04-01-2015, 20:17
A bit of a bonus this one Conference North fixtures on a Sunday, original choice was Chorley v Oxford City however a swampy Victory Park meant that the lads from Oxford would have got as far as Birmingham before finding that the game was off. However the other local Conference North team AFC Fylde were at home to that most Northern of clubs Lowestoft.
A decent enough attendance of 528 including a couple of Norwich season ticket holders from Lowestoft who had stayed the weekend in the North West, as with yesterday they went home disappointed.
A crisp clear day saw Lowestoft nearly get off to a flyer when forward Reed was one on one with Fylde keeper Hinchcliffe, he muffed the chance and you had the feeling that might be an expensive miss.
Fylde piled forward and when 13 minutes were two ahead, the first from a corner as Rowe bundled the ball home, in the next attack Allen skipped down the right wing cut into the penalty area and beat keeper Jones at his near post, not the greatest piece of goalkeeping. Mind you he was wearing a pink shirt and turquoise boots so dodgy keeping should have been expected.
Fylde dominated and have to say on the break they have some very pacy players Allen and Lloyd especially. Lowestoft struggled to keep in the game and had a good chance to score from a corner however the misdirected header failed to trouble the keeper.
Half time came and went as the temperature dropped so did the quality of the game, early stages of the second half saw Fylde camped in the visitors half and it was only a matter of time until they added a third.
20 minutes from the end it was three Langley rifled home a shot from inside the area, game over.
Fylde switched off and the visitors reduced the arrears with 10 minutes to go through Zielinika after some neat play aroun the edge of the box. It could have been interesting if they had got another but Fylde held on and are now five points clear at the top of the Conference North and could take some stopping.
http://youtu.be/HeEuoOwBNe8 Bit of early action
AFC Fylde 3 Lowestoft Town 1 Att 528
A decent enough attendance of 528 including a couple of Norwich season ticket holders from Lowestoft who had stayed the weekend in the North West, as with yesterday they went home disappointed.
A crisp clear day saw Lowestoft nearly get off to a flyer when forward Reed was one on one with Fylde keeper Hinchcliffe, he muffed the chance and you had the feeling that might be an expensive miss.
Fylde piled forward and when 13 minutes were two ahead, the first from a corner as Rowe bundled the ball home, in the next attack Allen skipped down the right wing cut into the penalty area and beat keeper Jones at his near post, not the greatest piece of goalkeeping. Mind you he was wearing a pink shirt and turquoise boots so dodgy keeping should have been expected.
Fylde dominated and have to say on the break they have some very pacy players Allen and Lloyd especially. Lowestoft struggled to keep in the game and had a good chance to score from a corner however the misdirected header failed to trouble the keeper.
Half time came and went as the temperature dropped so did the quality of the game, early stages of the second half saw Fylde camped in the visitors half and it was only a matter of time until they added a third.
20 minutes from the end it was three Langley rifled home a shot from inside the area, game over.
Fylde switched off and the visitors reduced the arrears with 10 minutes to go through Zielinika after some neat play aroun the edge of the box. It could have been interesting if they had got another but Fylde held on and are now five points clear at the top of the Conference North and could take some stopping.
http://youtu.be/HeEuoOwBNe8 Bit of early action
AFC Fylde 3 Lowestoft Town 1 Att 528
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