Brief report
John Laidlar from his Alty
Pages where a full report can be found
Photographs by Alan Johnson and
John Cowey from his Bishop
Auckland site
BISHOP AUCKLAND (1) 2 ALTRINCHAM (0) 0
UniBond
Premier League Match, played on Saturday, 18
November 2000, at 3p.m.
SCORERS
- 9 mins: Andrew SHAW (Bishop Auckland 1 Altrincham 0)
- 78 mins: Anthony LEE (penalty) (Bishop Auckland 2 Altrincham 0)
REFEREE: Mr D.S. McDermid
ATTENDANCE: 238
TEAMS
| 18.11.00 |
BISHOP AUCKLAND |
versus. |
ALTRINCHAM |
| 3pm |
Light and dark blue quartered shirts
and dark blue shorts and socks |
---. |
Red and white
shirts and black shorts |
| 1. |
Steve JONES |
1. |
Stuart COBURN |
| 2. |
Stephen HUTT |
2. |
Jason GALLAGHER |
| 3. |
Anthony LEE |
3. |
James GLENDENNING |
| 4. |
Stephen BELL |
4. |
Adam FARLEY |
| 5. |
Mark SALMON (capt.) |
5. |
Gary TALBOT (capt.) |
| 6. |
Michael NELSON |
6. |
Mark WARD |
| 7. |
David GALLACHER |
7. |
Ian CRANEY |
| 8. |
David BAYLES |
8. |
Steve HAWES |
| 9. |
Andrew SHAW |
9. |
Alex HAY |
| 10. |
Danny MELLANBY |
10. |
Richard LANDON |
| 11. |
Jeff SMITH |
11. |
Danny MURPHY |
| 12. |
Michael DUNWELL |
12. |
Stuart SCHEUBER |
| 14. |
Danny BRUNSKILL |
14. |
Mario DANIEL |
| 15. |
Thomas DUNN |
15. |
Mark MADDOX |
SUMMARY
After their home defeat by Gainsborough, Altrincham were expecting a
hard game against in-form Bishop Auckland. However, they made it even harder
for themselves with a major defensive shake-up, as outlined below. The new
3-5-2 formation did not work and was scrapped at half-time in favour of
4-4-2. Although all of the back four were centre-backs, the performance
improved and Alty were unlucky not to level the scores when Maddox had a
header cleared off the line and Daniel's thumping shot was tipped wide by
Jones. Alty had been chasing the game since the 9th minute when Farley
allowed "Snapper" Shaw to dispossess him in the right corner and
the Bishops' man scored a fine goal. Despite being on top, an Altrincham
defensive lapse after 77 minutes gave the Bishops a penalty conceded by the
already booked Maddox, which Lee put away. Very oddly, Maddox was allowed to
remain on the pitch after this second offence as no red card was shown.
Altrincham offered little after this second goal and slid to their second
consecutive defeat and their first away League game of the season without
scoring a goal.
TEAM NEWS
Mark Ward scrapped his previously employed 4-4-2 formation by dropping both
full-backs, Gary Scott and Steve Porter in a move designed to tighten the
defence. Instead Farley, Glendenning and Talbot were deployed at the back,
with five in midfield and Landon and Hay up front. Ward started his first
League start since the Worksop game and despite the presence of three
centre-backs in the starting line-up, recovering centre-back Mark Maddox was
named as one of the subs, alongside 16 year-old Mario Daniel and Stuart
Scheuber. The Bishops brought local hero, "Snapper" Shaw, back
into their starting line-up as striker.
FINAL SCORE: BISHOP AUCKLAND 2 ALTRINCHAM 0
Photographs by Alan Johnson
No shots, no goals, no light, no
photos!
