Not what Dudsey had got planned for this afternoon....The plan was to drop in and see what Mark Shaw was doing with Shirebrook Town... I dropped Mrs H and 'The Little Chic' off in Chesterfield in what I thought was bags of time only to find the ring-road absolutely at a standstill.Realising that time was well against me I decided to drop into Inkersall Road for Staveley`s game against Ncel Premiership strugglers Winterton Rangers.
I managed to pull up with three minutes to the kick-off, ironically at the same time as an old mining colleague Dave Ward (Poo Bear) who`s company I enjoyed at Staveley`s game against Worksop Parramore, hence I spent most of the game in Dave`s company (he`s a top bloke and has football running through every vein of his body).Looking at it on paper though I honestly couldn`t see today being too much of a problem given the fact that virtually all of last seasons Winterton squad had followed their manager to Retford United at the beginning of the season leaving a massive task for any predecessor.
Dudsey has a brief chat with Staveley`s Chairman...Terry Damms who explains that the abscence of one of their most influential players, Jordan Eagers was down to nothing more than a recently acquired injury.
To keep it brief it was probably as one sided as games come, Sky Stats would have been drooling at this one, Staveley must have had 75% of the game and although the game for a staunch Staveley fan must have been a delight, for a neutral it was a bit of a tooth-puller, 'easy meat' by anyone`s standards.
The first half was as the second, total domination by a squad who were totally in control in every area of the pitch, Winterton huffed and puffed but rarely forced the home-side out of second gear.
The Match belonged to Staveley`s No 9, Ryan Damms..Terry`s son, who racked himself a well-deserved hat-trick, the first goal falling on eighteen minutes and if not for a little more spacial awareness the result could have been more substantial, offside`s halted play with alarming regularity such was the degree of the home-sides ability to make a quick-fire break.
Damms celebrates his opener on 18 mins
Within minutes of Ryan`s first goal, his second is also being retrieved from Leigh Herricks net once again, 2-0 on twenty two minutes.
Once again the only fault I could find in Staveley`s game-plan was the void created in the right back position as Scott McGrory continually presses high up the pitch in his wing-back role, despite this Winterton`s No 10, Tom Finnighan looks a little uneasy with the ball on his left-hand side and fails to capitalise on the space he finds himself in, out on the wide left.
The usual flamboyant duo of Andrew Fox and Kyle Hawthorn are having a game of mixed fortunes for the home-side whilst Scott Ellis looks to be revelling in the mid-field, and although the visitors do enjoy the odd flurry created by a useful looking Ryan Evans, Finnigan and Robbie Start.
Despite some early shows of promise both me and 'Poo Bear' agree the chance of the visitors bagging looks to be pretty slim, primarily down to some mean defending by the Staveley`s central defenders, Colliver and Copping who are skin tight on anything in the six-yard box.
Winterton`s front-line look to make a break
So it goes into the break at 2-0 and tbh it`s hard to see how the visitors are going to be able to reverse the position they now find themselves in, but you never can tell in football.
As much as we`d hope for a little more from the boys in red in the second half, the game if anything fell into a mix of confusion and stagnation as Staveley`s front line were unable to convert their dominance into goals and Winterton being unable to take command of any of ball-play in the middle of the park.
With minutes left on the clock Dudsey and Poo Bear decide to make our way round to the exit as Damms is up-ended in the box giving the perfect opportunity to claim the match-ball which he converts with consummate ease. 3-0 on the final whistle.
Damms slots his third of the day in..
An easy days work for the home-side and although I honestly expected Staveley to be up at the sharp end of the table this season it`s early days yet, one thing for sure an afternoon out at Inkersall Road is always a delight for any Step 5 supporter.
Man of the Match - Ryan Damms- Staveley
Staveley - Turner, McGrory, Fawcus, Colliver(c), Copping, Patterson, Fox, Ellis, Damms, Barraclough, Hawthorne. Subs- Brissett, Coy, Youlden, Thornton, Cooper.
Winterton- Herrick(c), Coulbeck, Corcoran, Tracey, Spence, Watson, Anderson, Turgoose, Evans, Finnigan, Start. Subs- Batty, Wibberley, Pickering, Buckley, Danysz.
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