Kynaston clinches cup final date for Ashton Athletic in local Derby
Tuesday 28th April 2009
Atherton Charity Cup Semi final
Ashton Town 0 Ashton Athletic 1
Ashton Athletic secured a place in final of the Atherton Charity cup for the third season in a row with a late winner from Kevin Kynaston against local rivals Ashton Town, despite having been reduced to 10 men for the majority of the game.
Before the controversial sending off Athletic had started brightly with Dave Sherlock forcing a brave save from keeper Peter Collis in the 4th minute and then a minute later Jon Bathurst latched onto a through ball and with keeper Collis advancing Bathurst’s attempted drifted wide.
Athletic Midfielder Neil Davies was then shown two yellow cards in the space of as many minutes, the first after 15 minutes for questioning a decision, and the second a minute later for a mistimed tackle that was at worst worthy of a verbal warning. Instead, and showing no signs of charity referee Nigel D’Arcy somewhat gleefully brandished the consequential red card leaving Athletic with reduced compliment for the rest of the match.
Further controversy followed shortly afterwards as a Town player hotly disputed another erroneous referring decision against his side however despite using the foulest of language directly at the referee the man in the black this time chose to ignore the comment. This inconsistent reaction enraged the Ashton bench, and resulted in the management team being expelled from the dugout.
Despite the setbacks the 10 men of Ashton more than held their own creating a string of chances with Bathurst, Sherlock and Gareth Peet coming close. Meanwhile the Town forward line were struggling to find a way through the dominant Athletic defence.
Second half chances were few and far between until the deadline was broken in the 85th minute as half time substitute Kevin Kynaston judged a Dave Sherlock flick to perfection, gained a yard on the edge of the box and curled the ball low and hard into the bottom corner to give his side the lead.
Town surged forward in the dyeing minutes but could not grab an equaliser and it will be Ashton Athletic that progress to the final in Mid May. The opponents in the final will be winners of the other semi final between Stoneclough Fc and Westhoughton Rangers FC, to be played this Thursday night at Atherton Collieries Ground 7.30pm KO.
Before the Final Athletic will play their last League match of the season this Saturday , travelling to Derbyshire to face Vodkat Premier League Leaders New Mills FC in a 3pm KO. Meanwhile Ashton Town play their penultimate Vodkat Division One match when Norton United are the visitors to edge Green Street.
Atherton Charity Cup Semi final
Ashton Town 0 Ashton Athletic 1
Ashton Athletic secured a place in final of the Atherton Charity cup for the third season in a row with a late winner from Kevin Kynaston against local rivals Ashton Town, despite having been reduced to 10 men for the majority of the game.
Before the controversial sending off Athletic had started brightly with Dave Sherlock forcing a brave save from keeper Peter Collis in the 4th minute and then a minute later Jon Bathurst latched onto a through ball and with keeper Collis advancing Bathurst’s attempted drifted wide.
Athletic Midfielder Neil Davies was then shown two yellow cards in the space of as many minutes, the first after 15 minutes for questioning a decision, and the second a minute later for a mistimed tackle that was at worst worthy of a verbal warning. Instead, and showing no signs of charity referee Nigel D’Arcy somewhat gleefully brandished the consequential red card leaving Athletic with reduced compliment for the rest of the match.
Further controversy followed shortly afterwards as a Town player hotly disputed another erroneous referring decision against his side however despite using the foulest of language directly at the referee the man in the black this time chose to ignore the comment. This inconsistent reaction enraged the Ashton bench, and resulted in the management team being expelled from the dugout.
Despite the setbacks the 10 men of Ashton more than held their own creating a string of chances with Bathurst, Sherlock and Gareth Peet coming close. Meanwhile the Town forward line were struggling to find a way through the dominant Athletic defence.
Second half chances were few and far between until the deadline was broken in the 85th minute as half time substitute Kevin Kynaston judged a Dave Sherlock flick to perfection, gained a yard on the edge of the box and curled the ball low and hard into the bottom corner to give his side the lead.
Town surged forward in the dyeing minutes but could not grab an equaliser and it will be Ashton Athletic that progress to the final in Mid May. The opponents in the final will be winners of the other semi final between Stoneclough Fc and Westhoughton Rangers FC, to be played this Thursday night at Atherton Collieries Ground 7.30pm KO.
Before the Final Athletic will play their last League match of the season this Saturday , travelling to Derbyshire to face Vodkat Premier League Leaders New Mills FC in a 3pm KO. Meanwhile Ashton Town play their penultimate Vodkat Division One match when Norton United are the visitors to edge Green Street.
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