Post by The sound and the fury on Aug 4, 2019 11:45:50 GMT
Well that was a wake-up call. Newark were big, strong and quick. Played a simple “get it forward quickly and directly” game, with some big lads up front. We went flat four at the back with Mewies in front as protector, but they just bypassed him and we were effectively playing with ten men first half. Ted Cann made some great saves to keep them at bay, but when the opener came it was a bit soft, long throw flicked on and bundled very slowly in at the far post, I think off Nyeko but they gave it to their big man. Locko then equalised with a quality left foot finish, cut in from the right and bamboozled two defenders before curling it past the keeper. Just as we were thinking about making our way to the bar for half time they went 2-1 up, another soft goal with a late deflection doing for Cann. For the first half hour of the second half we just weren’t in the game. Newark added another soft third then a shocker from the ref gifted them a fourth quickly from the spot. Enter Jak Jeys. Ten minutes to go he smashed a 30+ yard free kick top bins, then arrived on the back stick to put away a low cross from Luke English that had evaded everyone. Game on but it wasn’t to be, Newark saw the game out with a mixture of rolling around on the turf and time wasting. Truth be told we didn’t warrant anything out of the game, Newark dominated and could have had ten were it not for Ted Cann.
