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Team news: Witton make two changes from the starting lineup that were beaten at Stourbridge last time out. Liam Goulding signed from Accrington on loan, makes his debut in place of Liam Gibson while Alex Titchiner partners Jamie Rainford in attack. Jamie Henders drops to the bench. New signing from Skelmersdale, Michael Simpson starts on the bench.
Andy Robertson, Anthony Gardner, Zac Corbett, Liam Goulding, John Shaw, Joe Shaw, Jon Dawson, Luke Clark, Alex Titchiner, Jamie Rainford, Danny Andrews.
Subs: Jamie Henders, Michael Simpson, Liam Gibson, Danny De La Bastide, Dean Porter.
Latest Score from Wincham Park:
Witton Albion 0 Buxton 1.
Ash Palmer heads Buxton in front from a free kick on 20 minutes.
Poor game so far, the home fans getting restless.
Half Time Score from Wincham Park:
Witton Albion 0 Buxton 1.
Witton have actually had the ball in the net twice but both ruled out for offside.
Latest Score from Wincham Park:
Witton Albion 1 Buxton 1.
Danny Andrews equalises for the Albion with his 11th of the season on 55 minutes.
Witton Substitution:
Jon Dawson replaced by Jamie Henders.
Yellow card - Luke Clark.
Witton Substitution:
John Shaw replaced by Liam Gibson.
Latest Score from Wincham Park:
Witton Albion 1 Buxton 1.
Striker Shaun Tuton had the chance to put the Bucks back infront but his effort was cleared off the line by Albion Substitute Liam Gibson.
Yellow card - Buxton’s Shaun Tuton booked for a challenge on Anthony Gardner.
6 minutes added time
Full Time Score from Wincham Park:
Witton Albion 1 Buxton 1.
Buxton had a goal ruled out for offside just before the end.
Today’s result could prove very important following other results. The bottom two Belper & Trafford were inactive this afternoon, Marine picked up a point while Matlock lost at home to Ashton. Nantwich are in action tomorrow at FC United. Next weeks game at Matlock now becomes more significant as we’ve opened a seven point gap but the Gladiators have games in hand.
Deserved point, against a top 3 side. Some of the passing was a bit wayward at times but we created chances. A draw probably a fair result.
Gards took a nasty one late and looked to be struggling to move afterwards but we’d used all 3 subs so he battled on B)
7 points ahead of Matlock so next week is a big one.
Attendance: 394.
Well pleased with that point, we worked very hard for it and it was well deserved in the end. Not the prettiest of games but ours was a fantastic goal and the lads effort and determination was faultless. The referee never really got a grip of the game and lost control at times. A good result at Matlock next week and maybe we can breathe a bit easier. UTA :clap
A thouroughly deserved point overall and our commitment, every single player, couldn’t be faulted! Even first 20 minutes then they scored with a very well worked free kick, we battled back with two disallowed goals and a half chance for Titch before half time.
In the second half we were in the ascendency but were disrupted by the substitutions, possibly made for injury and tiredness reasons rather than tactically?
We defended manfully and rode our luck, even had a couple of chances late on (and of course they had one disallowed very late on and missed what looked like a sitter!) A precious point gained today and a great deal of gratitude to the ground staff for getting the game on!
Our groundstaff are VERY special.
WHS.
Once we stopped aimlessly pumping the high balls up front and went back to what we do best - short inter-passing moves, I thought we were more than their equal for long periods. Apart from a late panic spell, the 2nd half was good for us and Danny got yet another superb goal. I thought Clark in midfield looked classy, if a little over casual on occasions. But he is a good play-maker. Packing the midfield and leaving 2 small lads a bit isolated up front does not make for a pretty game, but the fitness and effort was spot on. So, a good response to the dire performance at Stourbridge.