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Friday 21st December 2001 - UniBond Premier Division GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 2-2 FRICKLEY ATHLETIC Rob Hanby made a return to the side in place of Phil Brown whilst Carl Fothergill came in up front in place of loan player Steve Oleksewycz who has been the subject of a bid from Worksop Town. Matthew Wilkinson made a welcome return to the squad having returned to the area for his Xmas break from university.  After
going close through a Fothergill cross-cum-shot which just eluded Rory
Prendergast on 5 minutes Frickley, playing in their yellow change strip, took
the lead on 13 minutes. STEVE PRICE stepped up to convert the spot-kick after
Fothergill was pushed in the box trying to get on the end of a cross. The home
side equalised eleven minutes later as Martin Kearney could only block a close
range shot, leaving Ellington to knock the ball into an unguarded net. Trinity
started to force the pace for the last fifteen minutes of the half, with Hanby
coming to the rescue when he headed off the line from a near post header
following a corner.
In the end, although it was disappointing not to hang on to a 2-1 win with
just nine minutes to go a draw was probably a fair result on the balance of
play. Frickley Athletic : Kearney, Simon Collins, Gowan, Hanby, Wordsworth,
Jones, Myers (Brown 84), Price, Evans, Fothergill, Prendergast. Unused subs.
Tittley, Matt. Wilkinson Attendance : Referee : Mr G. Sutton (Lincoln)
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The
second half was barely a minute old when Frickley were awarded a free-kick
midway inside the Trinity half which Simon Collins took. The ball was half
cleared as far as Prendergast on the edge of the box. His attempted shot was
blocked and again half cleared but only as far as COLLINS who rifled in a low
shot from 18 yards which beat Ingham in the home goal and went in off the left
hand post. Two minutes later Pete Myers beat the last defender to a pass from
Andy Evans but was brought down for his trouble with the guilty defender being
lucky to escape with just a yellow card. Frickley enjoyed a spell of pressure
but, unfortunately this didn't produce a third goal and the home side started to
come back into the game. Although, on 65 minutes Prendergast shot narrowly wide
of the right from the edge of the box when under pressure but on 79 minutes the
home showed their intentions when Watts put a 25 yard free-kick over the bar.
Two minutes later Ellington received the ball in space outside the right hand
corner of the box before turning and firing an unstoppable shot past Kearney and
just inside the left hand post for the 
equaliser.
The final few minutes saw chances at both ends with both Evans and Fothergill
being just millimetres away from connecting with a dangerous cross from
Prendergast whilst at the other end an equally dangerous cross flew across the
face of Kearney's goal but, thankfully, no-one was able to apply the finishing
touch.
