CHAPLINS COULDN'T BREAK HALL'S KEEPER!
CHAPLINS HAD 6 FIRST TEAM PLAYERS MISSING - HAYES AND MARK JOHNSON WORK ,HOWEY AND JOE WERE BOTH AT WIGAN AND STOTT FLU ,TODD AWOL AGAIN. THE LADS ONLY HAD 2 SUBS IN MANAGER PAUL VAUDREY AND STUY REDPATH BOTH DEFENDERS SO HAD NO ATTACKING OPTIONS WERE THERE TO BRING ON. BRENT AND BIRD CAME STRAIGHT INTO THE LINE UP AS DID NEW SIGNING MARK BELL WENT IN THE STICKS. CHAPLINS CONCEEDED EARLY WHEN A GREAT THROUGH BALL SPLIT ALEX AND WES FOR HALL TO FINISH SMARTLY PAST BELL . HALL WERE 2 UP BY 15 MIN WHEN GRAINGER GOT CAUGHT ON THE BALL FOR THEIR FORWARD TO RUN THROUGH TO GET HIS 2ND ROUNDING THE KEEPER AND PASSING PAST FARRELL ON THE LINE. CHAPLINS GOT THE BALL DOWN AND PLAYED SOME GOOD STUFF DOWN THE RIGHT WITH DOUGLAS THE OUTLET GETTING SOME CROSSES IN FOR OUR FORWARDS , BRENT HAD TWO AMAZING CHANCES WHEN TWO SIMILAR BALLS CAME TO HIM EDGE OF THE BOX TO MISS LIGHTLY. GRAINGER HAD A SWEAT STRIKE SAVED AGAIN THEN DOUGLAS TESTED THE GOAL WITH A POWERFUL LEFT FOOTED SHOT CUTTING IN FOR KEEPER TO TIP ROUND THE POST ,RYE GOT SHOTS AWAY OUT OF NOTHING WITH THE KEEPER PULLING THE HOLLYWOODS OFF AGAIN TO LATER GET HIM MAN OF THE MATCH JUST FOR HIS FIRST HALF DISPLAY , BIRD AND MELDRUM WERE LINKING UP WELL AS THEY KEPT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ALL GAME PROBABLY SHOULD OF GETTING BETTER SERVICE FROM THE MIDFIELD . AS THE CHAPLINS CHANCES DIDN'T PAYOFF AFTER ABOUT 10 SHOTS AND GIVING AWAY TO MANY FREEKICKS EDGE OF THE BOX HALL WENT AND GOT A THIRD TO KILL CHAPLINS HOPES OF GETTING BACK IN THE GAME AND TOOK THE 3-0 LEAD. BRENT HAD TO COME OFF WITH HIS KNEESO THE TEAM CHANGED COMPLETLY WITH VAUDREY MOVING TO CENTRE HALF AND FARRELL TAKING BRENTS PLACE IN CENTRE MIDFIELD. CHAPLINS COME OUT TO THE SECOND HALF WITH 5 MINUTES IN WITH A SIZZLING DOUGLAS STRIKE WHEN THE KEEPER P[ARRYED IT INTO MELDRUM'S PATH TO SCORE HIS 16TH OF THE SEASON AND A BIT OF PRIDE FOR THE LADS. A MIXUP THEN CAME WHEN HALL WHIPPED IN A CROSS TO FIND VAUDREY'S HEAD TO SCORE AN OWN GOAL STRIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE NET 4-1. SPOORS THEN GOT INJURED CAME OFF FOR STUY TO COME ON AT LEFT BACK AND THEN SWAPPED WITH WES . STU MADE HIS FEELINGS HEARD WHEN HALL COUNTER ATTACKED AGAIN AND THE FORWARD ROUNDED THE KEEPER FOR STU TO CLEAR OFF THE LINE , BUT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS HALL GOT THEIR 5TH AND THE FINAL GOAL OF THE DAY WHEN CHAPLINS TRYED TO BREAK AND GRAINGER GOT TACKLED AND THEIR WINGER BEAT WES TO KNOCK THE BALL ACROSS TO TAP THE BALL IN AND GAVE NEWBIGGIN THE 3 POINTS.
GAME POINTERS - LADS MISSING WAS MADE TO PAY! , HALLS GOALIE PULLING OFF CAT SAVES , ONLY HAVING DEFENDERS ON THE BENCH , ALEX'S BATTLE WITH FORWARD , THE DOUGLAS OUTLET AND STU'S CLEARANCE OFF THE LINE.
