Mossley vs Hednesford - The Long-Winded Bit !

After a hard mornings shop in the flesh-pots of Ashton, and an abortive attempt to "tweak" the shower (reckon thermostats packed up !), it was "onwards and upwards" (well it is about a 1 in 3 from our house) to Seel Park.

A much-changed Mossley side got off to the worst possible start when after 4 minutes Chris Cooke got dragged over to the left of Mossley's defence to cover a "walkabout" by SAS (yes it's that side again) and the ball was clipped across to Dyer (i.e. the player that Cookey should have been marking had he ..etc.etc.) who had plenty of time to pick his spot. Cue screwing up of "Golden Goal" ticket (28 by the way).

However, Mossley settled well after this setback and took the game to the joint-leaders of the division. New boy Lee Shillito was putting his long legs to good use down the right and whipping in some useful crosses - similarly David Eyres (God I remember him plying for Rhyl back in the late 80s !!) was doing the same on the left. Completing the new trio up-front was James Turley who was linking well with Peter Wright (whilst managing to look like a "slimline" Jordan Goodeve !!). It was Turley who picked the ball up on the left, cut inside and smacked an excellent shot past Hednesford 'keeper Ryan Young and off the underside of the bar for a well-deserved equaliser..



Preparing for Christmas panto - "It's behind you Ryan - in the net !" - Turley's equaliser.

The second half saw Mossley make a mockery of league positions. Hednesford were clearly rattled, leading some "ruff tuff stuff" at times - Peter Wright in particular coming in for some of the hard knocks.



Peter Wright "holds hands" with his Hednesford "shadow", (the 'less than admirable' Jellicoe !!)

It was no surprise in the end when he was bundled over to give Mossley a lifeline penalty in the closing minutes. Unfortunately Wrighty's weak kick was easily saved by Young (see previous post for the pic), and the last few minutes were a little scary in the Mossley defence.

However a draw was an excellent result against one of the top teams - a result I'd have been happy with at 1455 but ended up being a touch disappointed with at 1650. As SJNR has said - let's hope that this is not another "false dawn" and that Mossley can continue this form to the Tuesday night game at Prescot Cables.