NEWARK FLOWSERVE RETURN TO WINNING WAYS

TEVERSAL 0 NEWARK FLOWSERVE 2
EMCL @ CARNARVON ST
8 SEPTEMBER 2018 --- 3PM
On a blustery rain-swept afternoon Newark Flowserve returned to winning ways after tasting defeat in midweek at fellow high flyers Selston.  For a team unaccustomed to defeats recently their priority would have been to visit Carnarvon St this afternoon and get the bandwagon back on the road something they did with a regulatory win however its wasn't pretty to watch probably not helped by the weather condition but sometimes there is a need to win ugly and grind out the result.

SAM AGAR CELEBRATES FLOWSERVES OPENING GOAL IN THE RAIN

A well deserved rest from the perils of train travel beckoned and to be honest I had this fixture on the list all along as I look to establish the Derbyshire Newark Flowserve supporters foundation[!-haha] having seen the previous three Flowserve games which for the blog contained one sequence breaking game at Cheadle Heath Nomads last week.

ON ME HEAD SON

Teversal is fairly local and has been covered many times so I wont go into too much needless to say nothing has changed, which is a good thing, warm welcome, good food bar and for those of the alcoholic persuasion too, large television and cosy clubhouse it all adds up to a club I love visiting.  Situated in the 'white city' former coal board hosing part of the village and adjacent to the cricket and bowls club it had been my intention to highlight the old historical part of the village.  The wet stuff though had called off the photographic mission to the old Teversal village and Manor the latter was reputed to be Wragby Hall in Tevershall the main stay of D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, that ground breaking novel banned for the use of a few naughty words that are now common play in todays society of course.

EARLY ACTION WITH TEVIE ON THE BALL

Anyway with persistent rain continuing there was a nice time available to sample a tea and catch up with Chairman Pete before finding a protected position for the afternoons proceedings.
Newark had new signings Callum Smith and Youhans Berak involved from Long Eaton United and Basford United respectfully.  The afternoon had not gone well for the visitors with a car accident involving three of their players with captain James Cullingworth ruled out following the incident.  Manager Craig Roche was also away on family duties but it was good to see Teversal manager Lee Cook back in the dug out. 
From a Teversal point of view the excitement ratio dropped as the evergreen Dave Cockerill was not on the team sheet always a pleasure to see his cultured left foot.

SERIOUS MOMENT FOR GREAVES AND COOK [R] IN THE TEVERSAL DUG OUT

The famous Tesco stands/trolly shelters were not offering too much protection for the lens so it was to the small characterful enclosure behind the dug outs that I headed for the start of proceedings which immediately saw Dan Meadows provide a cross which Smith could only head over, Agar then tried a trademark lob which went over before his next effort was blocked by Rio Alberry in the Tevie goal.
Teversal were sat deep trying to thwart the visitors but they did get a sniff of goal Mathew Wilkinson broke through but Yinka Adebowale in the Flowserve goal tidied things up.

KEEPER ALBERRY SAVES AGAR EFFORT

Just past the half hour mark Agar fired wide and then with five minutes to the tea break what appeared a soft penalty flagged for by the referees assistant saw the front man place the ball on the spot.  With moments of the miss on Wednesday night rattling around his head the ball flew towards the left hand side of the goal Alberry got a hand to it but this time Agar was not to be denied.
Teversal had time to threaten just on the whistle when Phillip Griffiths delivered the cross for Wilkinson's header but Adebowale was equal too it.
A dash through the rain to the snack bar for sustenance chip cob with mayo and tea gave us the energy to race back to the cover and for the first few minutes I risked the view from the top sided Tesco stand, right place right time.

YOUHANS BERAK ON DEBUT FOR NEWARK FLOWSERVE

In the second minute of the restart Jamie Lloyd hit a close range shot towards the Teversal goal and with Alberry in position the ball flew his wrists back and agonisingly its passage continued through his legs and over the line.  At the other end Flowserve number one Adebowale who suffered a similar fate in midweek must have had every empathy with the home custodian and hopefully they consoled one another after the game, who would be a keeper?
The rain became harder and Agar continued to lead a good line but as conditions became more challenging he appeared to extend his bad luck in front of goal on 55 minutes his effort was pushed round by Alberry he followed up with a header over the bar and another close effort that missed the target.  The radar will be on Agar because shortly he's going to return four or five goals in a game for the boys in tangerine by the time he more or less requested to come off I think the frustration was getting to him, but watch this space.

HONESTLY IT POURED IT DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF

In stoppage time former FC Cavaliers player David Kolapo fired inches wide with a cross goal shot.
In wet and windy conditions this game didn't live up too much for the viewing spectator but Newark will not worry too much about that a win is a win however achieved and for Teversal before the penalty they were thwarting one of the undoubted leaders in this league and may very well have gone on to achieve a point.

ANOTHER DEBUTANT CALLUM SMITH

Newark return home for a first game under light against Belper Town in midweek and for Teversal its a Sunday FA Vase trip to Belper United as the road to Wembley continues.