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Saturday 28th September 2002 - FA Cup 2nd Qual Rnd.

Gainsborough Trinity 3-2 Frickley Athletic

Phil Sharpe surprised everyone by playing Jon Wordsworth at right full-back with Antony Jackson and Craig Marsh in central defence. Remo Nesa came in to replace Scott Kerr whilst Nigel Hemstock started up front alongside Andy Evans.

Frickley got off to the worst possible start when Marsh brought down Ellington just inside the box, leaving Referee Ronnie McNaughton no alternative but to award a penalty after just 51 seconds. Trinity player/manager Phil Stant duly scored from the spot. However, within 60 seconds Frickley were level. From Wordsworth's throw-in down the right, Jackson launched the ball into the box and Evans challenged keeper Richardson who got nowhere near the ball, leaving Chris Gowen to play it across the face of the goal into the path of HEMSTOCK who slotted in from close range. The home side slowly started to force the pace with Gowen being forced to clear off the line on 14 minutes. On 20 minutes they retook the lead when Wordsworth got the wrong side of Stant as a deep cross came over from the Gainsborough right. The tall Trinity forward headed back across goal for Ellington to score easily. Samways was then forced to make some good saves to keep Frickley in the game, most notably from an Ellington 18 yarder after he had shrugged off Jackson. Wordsworth was having a particularly torrid time in his unaccustomed position whilst Jackson and Marsh were struggling to close down Trinity's forwards.

After the restart some good work by Nesa forced Eshelby to head narrowly over his own bar but the resulting corner came to nothing. The good start made to the second period was soon curtailed though as on 50 minutes Stant sent over a cross from the right which was side-footed in by the unmarked Nicholson. At the other end, Evans found himself in a good position to the right of the box. His mis-kicked cross found Nesa who shot just wide of the right hand post. Surprisingly, Sharpe then replaced Wordsworth with Morris when the better option might have been to move Wordsworth to centre half in place of either Jackson or Marsh. As a result Hancock moved to right full-back and Frickley then started to enjoy better possession. Hancock and Hemstock combined down the right for Hemstock to break from halfway into the box and forced a corner on 70 minutes before Evans had an angled 18 yard shot deflected millimetres wide of the right hand post. As full time nearer Jackson was pushed up front and his presence helped Frickley pull a goal back as he unsettled the Trinity defence, allowing a tame ball forward from Nesa to run past them. As Richardson started to come out out MORRIS got there first to prod the ball past him and into the net but it was too little, too late.

Frickley Athletic : Samways, Wordsworth (Morris 57), Williams, Elkin, Marsh, Jackson, Hancock, Gowen, Evans, Hemstock, Nesa. Unused subs. Burke, Milligan, Sharpe  

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