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Team news: Witton make four changes to the side beaten by Prescot Cables on Saturday. Sam Hughes, Jamal Branker, Alex Salmon & Tom Schofield all start, replacing Scott Lycett, Billy Reeves, Alex Titchiner & Danny Andrews respectively. Craig Roddan, Liam Davies & Zach Hardacre start on the bench.
Andy Firth, Anthony Gardner, Jon Dawson, Michael Brewster, Michael Wilson, Sam Hughes, Jamal Branker, Tom Schofield, Alex Salmon, Jay Matthews, Jamie Menagh.
Subs: Craig Roddan, Zach Hardacre, Liam Davies, Danny Andrews, Ryan Neild.
13 minutes - Shot from Jamie Menagh just inside the box goes wide.
GOAL
Latest Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
Jay Matthews goes round the keeper to put Albion ahead on 14 minutes.
40 minutes - Shot from Jamie Menagh goes wide.
why no titch?
Witton Substitution:
Sam Hughes replaced by Craig Roddan on 42 minutes.
43 minutes - Shot from Michael Wilson hits the crossbar.
Half Time Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 1 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
I presume Titch is rested, not heard anything different.
Witton Substitution
Jamal Branker replaced by Danny Andrews at half time.
GOAL
Latest Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 2 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
Jamie Menagh from the spot on 47 minutes - his third goal in three games.
GOAL
Latest Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 3 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
Jamie Menagh’s second of the game on 62 minutes.
Witton Substitution:
Jay Matthews replaced by Zach Hardacre on 66 minutes.
78 minutes - Shot from Tom Schofield goes wide.
GOAL
Latest Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 4 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
Substitute Zach Hardacre opens his account for the Albion on 83 minutes.
Full Time Score from The NetDec Stadium:
Witton Albion 4 Northwich Manchester Villa 0.
Attendance: 59.
Great entertainment especially the 2nd half played in atrocious conditions, thought we played some good close passing football and 4-0 flattered the visitors as we hit the frame of the goal 3 times and had numerous other chances.
Well played lads
Great performance in horrendous windy conditions. To go in half-time 1-0 up, playing against that wind was due to very good team tactics.
The weather was nearly as bad as when we beat Barrow 1-0 away in 1992, just before we met Wycombe Wanderers in the quarter final of the FA Trophy.
Joey Palladino was in goal that night, and the half when we played against the wind went like this:-
Joey goal-kick would come back over his head and the crossbar and go for a corner.
Barrow corner would go behind for a goal-kick
Joey goal-kick would go back over his head for a corner.
Barrow corner would go behind for a goal-kick
etc etc.
I think Colin Rose scored our goal, from well within his own half, when we had the wind.
It was a good workout for how we would need to play against a much stronger (on paper) Wycombe side.
Well done to anyone playing in those conditions it was as bad as it gets, and as TT said we did manaqe to play some good football and it could have been 7 or 8 including a stonewall penalty not given as Flav said it was an assault. Did not learn a lot just further proof that Menagh is a good signing and will score a good few goals for us. UTA