Nuneaton Town FC

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Harrogate Town
Nuneaton Town
Sat 19 Sep 15:00 – The Vanarama National League – National League North Attendance 503

Harrogate Town 0 Nuneaton Town 3

Saturday 19th September, 2015;

 

Match report courtesy of Nuneaton News;

There are not many times in life when you get a chance to put right a wrong – Nuneaton Town had to wait just four days to do just that in the Vanarama National League North.

On Tuesday night Nuneaton held a somewhat comfortable 3-0 lead at home to Stalybridge Celtic, a lead that they somehow threw away in the second half to draw 3-3.

Boro boss Kevin Wilson was less than impressed after that game, his mood must have been totally the opposite after this performance though, as the Boro put right the wrong of Tuesday to hold on to a 3-0 lead away at Harrogate.

This was one of the best results since the former Ilkeston manager joined the club in the summer.
Nuneaton started slowly away from home, allowing Harrogate too much time on the ball.
It was a fact they could easily have been punished for a number of times in the opening five minutes as the home side created numerous half-chances.

It was against the run of play, then, when Boro took the lead seven minutes in.
It was their first chance on goal and it was superbly taken, Aaron Williams linking-up well with Marlon Harewood on the edge of the box before slotting it expertly through a defenders legs and in off the far post.

The goal came out of the blue and in a way did nothing to change the flow of the match as Harrogate continued to pour forward whenever possible.

They launched balls into the Boro box from distance as they looked to test the Nuneaton defence as much as they could.
That defence was a lot more solid than it was in the second half on Tuesday, though, as the Boro dealt with everything Harrogate threw at them.

The home side must have been thinking they would be unlucky to go into the break one goal down after the chances they had created.
It was worse than that, though, as they were to go in two down after Harewood made it a scoring return to the first team in stoppage time.

The former Nottingham Forest man was left unmarked at the back post from a corner and simply headed home under no pressure whatsoever.

Nuneaton had a 3-0 lead at half-time in that infamous game on Tuesday, they waited another 20 minutes before reaching that milestone in this encounter.

The goal was 10 per cent down to Elliott Whitehouse, who had a shot from 30-yards, and 90 per cent down to luck, as it cannoned off the nearest defender before whizzing past Peter Crook in the Harrogate goal and hitting the post before spinning backwards and somehow finding the back of the net.

Harrogate had the odd chance late on, one near post effort from Jordan Thewlis was superbly saved by Jordan Smith, but it was not a back against the walls job, as Boro comfortably eased towards all three points.

NUNEATON TOWN: J.Smith, Clifton, Reid (C.Keane 87), J.Keane, Maguire, Lane, Morgan (Chettle 85), Whitehouse, Byrne, Williams (Daniels 89), Harewood.
SUBS NOT USED: Repstad, Dyer.

HARROGATE TOWN: Crook, Turner, McWilliams, Platt, Shiels, McGurk, Colbeck, Nyoni (Thewills 59), Clayton (Kerry 59), Knowles, Daniels (Emmett 63)
SUBS NOT USED: Swain, Bloomer.

ATTENDANCE: 503

 

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As it happened

  • Harrogate Town
  • Nuneaton Town
  • 0
  • A Williams Goal 7:00′
  • M Harewood Goal 45:00′
  • E Whitehouse Goal 65:00′
  • C Chettle Sub On 85:00′
  • D Morgan Sub Off 85:00′
  • J Reid Sub Off 87:00′
  • C Keane Sub On 87:00′
  • A Williams Sub Off 89:00′
  • B Daniels Sub On 89:00′

Period 1

7:00
A Williams scores for Nuneaton Town

Period 2

45:00
M Harewood scores for Nuneaton Town
65:00
E Whitehouse scores for Nuneaton Town
85:00
C Chettle is substituted on for Nuneaton Town
85:00
D Morgan is substituted off for Nuneaton Town
87:00
J Reid is substituted off for Nuneaton Town
87:00
C Keane is substituted on for Nuneaton Town
89:00
A Williams is substituted off for Nuneaton Town
89:00
B Daniels is substituted on for Nuneaton Town

League round up

Other National League North results

AFC Telford United
1
1
North Ferriby United
Brackley Town
1
1
Hednesford Town
Corby Town
0
3
Gloucester City
0
2
Gainsborough Trinity
2
0
Chorley
Stalybridge Celtic
1
0
FC United of Manchester
Tamworth
0
0
Bradford Park Avenue
 

League table

# Team Pd Pts
1. Solihull Moors 28 59
2. North Ferriby United 28 52
3. AFC Fylde 27 52
4. Harrogate Town 27 52
5. Boston United 30 51
6. Nuneaton Town 29 50
7. Alfreton Town 29 40
8. Gainsborough Trinity 29 40

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