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ACTION REPLAY 26-29 AWAY DAYS
from Squires Gate v Avro
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PICTURES BY IAN MOORE // @OLDBLUEFOX // @FYLDEFOX
ACTION REPLAY
SQUIRES GATE 2-1 CAMMELL LAIRD
It was Gate who started on top, with an inswinging corner from Harrison Webster flicked wide by Westwood inside the first minute. A dangerous cross from Hughes that went without a touch and an effort from Nathan Cliffe were also notable events in the opening 15 minutes for Gate.
Against the run of play though, Cammell Laird took the lead on 21 minutes from the penalty spot. Bartram was the man penalised for bundling a man over inside the box, and Kieran Hamm made no mistake from 12 yards. Gate had to wait until the 39th minute for their next opportunity. A ball down the left saw Cliffe break in behind the Laird defence, but his low effort was well saved by the keeper.
Evans’ men did get their equaliser on 42 minutes through captain Josh Westwood. A Gate corner was only half cleared, with the loose ball picked up by Nathan Bartram who swung in an excellent cross that was nodded home by Westwood. Cliffe sliced an effort well off target for Gate on 61 minutes, before Nathan Pennington was called into action at the other end to make a vital save.
Both sides hit the woodwork after the 70 minute mark, as a looping cross from Cammell Laird clipped the top of the bar, before a Gate corner was flicked onto the post by Dan Gray.
It was Squires Gate who got the winner though on 82 minutes through Nathan Bartram. A corner won after Cliffe was denied by the keeper was swung in by Harrison Webster, with Bartram getting across his man and flicking his header superbly into the far top corner.
Pennington had to be aware to keep out an instant equaliser at the other end, before substitute Mekkaoui-Abouzaid missed a golden chance to wrap it up for Gate, firing wide after breaking in behind a tiring Laird defence.
