BUILDBASE FA TROPHY – MATCH REPORT
Nov 26, 2017

Gainsborough Trinity 2 Stafford Rangers 0

Buildbase FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying Round

Saturday 25 November 2017

Rangers have only themselves to blame after their FA Trophy exit at Gainsborough Trinity.

Rangers squandered a sackful of first half chances that would have put the home side out of reach. Instead, Gainsborough showed them how to finish with two second half goals.

A lively opening five minutes saw chances at both ends.

Gainsborough attacked from the kick off and it needed a timely intervention from Kieran Morris to prevent Alex Simmons from getting in a shot inside 30 seconds.

At the other end, Louis Briscoe grilled the ball into the danger area but Dan Westwood couldn’t get enough of a touch to divert it in to the Gainsborough net.

Rangers took charge and took the game to their higher ranked opponents.

Briscoe then blazed over the bar and, after Brad Caswell had held on to a glancing header from Simmons round by his ankles, good work from Kieren Westwood created a chance for  Massiah McDonald but his shot deflected wide off Nathan Stainfield. Further good work on the left, this time from Richard Batchelor, saw the Rangers’ midfielder force a good save from Henrich Ravas.

Rangers kept coming and a swift counter launched by Briscoe ended with Stainfield making a good block to keep out Dan Westwood from Batchelor’s ball in to the danger area.

The respective captains both missed out within a minute of each other. Gainsborough’s Shane Clarke headed over when unmarked then, at the other end, Mat Bailey saw his header blocked on the line by sub Taron Hare.

Shortly before the interval, McDonald fired wide after getting behind Stainfield and, despite creating most of the openings, Rangers had to settle for a scoreless first half.

Briscoe missed another glorious chance just after the resumption but Gainsborough had come out in a more positive mood and when Bailey misjudged Stainfield’s header forward from midfield, Ashley Worsfold took advantage to give his side a 55th minute lead.

Pressure from Worsfold resulted in Brad Caswell handling outside of his area, the Rangers keeper receiving a yellow card.

The resulting free kick came to nothing but Gainsborough had got their tales up and Caswell had to make saves from Nathan Jarman and Simmons to keep Rangers in touch.

At the other end, Ravas pushed away a goal bound header from McDonald before Caswell was back in action, producing another good save from Worsfold.

Bailey then volleyed wide but Gainsborough handed out another lesson in finishing in the 81st minute when a long clearance sent Nathan Jarman away and he beat Caswell at his near post to wrap up the tie.

Gainsborough: 1 Henrich Ravas, 2 Michael Jacklin, 3 Kern Miller, 4 Jordan Richards, 5 Nathan Stainfield, 6 Liam King, 7 Craig King (14 Taron Hare 15m), 8 Shane Clark (12 Nathan Jarman 46m), 9 Ashley Worsfold, 10 Alex Simmons (16 Matt Taylor 79m), 11 Curtis Bateson. Unused subs: 15 Josh Lacey, 17 Bradley Wells

Rangers: 1 Brad Caswell, 2 Izak Reid, 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Kieran Westwood, 5 Mat Bailey (15 Kai Davis 84m), 6 Jordaan Brown, 7 Josh Craddock, 8 Louis Briscoe (12 Richard Gregory 82m), 9 Dan Westwood, 10 Massiah McDonald, 11 Richard Batchelor. Unused subs 14 Jack Sherratt, 16 Alex Fletcher, 17 Levi Reid

Cautions: Jacklin, Bateson (Gainsborough) Caswell, K Westwood, Craddock (Rangers)

Att 299

Chris Elsley

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