Encouraging u21 display at Goole AFC

Goole AFC 2 Garforth Town1 (0-1).

Team: 1. Brad Williams
2.Gabriel Bradley
3. Chris Simpkins
4. Lee Coulthard (captain)
5. Jason Stevenson
6. Marckell Ebanks
7. Sam Wilson
8. Mat Devlin.
9. Harrison Lightowler
10.Chris Manning
11. Elliott Cuttle
12. Ben Coolican
14. Ethan Young
16. Raul Fletcher
GT Goalscorer - Chris Manning
GT MoM - Brad Williams
A poor first 20 minutes when the Garforth lads sat too deep for my liking and invited Goole onto them was fortunately negated by some top draw goal keeping from Garforth keeper Brad Williams with a string of fine saves. Gradually Garforth came into the game and returned to the dressing room 1-0 to the good courtesy of a goal direct from a free kick hit by Chris Manning. Although
Goole had slightly more possession for the first 30 minutes of the second half very few goal scoring chances were created and it was starting to look as though the Garforth boys would see the game out and return home with the 3 points. On 72 minutes Goole carved out the opportunity they had been probing for when they got in down the Town right and their player lobbed keeper Williams to produce a nice finish. Goole's winner came some 10 minutes later from a near post header from a corner which the ref originally didn't give but then changed his mind on the linesman's advice. All in all the lads probably deserved at least a point but unless they want the season the develop into a 'Brad Williams Showcasing Event' they really need to address the slow start issue which has manifested itself in the first two games of the saeason.