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28 December 2015 at 09:01 ·
MARY DENDY 1 BLACKBURN UNITED 1 FT
3-1 Extra time win to BLACKBURN UNITED
DENDY PUT UP A GOOD EFFORT IN CUP GAME
Dendy's cup game which had been lost to the weather for a month was played on the 3G pitch at Holmes Chapel leasure centre.
Dendy had welcome back faces of Scott T and Danny V in the starting 11 and return from injury Adam to put out a strong starting 11.
First half was pretty even with some fine defending from Dendy and at half time is was even at 0-0.
Second half the fitness of Blackburn starting to take effect as they had more time to pass the ball. A ball which could have been over the line was cleared by Dendy. I was linesman and i wasn't 100 percent sure it was all over or not. So it seems was the ref who waved away the angry Blackburn players.
The pressure at last paid dividends for Blackburn as strength of numbers gave an unmarked player the chance to score inside the box with a nice shot in the last ten minutes.
It was looking like a 1-0 scoreline when Dendy's Danny V was clipped in the box to win a pen. To be honest Dan said he played for it. For me it was a needless pen to concede in the last minutes of the game. The defender should have just let the ball run out.
The pen was nicely put away by Ian and it was 1-1 and extra time.
Extra time was just too much for Dendy as injury and lack of subs to change the game paid as Blackburn scored twice to win 3-1.
View of the game.
The better team won over the game. Some good defending marshalled well by man of the match Curbo kept the lively Blackburn side down for much of the game.
Lack of depth, fitness, and players not turning up was sad.
But Dendy gave them a game.
Blackburn on the whole were a good bunch of lads.
Stand in manager Bails did a grand job with the choices he had.
I didn't try it myself but i was told the Curry Bails made was very nice and went down well with home and away teams. Thanks for your hard work Bails.
Donkey for a dodgy pass was Jason.
So 2015 ends with a defeat. Worries about fitness and who will turn up remain. The players who did seemed to enjoy being there and thats what matters.
