Hyde United v Altrincham

A brief report prepared by John Laidlar from his Alty Pages where a full report can be seen.

HYDE UNITED (0) 4 ALTRINCHAM (1) 2

Unibond Premier League Match, played on Monday, 16 October 2000, at 7.30p.m.

SCORERS

39 mins: Gary SCOTT (Hyde United 0 Altrincham 1)
49 mins: Simon YEO (Hyde United 1 Altrincham 1)
57 mins: Gary SCOTT (Hyde United 1 Altrincham 2)
66 mins: Gary TALBOT (o.g.) (Hyde United 2 Altrincham 2)
80 mins: Simon YEO (Hyde United 3 Altrincham 2)

88 mins: Gavin SALMON (Hyde United 4 Altrincham 2)

REFEREE: Mr S. G. Cooke (Mexborough, Yorkshire)

ATTENDANCE: 674

TEAMS

16.10.00	HYDE UNITED	versus.	ALTRINCHAM
7.30pm	Red and white shirts; white shorts	---.	Blue and white shirts and shorts
1.	Kurt EDGINGTON	1.	Stuart COBURN
2.	Gus WILSON (capt.)	2.	Gary SCOTT
3.	Paul ROBERTSON	3.	Steve PORTER
4.	Mark BEESTON	4.	James GLENDENNING
5.	Paul TAYLOR	5.	Gary TALBOT (capt.)
6.	Peter BAND	6.	Steve HAWES
7.	Matty TAYLOR	7.	Ian CRANEY
8.	Neil HALL	8.	Stuart SCHEUBER
9.	Simon YEO	9.	Carl FURLONG
10.	Jody BANIM	10.	Alex HAY
11.	Martin McDONALD	11.	Danny MURPHY
12.	Lee WILKINSON	12.	Richard LANDON
14.	Gavin SALMON	14.	Adam FARLEY
15.	Brendan ASPINALL	15.	Mark WARD

SUMMARY
Bad defending cost Altrincham this match after fine goals from Gary Scott had twice (38 and 57 mins) given them the lead. However, the team's rhythm had been upset as early as the 12th minute when Glendenning was sent off for foul language and for over an hour, until Band met the same fate as Glendenning, the Robins played with a man fewer than Hyde. Referee Cooke could politely be described as poor, giving wrong decisions to both sides throughout the game, though Glendenning found a more pithy Anglo-Saxon epithet for one of his Assistants to earn his dismissal. The ten men played superbly and even after Yeo had equalised (49 mins), they came back well to go ahead 2-1 (57 mins). However, errors gifted Hyde two goals, the first an own goal by Talbot after a slip by Scott, though the Hyde announcer credited Banim with the effort. The second lapse was by Talbot who missed a long ball in the air and let in Yeo for Hyde's third ten minutes from the end. Salmon scored a flattering fourth (88 mins), rounding Coburn, when he broke away after Altrincham had committed everything to attack.

TEAM NEWS
Altrincham fielded the same team and subs named against Spennymoor on Saturday last. Hyde included two recent ex-Alty players, Martin McDonald and Paul Robertson in their line-up. Also spotted in the crowd were Stuart Walker (Hyde Utd), Ricky Harris (Leigh RMI) and more puzzlingly, Alty's AWOL midfielder, Stuart Quinn.

FINAL SCORE: HYDE UNITED 4 ALTRINCHAM 2

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