BORO 2 WHITBY 2

Feb 10, 2018 | Club News

Evo-Stik Northern Premier League

Saturday 10 February 2018

Rangers threw away a two goal lead as Whitby Town salvaged a point with a penalty and a stoppage time equaliser in a game that saw three players sent off. But this wasn’t the thriller that such a catalogue of events portrays and there was an inevitably about Whitby’ eventual equaliser.

Both sides struggled to settle on a difficult surface and neither goal was threatened during the initial exchanges. That all changed with the first glimpse of quality on 23 mins when Rangers’ midfielder Robert Thompson – Brown struck his 25 yard free kick to perfection after Kyle Perry had been fouled. Whitby keeper Jack Norton got his finger tips to the ball but was unable to keep it out.

A free kick from Lewis Maloney almost presented the visitors with an instant reply but Kieren Weledji failed to make contact and Matthew Tymon couldn’t convert at the back post. Tymon put another header into the side netting before Rangers extended their lead a minute before the break when Joe Thomas cut inside Weledji and fired past Nixon from the edge of the area. The second half also got off to a slow start but then Whitby were given a route back in to the game on the hour when referee Wayne Barrett penalised Levi Reid, a half time sub for Sam Griffiths, for a push as Stafford defender a corner and Maloney netted from the spot.

The key incidents of the next 15 minutes saw the three dismissals. First to go was Whitby skipper Steve Snaith on 67 mins for a hand in the face of Perry after the two had tangled on the ground. Eight minutes later, Andrew Monkhouse became the second Whitby player dismissed when he collected a second yellow for a foul although, in the same incident, Thompson -Brown also received a second yellow for simulation.

Despite being at a numerical disadvantage, Whitby kept searching for an equaliser and Weledji went within inches of converting a deep centre while it needed the combined efforts of Jordaan Brown and Dan Vann to deny Junior Mondal. Thomas and Josh Craddock both went close for Stafford but as the clock ticked towards the 90, the home side found themselves defending deeper into their own half. Whitby sensed a point and they got it in the 92nd minute when Callum Patton’s shot looped up off a Boro defender and over Whitehouse.

Rangers: 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Sam Griffiths (12 Levi Reid 46m), 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Dan Vann, 5 Jordaan Brown, 6 Josh Craddock, 7 Joe Thomas, 8 Jack Sherratt, 9 Kyle Perry, 10 Izak Reid, 11 Robert Thompson-Brown. Unused subs: 14 Osebi Abadaki, 15 Dan Westwood, 16 Richard Platt, 17 Brad Caswell

Whitby: 1 Jack Norton, 2 Kieren Weledji, 3 Daniel McWilliams, 4 Kevin Burgess, 5 Andrew May, 6 Steven Snaith, 7 Andrew Monkhouse, 8 Junior Mondal, 9 Matthew Tymon (16 Anthony Hume 90+4m), 10 Lewis Maloney (14 Kyle Fryatt 86m), 11 Callum Martin (12 Callum Patton 76m) Unused Subs: 15 Jamie Poole, 17 Daniel Dixon

Cautions: L Reid (Boro), Burgess (Whitby)

Sent Off: Thompson-Brown (Boro) 2 x cautions

Monkhouse (Whitby) 2 x cautions, Snaith (Whitby) straight red

Referee: Wayne Barrett

Att: 413

Report: Chris Elsley

New Loan Signing

Feb 9, 2018 | Club News

Stafford Rangers have secured the loan signing of Daniel Vann from Walsall. As a central defender he may make his debut against Whitby replacing suspended Kieran Morris. Daniel joined Walsall in 2014 and has progressed through the youth system to signing a professional contract and has squad number 34.

Stalybridge Celtic 2 – 0 Stafford Rangers

Feb 7, 2018 | Club News

Evo-Stik Northern Premier League

Tuesday 6 February 2018

A mad 5 minutes cost Stafford Rangers as they slipped to defeat against fellow strugglers Stalybridge Celtic. Apart from the home side scoring twice in the second half spell, there wasn’t too much to separate the two sides. With Karl Hawley having joined Sutton Coldfield Town and Massiah McDonald suspended, Rangers had Kyle Perry in attack following his return to the club from Stourbridge with Dan Westwood his partner.

Rangers just about edged the first half but the two defences ruled the show, closing down the opposition as soon as there was a hint of an opening. In such a game, chances need to be taken but Dan Westwood missed the one that came his way in the 9th minute, steering the ball wide from Perry’s header on.

Earlier, Jack Sherratt had fired a 25 yarder on target but it was a comfortable save for Jack Walton underneath the crossbar. The home side responded through Liam Dickinson but Jordaan Brown was there to cut out the shot. Stalybridge’s best effort came from Alex Honeyball who jinked his way past three Boro defenders only to be denied by Adam Whitehouse who saved well to his left.

Shortly before the break, Dan Westwood touched Robert Thompson-Brown’s ball into the path of Sherratt but Tom Brown made an excellent tackle to ensure the stalemate remained at half time. After a fairly even first half, it was the home side who were most threatening who were most threatening at the start of the second and they got their breakthrough on 58 mins when Connor Hughes got a favourable bounce after his initial shot was blocked and he fired past Whitehouse.

Rangers made a double substitution with Izak Reid and Joe Thomas replacing Osebi Abadaki and Dan Westwood but it was Stalybridge who struck again on 63 mins when Oli Roberts squared for the unmarked Hughes to tap in his second of the night. Rangers had the better of the final 20 mins but found it hard to break down the home defence. Thompson-Brown fired wide and Sherratt went over while Thomas struck a shot straight at Walton but they were all long range efforts. Stalybridge could have added a third after Chris Gallagher combined with Dickinson but he shot wide when he should have done better.

Stalybridge: 1 Jack Walton, 2 Oliver Crowley, 3 Alex Honeyball, 4 Tom Brown, 5 Luke Ashworth, 6 Danny Morton, 7 Theo Bailey-Jones (17 Josh Ramsden 89m), 8 Oli Roberts (12 Chris Gallagher 73m), 9 Liam Dickinson, 10 Matty Wolfenden (14 Greg Wilkinson 69m), 11 Connor Hughes. Unused subs: 15 Jake Charles, 16 Jack Taylor

Rangers: 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Sam Griffiths, 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Kieran Morris, 5 Jordaan Brown, 6 Josh Craddock (12 Levi Reid 64m), 7 Osebi Abadaki (15 Joe Thomas 61m), 8 Jack Sherratt, 9 Kyle Perry, 10 Dan Westwood (14 Izak Reid 61m), 11 Robert Thompson-Brown. Unused subs: 16 Lucas Burnett, 17 Taylor Allen

Cautions: Dickinson, Gallagher (Stalybridge), D Westwood (Rangers)

Ref: Andrew Smith

Att: 173

Chris Elsley