Five up as Ashton bounce back
Ashton Athletic 5 Holker OB 2
Ashton bounced back from last weeks reverse at Kirkham with a resounding win over Holker OB, which put to an end the Barrow based club's 4 game unbeaten run.
Ashton dominated throughout and in the end produced a comfortable win but Holker always looked dangerous on set pieces and a couple of defensive lapses in concentration gave the visitors a sniff of a point until Ashton put the foot back on the gas in the last 25 minutes.
Early chances came and went for Ashton with Paul Mcveigh, Mike Burke and Dave Sherlock whilst Sherlock also had a perfectly excecuted goal chalked off by an over enthusiatic linesman despite being behind the ball and ball carrier, Chris Almond when the cross was squared to him.
The pressure was mounting on the Holker defence and the inevitable breakthrough came in the 36th Minute as Paul McVeigh pounced onto a loose ball in the box to put his team ahead. 1-0
A minute later Mike Burke produced a peach of a cross for McVeigh whose powerful header struck the inside of the post but unfortunately ran away to safety.
Ashton increased the lead in the 39th minute as another pin point cross found Chris Almond in space and he guided his header into the top corner. 2-0
As half time approached referee Parsons awarded Holker a dubious free kick just before the half time break and a lapse in concentration combined with a decent delivery into the box allowed Holker to peg one back. The free kick was allowed to cross the face of the Ashton goal and fall to centre half Chris Squirrell whose first time finish left the Ashton defence stranded. 2-1
Holker worked hard in the early stages of the second half preventing Ashton from getting back in their stride and in the 60th minute another harsh free kick was awarded against Ashton with the ball having been won cleanly and another deep cross was met at the back post by Holker skipper Graham Capstick who headed back across goal and found Chris Squirrell who headed the ball into the top corner for his second of the match. 2-2
Ashton response was instant and a great cross ball from Dave Sherlock reached Chris Weeder beyond the back post and as he played the ball back across goal towards Paul Mcveigh a mix up between defender and goal keeper resulted in the defender slicing the ball into his own net. 3-2
This time Ashton kept the foot on the gas and pushed forward to kill off the game and the introduction of Sub Tom Potter helped increase this momentum. Shortly after he joined the match Potter played a great through ball to Dave Sherlock who rounded the onrushing keeper Stephens for a tap in after 80 minutes. 4-2
Sherlock then grabbed his second 3 minutes later from another cross by Tom Potter, steaming in at the back post to produce a powerful shot that gave Stephens no chance. 5-2
A high quality attacking performance for Ashton consolidates the position in fifth spot and sets things up for next weeks journey to play Cheadle Town.
The Ashton reserves went down 1-3 to table toppers Glossop North End but not without a fight as a goal from Martin Ormesher threatend an upset before Glossop made it safe with 20 minutes to go.
Ashton bounced back from last weeks reverse at Kirkham with a resounding win over Holker OB, which put to an end the Barrow based club's 4 game unbeaten run.
Ashton dominated throughout and in the end produced a comfortable win but Holker always looked dangerous on set pieces and a couple of defensive lapses in concentration gave the visitors a sniff of a point until Ashton put the foot back on the gas in the last 25 minutes.
Early chances came and went for Ashton with Paul Mcveigh, Mike Burke and Dave Sherlock whilst Sherlock also had a perfectly excecuted goal chalked off by an over enthusiatic linesman despite being behind the ball and ball carrier, Chris Almond when the cross was squared to him.
The pressure was mounting on the Holker defence and the inevitable breakthrough came in the 36th Minute as Paul McVeigh pounced onto a loose ball in the box to put his team ahead. 1-0
A minute later Mike Burke produced a peach of a cross for McVeigh whose powerful header struck the inside of the post but unfortunately ran away to safety.
Ashton increased the lead in the 39th minute as another pin point cross found Chris Almond in space and he guided his header into the top corner. 2-0
As half time approached referee Parsons awarded Holker a dubious free kick just before the half time break and a lapse in concentration combined with a decent delivery into the box allowed Holker to peg one back. The free kick was allowed to cross the face of the Ashton goal and fall to centre half Chris Squirrell whose first time finish left the Ashton defence stranded. 2-1
Holker worked hard in the early stages of the second half preventing Ashton from getting back in their stride and in the 60th minute another harsh free kick was awarded against Ashton with the ball having been won cleanly and another deep cross was met at the back post by Holker skipper Graham Capstick who headed back across goal and found Chris Squirrell who headed the ball into the top corner for his second of the match. 2-2
Ashton response was instant and a great cross ball from Dave Sherlock reached Chris Weeder beyond the back post and as he played the ball back across goal towards Paul Mcveigh a mix up between defender and goal keeper resulted in the defender slicing the ball into his own net. 3-2
This time Ashton kept the foot on the gas and pushed forward to kill off the game and the introduction of Sub Tom Potter helped increase this momentum. Shortly after he joined the match Potter played a great through ball to Dave Sherlock who rounded the onrushing keeper Stephens for a tap in after 80 minutes. 4-2
Sherlock then grabbed his second 3 minutes later from another cross by Tom Potter, steaming in at the back post to produce a powerful shot that gave Stephens no chance. 5-2
A high quality attacking performance for Ashton consolidates the position in fifth spot and sets things up for next weeks journey to play Cheadle Town.
The Ashton reserves went down 1-3 to table toppers Glossop North End but not without a fight as a goal from Martin Ormesher threatend an upset before Glossop made it safe with 20 minutes to go.
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DP at 9:31 AM
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1 Comments:
Steve,
I don't know what was "As half time approached referee Parsons awarded Holker a dubious free kick", dubious about your number six not only handling the ball with one hand but catching it with two! Oh well I guess that's the power of "free speech". As for the other free kick which led to the Holker second goal, what can I say!
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