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Team news: Witton make one change to the starting line-up which drew at Stafford Rangers on Tuesday night. Rob Hopley comes in for Steve McNulty who drops to the bench. Josh Wardle returns to the squad after injury but starts on the bench. Danny McKenna is not involved.
Greg Hall, Isaac Baldwin, Nathan Woodthorpe, Will Sutton, Nick Ryan, Cesaire Lingouba, Jawad Jebrin, Tom Owens, Rob Hopley, Callum Saunders, James Foley.
Subs: George Nugent, Will Jones, Steve McNulty, Josh Wardle, Raajan Gill.
Chance for the Albion on 3 minutes as the ball bounces kindly on the edge of the box and Tom Owens curls a shot agonisingly wide of the target. Close!
Witton appeal for a penalty after Gingerbreads defender Sisa Tuntulwana appears to take out Albion winger Jawad Jebrin but the referee waves the appeals away.
Chance for the Albion on 33 minutes - Pinball in the Grantham penalty area as two efforts on goal get blocked away for a corner.
Another chance for Witton on 36 minutes as a dangerous low cross just evades a sliding Callum Saunders in the six yard box and fizzes wide.
Half Time Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 0 Grantham Town 0.
Attendance: 266.
Witton Substitution:
Rob Hopley replaced by Will Jones on 46 minutes.
GOAL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 0 Grantham Town 1.
Harvey Grice gives the Gingerbreads the lead on 54 minutes - slamming home after Albion keeper Greg Hall had saved the initial effort.
GOAL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 0 Grantham Town 2.
Defender Nathan Woodthorpe diverts the ball past Greg Hall in the Albion goal following Jonathan Wafula’s cross on 57 minutes to double the visitors lead.
Witton Substitution:
Jawad Jebrin replaced by Josh Wardle on 59 minutes.
GOAL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 0 Grantham Town 3.
Mason Lee increases Grantham’s lead on 61 minutes with a header.
Yellow card:
Grantham Town’s Harvey Grice on 66 minutes for a foul on James Foley.
Witton Substitution:
Nathan Woodthorpe replaced by George Nugent on 66 minutes.
GOALLLLL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Grantham Town 3.
Callum Saunders pulls one back for the Albion on 73 minutes from close-range following Josh Wardle’s flick on from Isaac Baldwin’s long throw.
GOAL
Latest Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Grantham Town 4.
Ali Aydemir adds Grantham’s fourth on 80 minutes - curling in a beauty which went in off the crossbar.
Full Time Score from The U Lock It Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Grantham Town 4.
The club should reimburse supporters with their admission fees today enough said.
Fairly poor showing by a fragile looking Witton Albion side today.
0-0 at half-time, the game was there for the taking, but it was Grantham (who hadn’t won a solitary league game since the start of the season in mid August) who seemed to want it more in the second half and so “stepped up to the plate”.
Jim Gannon (now manager at Hyde United) was in attendance at today’s game, and on this showing, won’t have seen too much to concern him ahead of Tuesday night’s upcoming NPL fixture.
Going to be a long tricky season for WAFC unless results start to pick up in the near future. Not impossible, though.
Onwards and upwards, because sitting third bottom, there ain’t much more downwards just now.
It is hard work being a Witton fan at the moment. It feels like the club is totally stagnant and the only way we look like we’re going is down. Even Carl went and sat in the dugout with 10 minutes to go and didn’t come out again. Whether it’s the fact that we’ve got no money or the infrastructure (scouting system/reserves/youth teams) of the club are so poor, it feels like we are in the doldrums. We’re bringing back players like Cesaire, Greg Hall, Nick Ryan that weren’t needed previously and pinning our hopes on Foley, Jones, Hopley etc who have been good for us in the past but, are now beyond their sell by date. They are loyal players who give everything but Cesaire and Foley as our central midfield??? Callum looks good but he’s not gonna hang around for long if this form continues.