Stafford Rangers 0 Hyde United 2
Northern Premier League
Saturday 10 October 2020
Stafford Rangers’ search for a first league win continues after they were beaten at home by Hyde United. Rangers were missing five players through injury while John Welsh was only a name among the substitutes after reporting unwell in the morning.
And the home side had a further set back when Dan Burns was sent off just past the half hour. It was the centre defender’s second red card in the fledgling season. Rangers had looked a fair bet to open the scoring prior to Burns’ dismissal. Joe Cuff had the first opening when he turned Kyle Brownhill but poked his shot wide of the left-hand post.
Cuff was in again a few minutes later when Rangers launched a counterattack from a Hyde free kick. Cieron Keane’s ball over the top of Andrew Hollins picked out the Stafford forward but Hyde keeper Joe Green saved before Brownhill kept out Cuff’s follow up and debutant Mubarak Adarabioyo saw his path blocked by Tom Morris.
Hyde’s key threat came through Paddy Lane and a couple of times he looked set to open up but couldn’t find a clear route on goal with Michael Williams making a superb challenge to halt one run.
It was Lane who put Hyde ahead from the penalty spot on 35 mins after Burns had hauled down Tom Pratt. It was a goal of Rangers’ own making as Burns under hit a return pass to Alex-Ray Harvey. Kingsley James nipped in to send Pratt clear and there were no complaints at penalty award as Burns dragged him down.
Pratt looked set to make it 2-0 after Lane had got past Ben Forrest but Lewis King saved while the half finished with Mo Sebbeh-Njie shooting wide from the edge of the area. Keane was replaced by Reece Jones in a tactical half time substitution but it was Hyde who created the best chances in the early exchanges with Lane seeing a shot blocked on the line by Williams after an error from King while Morris headed wide from Lane’s free kick.
Rangers failed to draw a save from Green as they struggled to break Hyde down with Morris and Andrew Hollins solid in the heart of the visitors’ defence. Chinedu Uche made sure of the points for Hyde when he netted the second goal of the afternoon in added time following a deep centre from Brownhill.
Stafford Rangers: 1 Lewis King, 2 Ben Forrest, 3 Cieron Keane (12 Reece Jones 46m), 4 Sam Coulson, 5 Dan Burns, 6 Muhammad Sebbeh-Njie, 7 Michael Williams, 8 Alex-Ray Harvey, 9 Mubrak Adarabioyo, 10 Joe Cuff (14 Jamie Sleigh 67m), 11 Joe Kenton. Unused Subs: 15 Liam Langford, 16 Ryan Nesbitt, 17 John Welsh
Hyde United: 1 Joe Green, 2 Bradley Roscoe, 3 Kyle Brownhill, 4 Kingsley James, 5 Andrew Hollins, 6 Tom Morris, 7 Chinedu Uche, 8 Jack Sherratt, 9 Louis Myers (17 Jack Dyche 74m), 10 Tom Pratt, 11 Paddy Lane. Unused Subs 12 John McCombe, 14 Matthew Thomson, 15 Seydou Bamba, 16 Theo Bailey-Jones
Ref: Richard Eley
Cautions: Coulson (Rangers); James, Uche, Myers, Pratt, Lane (Hyde)
Sent Off: Burns (Rangers)
Goals: Hyde: Lane pen 35, Uche 90+1
Attendance: 578
Report by Chris Elsley
MATCH UPDATE
IMPORTANT NOTICE SRFC V HYDE
10th October 2020
On the advice of the Local Authority Safety Advisory Group (SAG) we must now inform all fans that drinking outside the Social club within the ground will not be possible for tomorrow’s game against Hyde.
Fans who wish to drink will only be able to do so whilst seated in the John Downing Suite where table service will be provided. If this room reaches the Covid-19 capacity we will open the Stan Robinson Suite and once again table service will be provided.
Anyone standing or moving around will be required to wear a face covering at all times.
The fans bar will not be open. In the very fluid world we currently operate in your club is doing its best to keep everyone safe and respond to the latest advice and recommendations and we need everyone to play their part.
