Full Time 6-1
This is a message to the rest of the league…be afraid be very afraid, Witton are coming for you!
Another magnificent result, well done lads.
What a game! Its a long way to go there and back but well worth it, absolutely brilliant!! Bet you wish you came now dont you Dave!!
On the way back we all got a shout out on XFM after txting them,they played Kings of Leon for us and then said "this is for the group coming back after watching Witty Alby"!!! Theyve probably not heard of us as to get our name wrong, but they will do soon if we keep playing like this!
not complaining or owt ???, but are we getting into a habit of a 6-1 score line ;D come on the albion.
Not very good at links and things but a few pics from todays game on the Whitby website http://www.bjmje.plus.com/wtfc/witton.htm
UniBond League – Premier Division - Saturday October 27th 2007
WHITBY TOWN 1 WITTON ALBION 6 att. 306
TEAM: Kennedy; Coo, Pritchard, Barras, Brownhill (Spearritt 60); Peers, Dillon (Kearney 66), MacPherson, Brodie; Warlow, Thornley (Crowe 68).
Man of Match : Adam Warlow, n/b Mark Peers
It’s been 30 years since Albion last scored back to back 6 goals (St Helen’s & Droylsden) and before this match several Whitby officials were pleading for us not to repeat last season’s 7 goal mauling. A small crumb of comfort for the home side then as Witton’s second half assault saw them equal the away 6-1 hiding dished out, ironically, to our next opponents, Fleetwood Town back in 1989.
Rob Lloyd reported in sick and was unable to even travel and so John Dillon was given his fourth start of the season in front of a highly vociferous and big Witton following that gave Whitby their highest league crowd since the season’s opener. They didn’t have to wait too long for the first goal but before that Mark Peers, Adam Warlow and Rod Thornley all had good efforts on goal. On 15 minutes Peers produced a cross and Thornley at the back post headed the ball for ADAM WARLOW to head home from a central position. Warlow saw his next effort roll wide of the upright before Dillon, 35 yards out, spotted keeper David Campbell off his line with his shot not missing the target by much.
Town eventually got their act together and on 29 minutes a cross from the right split the central defenders and with Cavell Coo caught dithering Karl Charlton nipped in smartly to advance and push the ball past Jon Kennedy. Steve Brodie and Dave MacPherson linked well with the latter playing Thornley in but with Campbell scampering across the ball went just wide of the left post. Twice in a minute Warlow had chances to restore the lead when he headed over from Thornley and then following a through ball from MacPherson he attempted to place his shot rather than let fly and Campbell was able to save. A minute before the break a nice interchange of passes started and finished by MacPherson and involving Brodie and Dillon brought a flying save off Campbell.
In all honesty though Albion owe a large favour to Kennedy when five minutes, either side of the interval, he kept good Whitby efforts out. His first save saw him go down smartly to block stand-in manager Danny Brunskill’s snap-shot before denying Michael Vickers by again blocking from point blank range. Three minutes after the latter Albion were back in front. Following a Peers corner Warlow forced a desperate double save from Campbell but the ball quickly arrived back at Peers’ twinkle toes and he picked out BRIAN PRITCHARD who fully justified staying up front by producing a typical header.
On 65 minutes Witton were awarded yet another free-kick as the home side started to resort to rash tackles. Dillon’s dummy over the ball left Peers to lift the ball over the wall and against the left upright. With Campbell still rooted to the spot both Warlow and ROD THORNLEY rushed in with the latter getting their first to clip the ball home. 5 minutes later it was 4-1 with again Peers involved, this time chipping the ball into the danger zone, defenders and keeper looked totally mesmerised and it was DEAN CROWE, with virtually his first touch, who produced a deft flick that needed a second touch to ensure the ball crossed the goal-line.
With 10 minutes remaining Tom Spearritt showed great vision when he sent a diagonal ball to Warlow, he in turn found Peers who galloped down the right before producing a low cross that was converted by the inrushing ADAM WARLOW. Crowe, who’d missed a good chance himself seconds earlier, turned provider in the 86th minute for ADAM WARLOW who outstripped the defence to stroke the ball home for his second hat-trick in twelve days.
Results elsewhere saw Albion go 8 points clear at the top with a very impressive haul now of 35 points out of a possible 42 and a very healthy goals difference of +29.
Just like watching Brazil - again. Mrs Gorton enjoyed it too !
Match report from Goose on the Whitby website, I liked the 'trained masseur Thornley reacted quickest to caress the ball home.'theres one you missed out on Chad ;D Have to post in two halves.
The departure of player-manager Lee Nogan failed to bring an end to Whitby’s run of defeats, as league leaders Witton Albion demolished Town in a devastating second half at the Turnbull Ground on Saturday.
The Blues suffered their heaviest home defeat for almost 20 years and have now tasted victory just once in their last seven league outings, and even that was against winless basement club Frickley Athletic.
