Nuneaton Town First Team – Match centre

Nuneaton Town
Harrogate Town
J Nicholson (18′), A Chambers (56′)
Full time
T Kennedy (46′)
Tue 9 Jan 19:45 – The Vanarama National League – National League North Attendance 365

Nuneaton Town 2-1 Harrogate Town

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Nuneaton Town overcame high-flyers Harrogate Town in an impressive performance on Tuesday night.

Goals from Jordan Nicholson and Ashley Chambers did the damage as Boro responded superbly to consecutive defeats.

Boro made a strong start as they sought to secure their first victory of 2018 and after an early corner was eventually cleared by Harrogate, the pressure only increased.

Nicholson burst forward before dragging wide and moments later hit an effort on target but into the pitch making it easy for James Belshaw in the away sides goal.

But the man on loan from League 1 Peterborough continued to threaten and got his reward in the 18th minute.

Daniel Nti endeavoured down the left channel and cut inside sharply to set up Nicholson. The attacker took a superb touch to evade the oncoming defender and fired home left footed across the keeper to open the scoring.

Boro continued to push looking to extend their advantage, whilst limiting the visitors to half chances and appeared to be heading into the break with their lead intact.

However a lapse in concentration in first half added time saw Harrogate pull level. A well delivered free-kick was neatly volleyed home at the far post by Tom Kennedy as the sides went in one a piece.

After the interval neither side was able to instantly kick on, but then in the 56th minute frontman Chambers proved his worth yet again to the Boro cause.

First half goal scorer Nicholson lifted a delightful ball over the visiting defence perfectly in the strikers path. Taking just one touch to set himself Chambers confidently dispatched when one-on-one to restore Boro’s lead.

Evidently boosted by regaining the lead Nuneaton pushed forward looking to put the match to bed.

Left back Niall Heaton surged forward but could only fire a long range effort wide, before Nicholson slammed a free-kick just the wrong side of the post.

Harrogate predictability laid siege on the Boro goal, but lacked a finishing touch to punish Nuneaton in the closing stages.

However the Boro defensive effort proved enough to see home the victory, aided by a late save from Lyness, who was on hand to stop Harrogate from point blank range and ensure the three points were Nuneaton’s.

Key moments

18:00
Goal Jordan Nicholson scores for Nuneaton Town
45:00 +1:00
Goal Terry Kennedy scores for Harrogate Town
56:00
Goal Ashley Chambers scores for Nuneaton Town

Highlights

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90:00 Yellow Card
Niall Heaton is yellow carded for Nuneaton Town
84:00 Yellow Card
Billy Daniels is yellow carded for Nuneaton Town
82:00 Sub On
Kairo Mitchell is substituted on for Nuneaton Town
82:00 Sub Off
Jordan Nicholson is substituted off for Nuneaton Town
80:00 Missed Shot
Mark Beck misses a shot for Harrogate Town
75:00 Yellow Card
Daniel Nti is yellow carded for Nuneaton Town
71:00 Sub On
Lloyd Kerry is substituted on for Harrogate Town
71:00 Missed Shot
Jordan Thewlis misses a shot for Harrogate Town
71:00 Sub Off
Josh Falkingham is substituted off for Harrogate Town
64:00 Missed Shot
Jordan Nicholson misses a shot for Nuneaton Town
60:00 Sub Off
Liam Agnew is substituted off for Harrogate Town
60:00 Sub On
Dominic Knowles is substituted on for Harrogate Town
60:00 Missed Shot
Niall Heaton misses a shot for Nuneaton Town
56:00 Assist
Jordan Nicholson makes an assist for Nuneaton Town
56:00 Goal 2 – 1
Ashley Chambers scores for Nuneaton Town
52:00 Missed Shot
Ashley Chambers misses a shot for Nuneaton Town
End of period 1
45:00 +1:00 Goal 1 – 1
Terry Kennedy scores for Harrogate Town
42:00 Missed Shot
Louie Swain misses a shot for Harrogate Town
40:00 Saved Shot
Mark Beck has a shot saved for Harrogate Town
32:00 Saved Shot
Jordan Nicholson has a shot saved for Nuneaton Town
28:00 Saved Shot
Shot saved for Harrogate Town
27:00 Saved Shot
Jack Emmett has a shot saved for Harrogate Town
27:00 Missed Shot
Joe Leesley misses a shot for Harrogate Town
18:00 Goal 1 – 0
Jordan Nicholson scores for Nuneaton Town
18:00 Assist
Daniel Nti makes an assist for Nuneaton Town
15:00 Yellow Card
Josh Falkingham is yellow carded for Harrogate Town
12:00 Saved Shot
Jordan Nicholson has a shot saved for Nuneaton Town
4:00 Missed Shot
Jordan Nicholson misses a shot for Nuneaton Town
Start of the game
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As it happened

  • Nuneaton Town
  • Harrogate Town
  • 0
  • Josh Falkingham Yellow Card 15:00′
  • Jordan Nicholson Goal 18:00′
  • Daniel Nti Assist 18:00′
  • Terry Kennedy Goal 45:00 +1:00′
  • Ashley Chambers Goal 56:00′
  • Jordan Nicholson Assist 56:00′
  • Liam Agnew Sub Off 60:00′
  • Dominic Knowles Sub On 60:00′
  • Josh Falkingham Sub Off 71:00′
  • Lloyd Kerry Sub On 71:00′
  • Daniel Nti Yellow Card 75:00′
  • Jordan Nicholson Sub Off 82:00′
  • Kairo Mitchell Sub On 82:00′
  • Billy Daniels Yellow Card 84:00′
  • Niall Heaton Yellow Card 90:00′

Team selection

Harrogate Town
  • 1. James Belshaw
  • 2. Jack Vann
  • 3. Louie Swain
  • 4. Josh Falkingham
  • 5. Terry Kennedy
  • 6. Ben Parker
  • 7. Jordan Thewlis
  • 8. Jack Emmett
  • 9. Mark Beck
  • 10. Liam Agnew
  • 11. Joe Leesley
  • 12. Toby Lees
  • 13. Joe Cracknell
  • 14. Lloyd Kerry
  • 15. George Thompson
  • 16. Dominic Knowles

League round up

League table

# Team Pl Pts
16. Leamington 28 31
17. Darlington 28 30
18. Nuneaton Town 27 30
19. Curzon Ashton 26 30
20. Gainsborough Trinity 26 28
21. AFC Telford United 25 27
22. North Ferriby United 27 8

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