A late holiday at North Yorkshire`s Cayton Bay gave Dudsey the double opportunity to take a look at Rudy Funk`s new-look Scarborough Athletic at Queensgate against Gresley Fc.Sorry there`s no photo`s and about the late posting...not easy with no Wi-fi and bad network coverage (Cheers O2)..!!
A bit of a dash Tbh...we arrived at the caravan at mid-day and had just enough time to un-pack and make the sixteen mile trip back down to Queensgate for the game.
Nice to a see Rudy and have a chat prior to the game. An healthy and expectant crowd of 500plus made for an excellent atmosphere..with a fair few making the 260 mile round trip from Gresley.
Nice to a see Rudy and have a chat prior to the game. An healthy and expectant crowd of 500plus made for an excellent atmosphere..with a fair few making the 260 mile round trip from Gresley.
An entertaining start to the game saw the Derbyshire visitors take the game to 'The Seadogs', much to the frustration of the home support things weren`t quite going to plan; Boro were creating enough in the way of chances but some excellent defending...especially by Marc Strzyzewski who was keeping Boro honest.
Both sides sought to make an opening throughout the first half, Ryan Blott and Tony Hackworth spearheaded Boro`s attack whilst lone striker Rob Stevenson battled it out with Dean Oliver providing the support for the visitors, Dudsey was a little lost as to why Royce Turville hadn`t made the starting eleven for Gresley given how many regulars are either injured or unavailable.
Gresley had a decent first half but a lone striker against the quality of Boro`s defence was always going to be a big ask. With neither Goalkeeper hardly having to break sweat in the first half changes for the second half looked a dead cert, unfortunately for Gresley the change came sooner than expected as Oliver pulled up with what.appeared to be his hamstring five minutes before the interval.
The introduction of Turville seemed to make the difference...with two strikers upfront Gresley began to look far more incisive than they had in the opening period; although it might have been a different story had Ryan Blott converted a cracking opportunity which was well collected by Derby County loanee keeper Ross Etheridge.
Gresley continued to absorb Boro`s advances which were mainly created by the excellent mid-field duo of Bryan Hughes and Peter Davidson under the watchful eye of Gresley`s mid-field Sheriff Jepson but Boro`s two frontmen looked a little short of idea`s in-front of goal to the point were Rudy decided to change the format, replacing Blott and Hackworth with Lewis Clarkson and Tyler Colishaw.
Eventually the visitors managed to break free with Turville teeing up a beautifully weighted pass into the path of Spencer who confidently slipped the ball beyond the incoming Jason White. Gresley...high on the strength of the goal continued to push and Spencer should have put the game beyond doubt as his excellent shot fizzed over White`s crossbar.
With nothing to lose and everything to gain, Scarborough threw the kitchen sink into the dying minutes with the new front pairing of Clarkson and Colishaw looking lively but to their credit 'The Moatmen' hung on to take a gutsy and determined victory.
Not a great performance from Boro but nevertheless you can see that Rudy has assembled a decent squad who no-doubtedly will be competitive at Step 4.
Good Luck to Rudy and his `Seadogs` for the rest of the season.
Attendance - 518
Admission £8
The introduction of Turville seemed to make the difference...with two strikers upfront Gresley began to look far more incisive than they had in the opening period; although it might have been a different story had Ryan Blott converted a cracking opportunity which was well collected by Derby County loanee keeper Ross Etheridge.
Gresley continued to absorb Boro`s advances which were mainly created by the excellent mid-field duo of Bryan Hughes and Peter Davidson under the watchful eye of Gresley`s mid-field Sheriff Jepson but Boro`s two frontmen looked a little short of idea`s in-front of goal to the point were Rudy decided to change the format, replacing Blott and Hackworth with Lewis Clarkson and Tyler Colishaw.
Eventually the visitors managed to break free with Turville teeing up a beautifully weighted pass into the path of Spencer who confidently slipped the ball beyond the incoming Jason White. Gresley...high on the strength of the goal continued to push and Spencer should have put the game beyond doubt as his excellent shot fizzed over White`s crossbar.
With nothing to lose and everything to gain, Scarborough threw the kitchen sink into the dying minutes with the new front pairing of Clarkson and Colishaw looking lively but to their credit 'The Moatmen' hung on to take a gutsy and determined victory.
Not a great performance from Boro but nevertheless you can see that Rudy has assembled a decent squad who no-doubtedly will be competitive at Step 4.
Good Luck to Rudy and his `Seadogs` for the rest of the season.
Teams- Scarborough : White, Plummer, Ridley, Milne, Denton, Davidson, Bolder, Hughes (c), Blott, Bradshaw, Hackworth. Subs - Clarkson, Colishaw, Greening, Bennett, Cook.
Gresley : Etheridge, Johns, Harrison, Strzyzewski, Barrett (c), Graves, Lyons, Jepson , Oliver, Spencer, Guy. Subs - Hanslow, Turville, Grice, James, Fitzhugh.
Admission £8
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