SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER. F.A CUP, SHILDON 5-4 GOOLE TOWN
Unibond League side Goole town were the visitors to Dean Street for this F.A Cup tie, Shildon included new signing Ross Cowan in the starting line up. The home side got off to a bad start with full back Liam Clough going off injured in the first minute after what seemed like a collision with the linesman. Despite their higher league status in was Shildon who started better, Karl Everitt tried a long range effort in the sixth minute after winning the ball in the midfield. With Emson and Masters playing down the wing the early signs were good as Goole struggled to cope with their pace. The home side did have a scare in the 17th minute when Spence failed to collect a long ball but the Shildon defence managed to scramble the ball to safely. Goole began to press, and with striker Simon Parke’s physical presence up front, did look they could cause Shildon problems. In the 21st minute Goole were awarded a penalty after a handball in the box, Buttle stepped up a slotted the ball home to put Goole one ahead. Being a goal down seemed to rally Shildon even more who had played some good football and didn’t really deserve to be a goal down. Andy Howarth played a great free kick into the box in the 23rd minute which Stuart Niven headed goalward, a great finger tip save by Craig Parry in the Goole goal denied the home side . Shildon didn’t have to wait much longer to get their goal, after fantastic work by Tyson Masters down the right wing, he found Emson in the six yard box for a simple tap in. The home side started to turn the screw, Goole resorted to humping the ball long which Hutton and Mason dealt with ease, and with Raitt and Everitt working tirelessly in midfield the signs were good. A corner kick by Shildon in the 32nd minute was almost headed in by a Goole player and it was only a matter of time before Shildon would score. Stuart Niven’s cross field pass was coolly headed by Ross Cowan into the path of Masters who let fly with an unstoppable shot that sent the home supporters wild and put Shildon in the lead for the first time in the game.
HALF TIME SHILDON 2-1 GOOLE TOWN
It would have been had to imagine that the second half could be any better than the first, but it was. Masters was torturing the Goole full back , Emson`s pace was doing likewise on the other flank and none of the Goole players seemed to know what to do with Niven whose vision was tearing them to bits. Masters squared a ball to Niven in the box early on when he should have had a go himself, Emsons`s cross in the 5oth minute was only inches away from Masters. The next goal in this game was always going to be an important one and sadly it was Goole who got it in the 52nd minute after a long cross field ball caught out the home defence, things got worse in the 59th minute when Goole took the lead, a corner found a Goole Town player totally unmarked at the back post and his header trickled under Spence’s feet in the Shildon goal. Not for the first time in the game Shildon rallied back and just 3 minutes later were awarded a penalty, Emson’s cross was handled in the box and it was Karl Everitt who stepped up and coolly place the ball wide to the keepers right to bring the scores all level. Goole began to tire and Shildon began again to press with Emson going close on 67 minutes, and it was Emson in the thick of the action just five minutes later. He looked odds on to score himself but ran the ball too wide so crossed to Masters who tapped in his second and put Shildon back in the lead. The home side looked much fitter and with Goole running out of ideas had the perfect chance to kill the game off, Chris Mason converted from 8 yards in the 77th minute after Goole failed to clear a corner, and give Shildon a two goal cushion. Tyson Masters almost put the game totally out of reach in the 80th when he pulled the ball back in the box but his pass failed to reach Niven. Goole did give Shildon one last scare in the 92nd minute scoring a wonderful goal from a set piece, but after the restart the Referee blew the final whistle to put Shildon through to the next round were they will travel to Whitby Town. Another Cup win for Shildon who did themselves and the Northern League proud.
S.A.F.C STATS
GOALS - MASTERS 2, EVERITT, MASON, EMSON
BOOKINGS - EVERITT 34 MINS
SUBS
12 JURY/ 3 CLOUGH 3 MINS
13 WHENSLEY/ 10 NIVEN 83 MINS