Newport Pagnell Town 6-0 Northampton Sileby Rangers
Chroma Sports & Trophies United Counties League, Premier Division
Tuesday 28th February 2017
Kick off 19:45
Willen Road, Newport Pagnell
Attendance: 61
Emery Hits Four To Sink Sileby
Newport took an early lead at a rain soaked Willen Road and it was Saturday’s goal hero Luke Emery who opened the scoring neatly trapping a Remy Forrester corner before turning to fire home in one motion. When Darryl Smith’s free kick crashed against the upright, it was Emery who was on hand to follow up to double the lead. Smith almost got in on the act again when he headed Forrester’s corner powerfully towards goal but alert defending on the line saw the ball cleared to avert the danger. With only eighteen minutes on the clock Emery was upended in the penalty area, converting the spot kick himself to complete his second hat-trick in four days. Newport threatened to run riot as they played with great purpose, they attacked in waves, their slick passing allowing the ball to do the work in extremely difficult conditions. However, Sileby stood firm as James Goff pulled off the first of a string of good saves to deny Sam O’Neill. Goff was called on again soon after to make a wonderful flying save to prevent an Elliott Sandy goal. Sandy was frustrated once again as Harry Osborne blocked a thunderous shot. Rangers did not manage to muster a meaningful attack until the thirty-seventh minute, Swans keeper Mark Osborn made a stunning point blank save when it looked certain that Brian Farrell was about to score for the visitors. On the stroke of half time Osborn showed good hands to save a Michael Byrne free kick.
Goff made another good save early in the second period after Emery and Sandy combined well to set up Smith. Luke Stevens shooting wide from outside the area and Lewis Burgess testing Osborn from thirty yards demonstrated that Sileby were going to compete better after the break and the introduction of Nathaniel Ansu provided a new dimension to Sileby’s play. Newport continued to press and pass well and Smith showed some sublime skills, twisting and turning before curling his shot narrowly over the bar. Dom Lawless was full of running as he raced down the touchline to put a pin point cross onto the head of Emery, Goff saved the initial attempt but could not prevent Emery helping himself to his fourth goal of the night. Rangers came close to a goal when Ansu knocked the ball past Osborn only to see Ollie Wilkinson clear his goal bound shot. Smith then added a fifth as his well struck shot proved too strong for Goff who managed to get a hand to the ball but could not stop it crossing the line. Within a minute the scoring was completed when Lawless chased a through ball, his persistence paying off as he managed to net the Swan’s sixth. Deep into added on time Dave Baker was dismissed and Luke Stevens blasted the resultant free kick over the bar.
Teams
Newport Pagnell Town
1. Mark Osborn
2. Ollie Wilkinson
3. Remy Forrester
[Subbed, 69 mins]
4. Stuart Smeathers (c)
[Subbed, 76 mins]
5. Adam Pryke
6. Dave Baker
[Red, 90+1 mins]
7. Darryl Smith
[Goal, 88 mins]
8. Greg Ling
9. Luke Emery
[Goal, 3 mins]
[Goal, 9 mins]
[Goal, 18 mins]
[Goal, 63 mins]
10. Elliott Sandy
[Subbed, 61 mins]
11. Sam O’Neill
Substitutes
12. Dom Lawless
[On for 10, 61 mins]
[Goal, 83 mins]
14. Keith Williams
[On for 3, 69 mins]
15. Gary Brook
[On for 4, 76 mins]
Northampton Sileby Rangers
1. James Goff
[Yellow, 17 mins]
2. Stuart MacMichael (c)
[Subbed, 67 mins]
3. Lewis Burgess
4. Dalton Bettles
[Yellow, 17 mins]
5. Harry Osborne
6. Bayley Leslie
7. Dominic Okanu
[Yellow, 72 mins]
8. Bruno Lafond
9. Michael Byrne
[Subbed, 53 mins]
10. Luke Stevens
11. Brian Ferrell
Substitutes
12. Nathaniel Ansu
[On for 9, 53 mins]
14. Randy Bondjanga
[On for 2, 67 mins]
15. Luke Uzoma
[Not Used]
16. Kieran Nugent
[Not Used]
Match Officials
Referee
– Abdul Kadir
Assistants
– Richard Armitage
– Robert Porter
Photograph courtesy of Gary Hefferon.
Report by Andy Gunn 1617/59
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