FA Cup exit for lacklustre Athletic
FA Cup Extra Preliminary round
Saturday 16th August 2008
Oldham Town 2 Ashton Athletic 0
Ashton were dumped out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle by a determined Oldham team clearly motivated by the loss to Ashton in the final game of last season that allowed Ashton to leapfrog over them into the third league position and subsequently proved to be a promotion slot into the Vodkat League Premier Division for this season.
Throughout the match Ashton failed to rise to the challenge and defensive hesitation after just 12 minutes allowed Stuart McGill to nip in between two central defenders and the Ashton keeper Andy Paxton and side foot the ball into an empty net.
Several forays down the right wing midway through the half should have brought dividends but hesitation in attack failed to convert the quality crosses from Dave Sherlock.
Then, just before the half time break Ashton went further behind as good movement from Darren Scanlon lost his marker inside the box and he slotted the ball across keeper Paxton into the bottom corner.
The second half got off better for Ashton and the gaps in the home defence started to be exploited. Unfortunately however Ashton were then stopped in their tracks by a serious injury to full back Steve Wallace in the 56th minute, which caused a delay of 55 minutes whilst an ambulance was called and waited for. Despite the lengthy delay to a restart the referee decided against an abandonment and the second half got underway after Wallace have been stretchered off with a dislocated ankle.
Unsurprisingly Ashton found it hard to get going again and failed to regain the momentum that was building up prior to the stoppage in play and Ashton's first venture into Football's Premier cup competition faded away.
The only up side to the days work was news that the injury to Steve Wallace was not as many had feared a broken ankle but the slightly better diagnosis of ligament damage which will hopefully mean a return to action within 4/6 weeks.
Special thanks to Kenny Hopwood, trained Ambulance man and former physio at Oldham who was at the match as a spectator, and who attended to Steve superbly throughout the incident
Saturday 16th August 2008
Oldham Town 2 Ashton Athletic 0
Ashton were dumped out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle by a determined Oldham team clearly motivated by the loss to Ashton in the final game of last season that allowed Ashton to leapfrog over them into the third league position and subsequently proved to be a promotion slot into the Vodkat League Premier Division for this season.
Throughout the match Ashton failed to rise to the challenge and defensive hesitation after just 12 minutes allowed Stuart McGill to nip in between two central defenders and the Ashton keeper Andy Paxton and side foot the ball into an empty net.
Several forays down the right wing midway through the half should have brought dividends but hesitation in attack failed to convert the quality crosses from Dave Sherlock.
Then, just before the half time break Ashton went further behind as good movement from Darren Scanlon lost his marker inside the box and he slotted the ball across keeper Paxton into the bottom corner.
The second half got off better for Ashton and the gaps in the home defence started to be exploited. Unfortunately however Ashton were then stopped in their tracks by a serious injury to full back Steve Wallace in the 56th minute, which caused a delay of 55 minutes whilst an ambulance was called and waited for. Despite the lengthy delay to a restart the referee decided against an abandonment and the second half got underway after Wallace have been stretchered off with a dislocated ankle.
Unsurprisingly Ashton found it hard to get going again and failed to regain the momentum that was building up prior to the stoppage in play and Ashton's first venture into Football's Premier cup competition faded away.
The only up side to the days work was news that the injury to Steve Wallace was not as many had feared a broken ankle but the slightly better diagnosis of ligament damage which will hopefully mean a return to action within 4/6 weeks.
Special thanks to Kenny Hopwood, trained Ambulance man and former physio at Oldham who was at the match as a spectator, and who attended to Steve superbly throughout the incident
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