Thank you for your co-operation and understanding
Stafford Rangers FC v Hereford FC
Tuesday 13th October 2020 KO 7.45pm
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Tickets for the Stafford Rangers Emirates FA Cup game against Hereford will go on general release at 9.00 am on Thursday 8th October. These tickets are available for home fans only. The Ticket office will close at 9.00 am Monday 12th October. This game is all ticket and all pay.
Ticket Prices Adult £10.00, Concessions £7.00, Under 16’s £3.00
Under the latest current FA protocol, NO AWAY fans will be allowed. If any away fans try to buy tickets and are identified as such the ticket will be cancelled and refunded. The FA Cup protocol states ‘both clubs shall ensure that they do not allow, permit, encourage or facilitate spectators of visiting clubs access to any area of the ground on match day.
Both Hereford and Stafford take this responsibility seriously.
On match day should any person who is identified as an away fan attempt to gain access with a ticket they will be denied entry and no refund given.
Covid-19 (Support)
With the increase in live cases Social Distancing has never been more important and whilst we will be actively stewarding all areas we need your full co-operation and individual responsibility to ensure we comply with guidelines throughout the club and terraces. We will continue to be scrutinised closely to ensure we act within strict Covid-19 guidelines and the safety of everyone is our priority.
We can’t do it alone, we are all in this together to ensure we can put games on and keep each other safe. Please play your part.
Our recommendation is that face coverings are worn at all times throughout the stadium and are mandatory in the stand and accessing bars and toilets. Use hand sanitisers regularly and give everyone around you space distance and respect.
Gates will open at 5.30pm and access into the ground through Gates A & D where all tickets will be scanned on entry.
We ask you to not leave entrance to the ground until last minute if at all possible we want to minimise queues , maximise distance between fans queuing for access and avoid last minute rushes. In preparation can you please download the NHS track & Trace app wherever possible to log into the venue.
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR GATES WILL NOW TOTALLY CLOSE AT 7.45 pm SHARP NO ACCESS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ANYONE AFTER THIS TIME.
Stafford Rangers v Hyde United
10th October 2020
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Tickets for this game have been on sale since Sunday and at the time of this post 97 have been sold. This game will be all ticket. Our on line ticket office will close at 4pm Thursday 8th October.
If we do have any tickets left for sale we will tell you on Friday morning 9th October but if you want to secure a ticket we advise you to buy on line. We guarantee entrance for Season Ticket holders.
We are really trying our best to accommodate everyone but we will continue to be scrutinised closely to ensure we act within strict Covid-19 guidelines for the safety of everyone at the football club. Trying to balance everyone’s needs is nearly impossible in the current situation so we ask you to buy on line so we can manage numbers effectively and with as much clarity as possible.
We also ask people who had requested an NHS ticket to collect these by 4pm Thursday 8th October. After this time these tickets will be void. This is not a perfect situation, but we currently have over 60 tickets which are outstanding collection. This gives us great uncertainty in terms of numbers turning up on the day and feel that we have to bring this matter to a close.
Covid-19 (Support)
With the increase in live cases Social Distancing has never been more important and whilst we will be actively stewarding all areas we need your full co-operation and individual responsibility to ensure we comply with guidelines throughout the club and terraces.
We can’t do it alone, we are all in this together to ensure we can put games on and keep each other safe. Please play your part. Our recommendation is that face coverings are worn at all times throughout the stadium and are mandatory in the stand and accessing bars and toilets. Use hand sanitisers regularly and give everyone around you space distance and respect.
Gates open as usual at 1:00pm and we will be opening:
- Gate A (Season Ticket)
- Gate C (Concessions)
- Gate D for on line tickets.
We ask you to not leave entrance to the ground until last minute if at all possible we want to minimise queues , maximise distance between fans queuing for access and avoid last minute rushes. In preparation can you please download the NHS track & Trace app wherever possible to log into the venue.
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR GATES WILL NOW TOTALLY CLOSE AT 3:00PM SHARP NO ACCESS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ANYONE AFTER THIS TIME.
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