Stafford Rangers 0-1 Matlock Town
Aug 25, 2019
Match Report
Stafford Rangers 0-1 Matlock Town
Home League | 24th August 2019 Report by Alan Gee
Attendance | Attendance 486
Rangers faced an unbeaten Matlock Town, who had also not conceded in their first two games and that gave us an idea of what we were in for. A tight game that was not full of incident or clear chances. The first half was often a war of attrition with both teams battling the heat as well as having defences on top. It took thirty-four minutes for the first real effort as Matlock’s Daniel Bramall followed a couple of high early efforts with a shot that stung Lewis King’s hands. Rangers responded with Evan Garnett volleying a flick on straight at Jonathan Stewart, then a Matt Hill free kick was cleared off the line by James Williamson.
The temperature rose during the game and a water break was needed just after the half hour mark. This seemed to energise the teams as both showed more urgency until the break and the half time whistle spoiled what could have been a decent spell. The second half followed a similar pattern but was lifted following another drinks break. Bramall was again denied by King before play switched ends and Andy Haworth’s shot was saved. On eighty-one minutes Matt Hill somehow lost the ball at left back and Marcus Marshall easily fired home for Matlock. Rangers tried to rally but play seemed to break down in the final third, for all of their effort. Deep into injury time, Rangers threw the ball into the Matlock box and a powerful effort struck James Williamson's arm and Mr Williams had no hesitation in awarding the penalty. Josh Green's kick was the perfect height for Jonathan Stewart and Matlock were left to celebrate a late escape.
Stafford Rangers: 1 Lewis King, 2 Paul Bignot (Max Dixon 83), 3 Matthew Hill, 4 Luke Jones, 5 Daniel Burns, 6 Alex-Ray Harvey, 7 Theo Bailey-Jones, 8 Josh Green, 9 Jake Charles, 10 Evan Garnett, 11 Andrew Haworth (Jed Davies 78') Subs: 12 Josh Burns, 14 Max Dixon, 15 Louis Briscoe, 16 Jed Davies, 17 Jack Sherratt
Matlock Town: 1 Jon Stewart, 2 Adam Yates, 3 Ben Gordon, 4 Luke Dean (Jordan Sinnott 60), 5 James Williamson, 6 Dwayne Wiley, 7 Scott Smith (Josh Lacey 82), 8 Jack Rea, 9 Marcus Marshall, 10 Andrew Wright (Nathan Whitehead 60'), 11 Dan Bramall Subs: 12 James Tague, 14 Josh Lacey, 15 Jordan Sinnott, 16 Nathan Whitehead, 17 Jordan Cooke

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