Halifax remains unbeaten


By Highroadwellian
August 23 2003

The Halifax Town Shaymen get a point to keep their unbeaten streak alive. The Shaymen were on the board first but could not hold the lead.


Match Report
August 23rd

Town scrape an away point after dour struggle. Cullen and Bushell both deeply missed in the engine room. If you come to places like Leigh, the potato field makes long balls bounce and zip hopelessly. Good performance from substitute Christian Lee, who did more damage in twenty minutes than Cameron did in an hour. Then he also covered for the injured Garnett for the last eight minutes.
Wilder needs to get the long ball tactics eradicated quickly, we need a middle and desperately.

1st Half
03 Davies parries clear hard hit shot from Robinson.
12 McNiven's shot saved by Davies diving to his left.
13 Shot over bar from Lancaster only 6 yards out.
27 Sandwith free kick headed over by Garnett.
31 Weak shot from Kielty easily collected by Davies.
32 Killeen shot produces easy save from Coburn.
33 Peyton free kick deflected just over for corner after silly foul by Quinn.
36 Elam cross produces good header from Cameron, Coburn collects it but only just.
40 Killeen steals in front of marker Hill, his shot weak saved by Coburn.
2nd Half
47 Robinson shot saved by Davies using his feet, when he looked beaten.
50 Cameron fails to capitalise on defensive error, looked clean through, but defender toes it wide for corner before Cameron's boot could guide it home.
56 Elam cross for Cameron, but cleared by Shepherd for a corner.
58 1-0 Goal. Elam's intelligent and quickly taken free kick is latched onto by Midgley who's shot takes a wicked deflection leaving Coburn stranded.
68 Killeen's cross produces glancing header from Lee straight into Elam's path. His point blank shot is parried by Coburn.
72 Kielty's long cross headed wide by McNiven.
76 Knock down by Killeen for Elam, but his shot is brayed over.
79 1-1 Killeen loses ball in midfield, the ball is knocked down the right wing to Monk, he produces a fine far post cross for McNiven who heads home all too easily.
80 A McNiven shot caught by Davies.
89 Sandwith's cross produces a diving header from Parke, it looked goalbound but clears the keepers right post and bar.




Leigh RMI 1 (McNiven 79)
Coburn, Redmond (Courtney 77), Hill, Durkin, Lancaster, Monk, Kielty, Peyton, Shepherd, McNiven, Robinson (Hallows 69).
Unused Subs: Heffernan, Martin, Maden.
Yellow Cards: McNiven
Halifax Town 1 (Midgley 58)
Davies, Sandwith, Garnett (Parke 85), Mallon, Midgley, Killeen, Elam, Quinn, Cameron (Lee 63), Hudson (Bushell 85), Price.
Unused Subs: McAuley, Farrell.
Yellow Cards: Quinn.
Attendance: 849