Marine Altrincham

Brief report by John Laidlar, a full report in his Alty pages

MARINE (0) 0 ALTRINCHAM (1) 4

Unibond Premier League Match, played on Tuesday, 5 September 2000, at 7.45p.m.

SCORERS

16 mins: Gary TALBOT (Marine 0 Altrincham 1)
63 mins: Steve HAWES (Marine 0 Altrincham 2)
65 mins: Kevin ELLISON (Marine 0 Altrincham 3)

88 mins: Phil POWER (Marine 0 Altrincham 4)

REFEREE: Mr P Bramley (Leeds)

ATTENDANCE: Guesstimate - 400

TEAMS

5.9.00	MARINE	versus.	ALTRINCHAM
7.45pm	White short, black shirts and socks	---.	Blue and white shirts and shorts
1.	Chris CLARKE	1.	Stuart COBURN
2.	Darren HUGHES	2.	Adam FARLEY
3.	Gary RANDLES	3.	Steve PORTER
4.	Kevin FORMBY	4.	Mark MADDOX
5.	Mark NULTY	5.	Gary TALBOT (capt.)
6.	Jon GAUTREY	6.	Mark WARD
7.	John MORGAN	7.	Jason GALLAGHER
8.	David GAMBLE	8.	Steve HAWES
9.	Rick BAINBRIDGE	9.	Richard LANDON
10.	David THOMPSON	10.	Phil POWER
11.	Ian BAINES	11.	Kevin ELLISON
12.	Karl ROBINSON	12.	Barry CROWE
14.	Neil BLACK	14.	Stuart SCHEUBER
15.	John WAREING	15.	Ian CRANEY

SUMMARY
Altrincham notched up their first away win of the season in impressive style at Rossett Park, roared on by impressively vocal support from the travelling Moss Lane faithful. Since Altrincham's last visit, the Marine ground has acquired, behind the College Road goal, an impressive 400-seater stand of Conference quality, which has a small terrace in front of it. However the two sides of the pitch and, to a lesser degree, the other end of the ground remain hemmed in by housing which make this a testing, though welcoming, fixture for visiting teams and spectators alike. On their previous two Unibond visits, Altrincham had lost here.

However, the visitors started well and for the fifth game running scored within a quarter of an hour or so of the kick-off, through Gary Talbot. Although Marine had a good spell later in the first half, Altrincham deserved their half-time lead. However, it was in the second period that the Robins stepped up their play and once Steve Hawes's magnificent goal had given them a 2-0 cushion, they played some impressive football to run out comfortably as 4-0 victors, with the further goals coming from Kevin Ellison and, just before the end, Phil Power. Marine, yet to win this season, did not give up and commendably threw men forward up to the final whistle but the nearest they came to a goal was a last-minute shot from distance which hit the post.

TEAM NEWS
Altrincham had no game last Saturday- despite the phantom Whitby v. Altrincham result given out on TV and in the press. In the interim, Altrincham had lost the services of their accomplished left-back and Player of the Year, Danny Adams, sold to Macclesfield for a fee which may reach £25,000. Mark Ward gave Steve Porter a debut in Danny's place and chose Adam Farley to occupy the troublesome right-back berth, so far already occupied by Gallagher, Crowe and Farley this season. Maddox and Talbot remained as centre-backs and Stuart Coburn continued in goal, despite the potentially unsettling effect of his previous week's three-day abortive trial at Crystal Palace. Mark Ward and Steve Hawes manned the central midfield with Kevin Ellison on the left and Jason Gallagher, back in his best position on the right of midfield, albeit at the expense of Stuart Quinn who has played well this season. Barry Crowe was unlucky to be consigned to the bench, where Stu Scheuber was another occupant. Altrincham's injury problems up-front, (Chambers, Furlong and Quayle are all injured) left the "mature" duo of Dickie Landon and Phil Power as the strike-force. Marine have blooded a number of youngsters this season, but the veteran, Jon Gautrey, still plays an important role.

FINAL SCORE: MARINE 0 ALTRINCHAM 4

Photographs by Alan Johnson Temporarily deleted to allow site to be updated

	Since the last time we visited Marine they have built a fine new stand which seats 400.
	Marine have very little room for expansion of their ground being closely surrounded by houses . On one side there is a narrow covered terrace area
	It is not possible to use the right hand side for spectators as the gardens of the houses come so close to the ground.
	It was getting a little dark for pictures!
	But computer enhancing of the photo helped!
	Steve Hawes about to take yet another corner, but most of the action occurred on the opposite side of the pitch to where I was.
	The game is over and the conquering hero's leave the pitch to the rapturous applause of the Alty faithful celebrating the first away win since beating Woking 1-0 on the 19th February

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