Tuesday, 29 April 2014
EBAC Northern League Division 1
Scorers SRCA: None Spennymoor: Dodds, Cogdon, Capper.
The final game of the season saw us drawn against League champions Spennymoor Town.
RCA made two changes to the team that started on Saturday, Brown replaced the unavailable Henderson and Fryatt returned to the right wing in preference to Hughes.
The game started at a pedestrian pace with Spennymoor content to keep the ball and RCA were happy for them to have the ball at the back.
RCA looked to be getting the better of the midfield exchanges, but the game livened up in the 20th minute when a Capper freekick was headed away by Wray. Stanger picked up the loose ball before sending an inch perfect pass to Barton. The RCA striker clipped the ball into the box where it looked certain that Patton would score if he got his head to the ball, but Jeffries was first to the ball to avert the danger.
He rolled the ball to Richardson who sent a great ball forward into the path of Dodds who kept his cool to slot the ball home low to Carmichael's right.
A minute later it was two when an almost identical ball found Capper who switched the ball inside to Cogdon who blasted the ball home.
Spenny were rampant now but RCA regrouped and got themselves sorted out defensively.
Unfortunately, in the 40th minute, they were reduced to 10 men when captain Barton was dismissed for an alleged elbow.
The second half saw Spennymoor with massive amounts of possession, but nothing that posed a threat to RCA until Capper popped up with a goal, starting and finishing the move.
RCA huffed and puffed, defended really well at times, but were not creating anything going forward.
In the last 10 minutes of the game a terrible challenge by Walton left Wilson with a nasty gash in his leg, it could so easily have been worse. Yellow to the ex-RCA player another night another referee could have seen red.
Next up Seaham Red Star on Saturday. Unfortunately no match report from me. However it is possible that Seaham's programme editor will be producing one.
See you all next season.