Shaw Lane 5 – 2 Stafford Rangers
Sep 23, 2017

Evo-Stik League Premier Division

Saturday 23 September 2017

Rangers slipped into the bottom four after being hit for five by high flying Shaw Lane.

The game was as good as over by half time as a poor first half display from Stafford allowed the Barnsley based side to coast to a 4-0 lead.

Paul Clayton had already missed a simple chance on the goal line when Damien Reeves put Shaw Lane in front on 14 mins, heading in Alex Byrne’s cross via the underside of the bar.

Clayton made it 2-0 on 21 mins, heading home the rebound after Adam Whitehouse had saved well from the initial shot.

Whitehouse made another good save, this time from Nicky Walker then flicked one over from Reeves, but, just before the interval, Shaw Lane struck twice inside four minutes to put the game beyond Stafford.

Rangers conceded an unnecessary corner which was then defended poorly as Cameron Hough made it 3-0 on 42m and Clayton slid in to make it 4-0 a minute in to added time.

But Stafford weren’t without chances of their own. Mat Bailey headed straight at Jon Stewart with the game still goal-less while Jack Langston drove wide from 30 yards before Exodus Geohaghon had a close range header blocked from a Jack Sherratt cross.

A triple substitution early in the second half triggered a positive response from Stafford and two goals from Dan Westwood on 56 mins and a penalty on 64 mins gave them some hope. Westwood’s first saw him turn in a shot from Richard Gregory then he netted from the spot after Izak Reid had been tripped.

Richard Batchelor had a shot blocked as Rangers went close to a third but Alex Byrne restored the three goal margin on 72 mins following a break from Sam Osborne.

Westwood had the ball in the back of the Shaw Lane net once more but the referee spotted an infringement in the build up then Josh Craddock almost marked his return with a goal before Shaw Lane scrambled the ball away.

Shaw Lane: 1 Jon Stewart 2 Neil Austin, 3 Ryan Serrant, 4 David Norris, 5 Kelvin Lugsden, 6 Cameron Hough, 7 Alex Byrne (15 Niah Payne 84m), 8 Spencer Harris, 9 Paul Clayton, 10 Damien Reeves (12 Chib Chilaka 76m), 11 Nicky Walker (14 Sam Osborne 66m) Unused subs: 16 Godwin Abadaki, 17 Morgan Bacon

Rangers: 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Sam Griffiths, 3 Jordaan Brown, 4 Exodus Geohaghon, 5 Mat Bailey, 6 Jack Langston (17 Richard Batchelor 51m), 7 Osebi Abadaki (16 Josh Craddock 51m), 8 Jack Sherratt, 9 Dan Westwood, 10 Louis Briscoe (12 Richard Gregory 51m) 11 Izak Reid. Unused subs 14 Kai Davis, 15 Levi Reid

Cautions: Brown, Sherratt (Rangers)

Referee: Martin Chester

Att: 261

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