to deal with it, and the ball made it’s made through to the Cables’ striker, who put it into the bottom corner with his back to goal.
The nerves set in, at least with me, until Witton cleared the ball from the box, and Liam Newman, who had replaced the injured Schofield, turned the last man, and then made his way towards goal, before finishing past the goalie to score.
A good win, and definitely needed.
Bravo ! Back to winning ways. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Agreed Thomas with your posting, however the red card shown by the referee was not for a foul.
It was nothing but an assault 
and one would hope the referees report shows that.
Great result well done boys
Hard pitch as always but adapted well and did what we needed to do
Great individual effort by Liam Newman for his goal showed great pace
Very happy wittoner tonight 
Well, it wasn’t “el classico” by a long chalk but we won and got the much needed three points. Just how you supposed to play football on that pitch (better than Warringtons however)I don’t know but we tried. We nearly pressed the self destruct button again by giving unnecessary countless free kicks away in our own half! Buxton Wednesday which should give us a little relief from the pressures of the league! SBL
Very good result today, Prescot is a tough place to no matter how poor they are.
A very determined display from the lads, great to see Liam Newman back, his goal was very well taken. Just in a play-off spot now, with the chasing pack having all played more games than us. We’re in a brilliant position now, we just need some consistency to consolidate our position. We need to go up, I don’t fancy a trip to Valerie Park again next year! 
Also forgot to mention what a great substitution by the management team to bring schofield on and score with his first touch 
Having criticised the Prescot pitch, I think it did occur to a few of us that of our last three games we have won two on rubbish surfaces, and then got stuffed on our own carpet.
Time for a re-think on the Help For Heroes pitch?
Newman came on for Hancock, Glover replaced Schofield.
Sh1t ground no fans.
:woohoo:
What a terrific result there!!! well done to all concerned!
Excellent summing up by Thomas. I didn’t know what their ground was named but their fans were saying “why don’t you come on over”. SBL