SHAW LANE AQUAFORCE 4 V WALSALL WOOD 1
FA VASE FOURTH ROUND REPLAY--27 JAN 2015---7.45PM @ SANDY LANE WORKSOP
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| SANDY LANE THE HOME OF SHAW LANE FOR THE NIGHT |
In the misquoted words of Barry Scott from the famous Cillit Bang advert 'quack, quack, quack, quack' the ducks hit 4 to wash away Walsall Wood.
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| IF ITS SHAW LANE YOU HAVE TO FEATURE DESMOND DUCK |
Make no mistake after beating Runcorn Linnets, West Auckland, Shildon and now Walsall Wood Shaw Lane Aquaforce [SLA] will take some stopping in this seasons vase as they fInd themselves just 3 games away from a Wembley appearance. It will be all the more remarkable in that so far due to the vagaries of their pitch they have only played one 'home' game. Tonight's game was moved to Sandy Lane following two postponements of the replay at Shaw Lane. Sadly the 30 mile diversion out of Yorkshire to Nottinghamshire saw an attendance of just 131 which depleted the usual electric atmosphere that SLA Vase games have generated so far this season. So after a minor, but one suspects, costly move to Barnsley FC's Oakwell it was now off to a Yorkshire based club in Handsworth Parramore who own and play at Sandy Lane were they are landlords for the towns re formed side Worksop Town in of course Nottinghamshire. Credit to both Parramore and of course Craig Wood for getting this game on.
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| HOME OR AWAY YOU DECIDE |
Arrival to Worksop tonight was via a rather full Northern Rail Lincoln service but having finally departed for the first time at Worksop station there was time to meet 'the duck' again a staple part of all SLA games although he failed to re-appear at half time.
The ground is a tidy affair with neat and modern bar area with function room upstairs in this wood cladded building behind the entrance goal a small atcost terrace is in place, walking round by the dug outs are two small, again, atcost seated stands before behind the far goal a larger seated atcost stand. As we move round to the main stand which has a semi barrelled roof and is tight to the pitch it commands a good protection from the elements but is slightly frustrating in the amount of posts blocking match views and of course at the top end of this stand is another small atcost seated stand. too! As we work our way back towards the entrance the end of the main stand is a caged entrance for the players whose portacabin changing facilities are behind the stand.
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| TONIGHTS LINE UP |
The game was a convincing performance from SLA who stormed to a two nil lead at half time with attacking pace and clinical finishing being the order of the day. The first goal left the visitors keeper with a nasty facial cut and he was replaced although he must have the best name for any keeper Dale Faultless! Early on in the second half this SLA's dominance was confirmed when Andrew Fox curled in a sublime finish from the left edge of the box and then on 55 minutes it was 4-0 thanks to Dentons close range conversion. Walsall Wood to their credit never gave up here and got a deserved consolation on 90 minutes via a deflected shot.
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| ANDREW FOX SEES SLA INTO THE NEXT ROUND |
Goal scorer Fox suffered a lengthy second half delay when he tried to replace a rather stubborn dislodged contact lens.
The next round beckons and Flackwell Heath await the force and with SLA having the home draw watch this space to see where the game may be taken to be played at.
The return journey from a very quiet Worksop train station was completed by a one carriage train which was fully manned, if this is not the wrong term, by an all female crew. The one thing that made the blog jump was the announcement at the station which is normally by the professional female monotone announcer but this time a warning to 'be aware platforms can be slippy ' was made by an excitable sounding 8 year old. Obviously some local competition with schools and it made a pleasant change although it was a little disconcerting.
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| A QUIET DEPARTURE FROM WORKSOP |
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