Brief
report John Laidlar from
his Alty Pages where
a full report can be found
Photographs by Alan Johnson
2 December 2000
ALTRINCHAM (1) 2 BISHOP AUCKLAND (1) 2
F.A. Trophy, Second Round, played on Saturday, 2nd
December, 2000, at 3p.m.
SCORERS:
- 1 min: Danny MURPHY (Altrincham 1 Bishop Auckland 0)
- 44 mins: David GALLACHER (Altrincham 1 Bishop Auckland 1)
- 50 mins: Anthony LEE (Altrincham 1 Bishop Auckland 2)
- 60 mins: Mark WARD (Altrincham 2 Bishop Auckland 2)
REFEREE: Mr P. Gerrard
ATTENDANCE: 437
TEAMS
| 2.12.00 |
ALTRINCHAM |
versus. |
BISHOP AUCKLAND |
| 3pm |
Red & white
shirts, black shorts and socks |
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Light and dark blue quartered shirts,
blue shorts |
| 1. |
Stuart COBURN |
1. |
Steve JONES |
| 2. |
Gary SCOTT |
2. |
Stephen HUTT |
| 3. |
Steve MORGAN |
3. |
Anthony LEE |
| 4. |
Adam FARLEY |
4. |
David GALLACHER |
| 5. |
Gary TALBOT (capt.) |
5. |
Mark SALMON (capt.) |
| 6. |
Mark WARD |
6. |
Michael NELSON |
| 7. |
Steve HAWES |
7. |
Stephen BELL |
| 8. |
Ian CRANEY |
8. |
David BAYLES |
| 9. |
Alex HAY |
9. |
Andrew SHAW |
| 10. |
Richard LANDON |
10. |
Danny MELLANBY |
| 11. |
Danny MURPHY |
11. |
Jeff SMITH |
| 12. |
Leroy CHAMBERS |
12. |
Danny BRUNSKILL |
| 14. |
Stuart SCHEUBER |
14. |
Thomas DUNN |
| 15. |
James GLENDENNING |
15. |
Michael DUNWELL |
| 16. |
Barry CROWE |
16. |
Mark POSTER |
| 17. |
Steve PORTER |
17. |
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SUMMARY
Bishop Auckland preserved their recent unbeaten record against Altrincham in
a match packed with incident at Moss Lane. Altrincham took the lead inside
thirty seconds through Danny Murphy, after Alex Hay had cleverly shepherded
a prodigious kick from Stuart Coburn to him. It was not until 27 minutes had
past that Bishop Auckland had their first shot at goal as Altrincham played
some excellent football in the early stages. The visitors came back into the
match but Altrincham held their lead until shortly before half-time when
Steve Morgan lunged in for a tackle which precipitated a full-scale melee
involving nineteen players. These included the Bishops' keeper who raced
forty yards to join in the fracas. Morgan (Altrincham) and Bell (Bishop
Auckland) were booked and then, after a prolonged intervention from the
linesman, Salmon was also cautioned. Steve Hawes was lucky not to be booked
too and only Gary Scott, Stuart Coburn and one Bishops player remained aloof
from the scrimmage. Shortly afterwards, Murphy, who had earlier been booked
for an alleged offence in a 50-50 challenge and Morgan, who was also on a
yellow card, failed to challenge Gallacher in any convincing way and the
Bishops' man strode through into the box to score a fine goal with as few
seconds of the half left as had been needed for Altrincham to score at the
start of the game. The visitors stamped their authority on the second half
and equalised after 50 minutes when Lee dribbled through to the edge of the
box before chipping the ball, with the aid of a deflection, over a stranded
Coburn. Altrincham remained under the cosh until Mark Ward lashed in a
superb equaliser from twenty yards on the hour mark. A lunge by Morgan led
to his dismissal (71 mins) but the weakened home side dominated the final
twenty minutes. Referee Gerrard inexplicably failed to see Scheuber chopped
down in the box after he had superbly dribbled past two defenders as
Altrincham's continuous attacks failed to deliver the winner.
TEAM NEWS
Stuart Coburn played despite his recall for trials by Leicester City, but
Mario Daniel was absent at Everton's Academy, for whom he had been selected
for this weekend's match against Bolton Wanderers. Not surprisingly, Jason
Gallagher had not recovered from his awful mouth injury, received last
Saturday and was to be seen today in the crowd, still limping from his
simultaneously incurred leg injury. Adam Farley had recovered from his knock
and partnered Gary Talbot at centre-back whilst new signing, Steve Morgan,
continued at left-back. Danny Murphy had also recovered from recent injuries
and started on the left side of midfield in a 4-4-2 formation with Hay and
Landon up front. The Bishops fielded the same side, albeit differently
numbered, from that which beat Altrincham last month.
FINAL SCORE: ALTRINCHAM 2 BISHOP AUCKLAND 2
Photographs by Alan Johnson
