Witton Substitution:
Alfie Bairstow replaced by Tom Farrall on 90+5 minutes.
Full Time Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 3 Bury FC 0.
Today’s Attendance: 945.
Witton are in action again next Saturday when they travel to Sporting Khalsa in a Northern Premier League West Division fixture for a 3pm kick off.
What a great performance today.
I thought Alfie Bairstow ran the game. He was absolutely superb throughout.
We rode our luck at times, but thoroughly deserved to win the game.
Freddie ran himself into the ground and was exceptional. He used his height to score the second, but is great off the ball.
Ben makes a difference.
Slightly disappointed with the attendance, but at least we gave a big crowd a proper preference for once.
This could be a Mastermind question, though: how on Earth - in this lifetime or the next - is Ducky still on pens???!!!
Does he score them in training? Because I think there must be double amputee blindfolded guide dogs that can put a spot-kick into the net more often than him.
He is genuinely the worst penalty-taker I have ever seen in my life.
Fabulous win and display even down to 10 men! It shows that when we get our heads on and play we can be very good, Alfie Bairstow was immense Cam Terry was safe as houses caught everything.
Several ran themselves into the ground ending up cramping all over the pitch but we never gave up.
What a move it was for the third goal down to 10 men we fired in several pass and moves to see Bembo-Leta Leta slalom into the box and finish with aplomb just amazing.
Now the next trick is to repeat against lowly Sporting Khalsa next week and get some points and put us up that table. Re Ducky on pens, it probably should change but not sure who would be up for it! Maybe Hoyle who hits quite a shot but Ducky has been on them for years, I think maybe confidence is a bit low and not as sharp as he usually is but leave that to Ben to ponder.
Well done all a really memorable display. UTA
An amazing performance from the lads, one that fully warranted 3 points. If Bury had Garbutt and Duckworth they would run away with the division, played some lovely stuff up until the final part
I thought we defended excellently from front to back and Cam made an excellent penalty save which could have changed the game, Dufton-Kelly has been brilliant since he came in and took a tactical foul for the team which turned out to be the correct decision.
I’ve had a look back through Duckworth’s penalty stats for the albion and they are as follows. Taken 23 Scored 18 which is 78% conversion rate so I think we may be being a little harsh? However 3 of them misses have been this season so it would be good to see someone else step up though and have a couple of takers available, imagine with him being our captain now he would be ok with that?
Nevertheless a fantastic result, a real togetherness from the supporters, management and playing staff. A few more wins before christmas and we’ll be right up there for potentially a play off push but, let’s take it game at a time and hope to see them fans come again!
UTA
Fabulous performance from Witton some lovely football at times we deserved the win.
Bairstow was my MOM but everyone put a really good shift in, let’s hope we can keep this run going and move up the table. Well done lads. 
Okay, here we go…
Ducky pens from Aug 2024, as I have them - and only from my own scribbled notes, so there will be lots missing…
Runcorn at home won: 4-0.
Took two.
Missed the first at 1-0,
Scored the second at 3-0.
City of Liverpool FA Cup.
Missed the pen, scored the rebound (still a miss).
Note: McGee, Daly, King and Harrop also then missed pens that season, but only Ducky had already left. Then Benny took pens and scored them all (3/3, I think).
This season…
Bootle in the FA Trophy.
Scored.
Colls at home
Planted one miles over the bar. Crucial miss.
Bootle at home.
Saved.
Then the lino flagged for the keeper moving off his line (which I have never seen before at non-League level.
Scored the re-take (still a kind of miss)
Bury at home
Saved.
Headed in the rebound (also a miss)
I suppose, my slightly over-analysed point is: do we not have anyone else who can step up for a spot-kick?
Hoyle?
Freddie?
Bairstow?
Anyone else at all?
I would have thought Hoyle might be the best option hits the ball well and is a striker so goals are important.
See that Bury have parted company with their ‘new’ manager after less than a week in the job.
The statement says it was “by mutual consent”.
Probably due to a none-football related incident in his past. Makes you wonder whether the Bury Board did any Due Diligence before appointing him, particularly aa he hadn’t had a job in football for a couple of years.
Not sure if there is any truth in it but the rumours are that he is the previous manager’s brother in law.
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