GRAINGER DEDICATES HAT-TRICK TO HIS MAM!
WINGER MATTY GRAINGER HAS DEDICATED HIS HAT-TRICK AND TEAM WIN TO HIS MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK RIP..
CHAPINS CHANGES WERE , SKIPPER VAN PERSIE AND DOUGLAS CAME BACK INTO THE LINE UP WITH PRICE DROPPED TO THE BENCH AND MELDRUM AWOL , THE BACK LINE STAYED THE SAME WITH AN SETTLED BACK FOUR NOW THE TEAM HOPES. SO JOE CAME BACK INTO THE CENTRE TO BRIGHTEN THINGS UP N DUGIE UP TOPS FOR THE PACE THAT THE TEAM WERE MISSING WITH RYE MISSING. WAS AN OK START FROM THE LADS AS SOME GOOD FOOTBALL WAS BEING PLAYED DOWN BOTH WINGS AND KEEPING THE BALL ON THE FLOOR AND NOT JUST KICKING IT ANYWHERE .TH EGAME GOT UNDERWAY WITH THE BALL COMING DOWN THE RIGHT WITH SHEARSMITH AND FORWARD DOUGLAS GETTING THE BALL INTO THE CORNER FOR A AWSOME CROSS ONTO MATTY'S HEAD FOR KEEPER TO SAVE WITH HIS FEET A SITTER!! , THE LADS DID SHOOT THERE SELVES IN THE FOOT AS THEY APPLIED ALL THE PRESSURE FOR GATESHEAD TO GO DOWN THE OTHER END TO SCORE WITH THE FORWARD RAPING THE BOMB 1-0 GATESHEAD . CHAPLINS FORT BACK BRILLIANTLY WITH MORE GOOD PLAY DOWN THE RIGHT FROM LEE AGAIN TO PASS THE BALL ACROSS THE BOX WHERE GRAINGER CUT INSIDE THE DEFENDER TO TAP HOME THE FOR THE EQIULIZER 1-1 , SO AT THE BREAK THE LADS WERE HAPPY WITH THE DRAW AS THEY KNEW THEY HAD THE BANK IN THE SECOND HALF TO TAKE A BIT PRESSURE OFF THINGS. THE LADS WENT INTO THE SECOND HALF RARING AS A EARLY GOAL FROM CHAPLINS WENT IN AS MORE GOOD WORK FROM LEE SHEARSMITH TO CROSS FOR GRAINGER TO LURK IN AGAIN TO LEFT FOOT SMASH IT HOME , CHAPLINS FRESHEND THINGS UP WITH DUGIE COMING OFF AND PRICE ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG TURNING POINT FOR CHAPLINS AS WITH ONLY BEING ON FIVE MINUTES SCORED A TAP IN FROM A MARK JOHNSON THROUGH BALL , CHAPLINS WERE LOOKING SOLID ALL OVER THE PARK AS THE DEFENCE LOOKED COMFORTABLE AND JOE AND CO. RULING THE MIDFIELD ALL GAME. CHAPLINS THORT THEY WERE HOME DRY AT 3-1 BUT THORT WRONG AS GATESHEAD GOT A GOAL BACK FOR 3-2 BITH A BIT OF A MIX UP AT THE BACK. PRICEY SHOWED MANAGER PAUL VAUDREY HOW GOOD HE REALLY WAS WITH SCORING HIS SECOND ONLY BEING ON 15 MIN SO TWO PLAYERS GRAINGER AND PRICE WERE LOOKING FOR THE HAT TRICK BUT THE REWARD CAME TO GRAINGER AS JOE WIPPED IN A CORNER TO IT GET CLEARED TO GRAINGER TO SCORE HIS THIRD FROM JUST INSIDE THE EDGE OF THE BOX 5-2 WHAT TAKES HIM INTO DOUBLE FIGURES FOR THE SEASON(10). THE LADS WERE PLAYING SOME NEAT FOOTBALL AFTER THIS AND KEPT THEIR HEADS AND BACKED EACH OTHER UP WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE FOR A CHANGE WITH NO BITCHING. AND NEAR THE END THE BEST GOAL OF THE DAY CAME FROM STOTT WHO WAS ON A BIT OF A GOAL DROUGHT SMASHED THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER FROM THE END OF THE BOX FROM BIRDS GOOD FOOTWORK , LOOKING BACK AT THAT GOAL IT WILL BE UP THERE WITH DUGIES SCREAMER AGAINST SANDHILLS FOR GOAL OF THE SEASON -WELL DONES LADS AMAZING!!!!!!! GAME POINTERS- NO CRITISISM OR BITCHING PLAYED THE FOOTBALL , SCORING 6 GOALS WITHOUT RYE , KEEPING OUR HEADS AT 3-2 TO FINISH GAME OFF , BRINGING ON PRICEY , STOTT SCORING WELL DESERVED AND SHEARSMITH'S ASSISTS.
(OTHER SCORE TODAY - MUSIC ROOMS 3 SANDHILLS 2.)