Caretaker managers Phil Brumwell, Matty Appleby and Paul Burke, already faced with a string of injury blows, even lost forward Anthony Ormerod in the warm-up. Midfielder James Drinkall left the club in the week to pursue a golf career, while Tony Hackworth missed out with a knock sustained last week and skipper Appleby sat out the final game of a three-match suspension.
Tom Claisse, discarded earlier in the season by Nogan, returned to the club this week from Unibond First Division South Goole AFC and Andy Burton shrugged off a knee injury to start on the right of defence.
In-form Witton, with just one league loss all season- on the opening day- started well and threatened as early as the third minute when Cavell Coo’s diagonal ball was headed straight at Dave Campbell by Rod Thornley at the far post.
Former Altrincham striker Thornley then nodded inches over the Blues’ crossbar from a similiar position eight minutes later. A trio of chances went begging as Thornley raced onto a through-ball but fired into the side netting after rounding Campbell.
Seconds later, it was strike partner Adam Warlow, a five-goal hero in the 7-2 pumelling dished out at Witton when the sides met in February, who showed Thornley the way to goal. The ex-Crewe marksman reacted well to his fellow striker’s header back across goal to arch his body, diving to his left to nod into the roof of the Town net from close range.
Warlow then poked narrowly wide on 20 minutes, before John Dillon chipped past Campbell’s post from just outside the Town box, after referee Mr Wallace had inadvertantly obstructed Whitby’s Tom Adams.
Up until then, the Seasiders had failed to test John Kennedy in the visitors’ goal, but that was set to change on the half hour. Andy Raw’s perfectly-weighted ball released Karl Charlton, who beat Coo down the left, cut inside and slotted clinically past Kennedy for the equaliser.
As Witton attempted to hit back, good work from former Leek schemer Dave MacPherson saw the ball laid back for Thornley who hooked inches wide. Then MacPherson was again instrumental in releasing Warlow, but amid calls for offside, a good save from Campbell denied the 20-year-old.
Despite the visitors’ dominance, Town had a great chance to grab a shock lead four minutes before half-time. Teenager Sonny Andrews advanced forward, playing in Mike Vickers who prodded through for Danny Brunskill on the edge of the six-yard box, only for the big striker’s angled effort to be palmed away by Kennedy.
Second half…
Early in the second half, the same combination saw Vickers twist and turn on the edge of the Albion box before releasing Brunskill, who again saw his low drive tipped round the post by Kennedy. And from the resulting corner, a typical Brunskill effort on the turn could only find the side netting, to the confusion of some Whitby fans who began to celebrate a goal.
The narrow margin between success and failure was soon highlighted as Campbell saved Warlow’s header, Burton went into the referee’s notebook for some disparaging remarks to the linesman and Albion regained the lead all in the space of two minutes when Mark Peers’ pinpoint right-wing cross was headed emphatically home by strapping centre-half Brian Pritchard.
With 25 minutes left on the clock, Thornley finally had his goal when Peers’ curled a free-kick seven yards outside the Whitby penalty area against a post, and trained masseur Thornley reacted quickest to caress the ball home.
Subsitute Dean Crowe had been on the pitch just two minutes before he added a somewhat fortunate fourth. Peers’ chipped into the area for the onrushing Crowe to force a good save from Campbell, but the ball cannoned back invitingly to the 28-year-old former Luton forward, who made no mistake from the rebound.
Claisse replaced Raw in midfield with just over 15 minutes left, but the returning youngster looked off the pace, though Whitby still carried some threat- Brunskill hooking a lively effort onto the roof of the Witton net from fully 20 yards. Fellow attacker Andrews also drilled just over the top before the hosts were hit by yet another injury blow.
Left-back Alex Janes was stretchered off with his left leg strapped up after a challenge in the centre circle, but the away side were in no mood for sympathy and, within a minute, had a fifth goal. Tom Spearitt picked out Peers down the right, and as Whitby struggled to cover Janes’ position, a driven cross was tapped home effortlessly by Warlow.
An identical cross from the same flank was turned over by sub Dave Hartas, before Warlow enjoyed a second hat-trick at Whitby’s expense. The tall forward who netted 30 times for the Cheshire club last term, took advantage of yet another low cross from the same flank, two minutes from time, to walk the ball past a helpless Campbell. At this point, the away side, clearly enjoying the pristine Turnbull playing surface and facing a patched-up Whitby side, looked to be able to find the net at will, and, I’m sure, it came as a relief to many when the final whistle put an end to hopes from the sizeable travelling contingent of another seven-goal hiding.
Unsuprisingly, rampant Witton became the league’s top scorers with that victory, as well as leading the way at the summit by eight points. Whitby can take some credit from their battling first half display, though next week’s home encounter with third-bottom Leek Town is now looking every bit a six-pointer for out-of-touch Town, who languish in 16th.
Big shout out to the Whitby number 2 as well! Think the announcement that he got Man of the Match got one of the biggest cheers of the day! Quality!
Number number 2, number number 2
Rather belatedly!!
Another fantastic win at a canter in the end.
When we really start firing on all cylinders for 90 mins with a full squad we could hit double figures!
Macpherson and Thornley were outstanding as well as the obvious hat trick boy!