SHIFNAL TOWN 4 WILLENHALL TOWN 0 J W Hunt Cup, Round 1 Tuesday 12 October 2021
SHIFNAL TOWN 4 WILLENHALL TOWN 0
J W Hunt Cup, Round 1
Tuesday 12 October 2021
Shifnal progressed to the next round of the
competition against a spirited Willenhall side that plays at a lower level. It
took almost an hour before the hosts looked comfortable. Willenhall came close
to opening the scoring after 13 minutes, when Jayquarm Mullings’ free-kick was
headed by Jack Dale onto the roof of the net. The home side had strong appeals
for a penalty turned down by the referee a minute later, when Brad Smith
appeared to be tripped in the opposition penalty area. Following a period of
sustained pressure, they did break the deadlock in the 18th minute
when Rees Wedderburn’s corner was headed goalwards, and KYLE MONTAGUE turned the ball in from close range. The
visitors continued to give as good as they got, and came within a whisker of an
equaliser on 33 minutes. Kristian Balozi broke swiftly down the left, and his
cross was just out of Dale’s reach. 3 minutes later, Tom Hill headed out to
Wedderburn on the right; he came inside and his curling effort from 25 yards
was fingertipped away by Chris Adams.
Early in the second period, a short corner was
played to Jake Webb, and his cross was headed inches wide by Montague. The
all-important second goal came in the 58th minute when Webb cut in
from the right, then pulled the ball back for JAY HOLDCROFT to drill past Adams from 15 yards. A minute
later, Jordan Jones’ cross found Hill, but his header came back off the upright
into Adams’ arms. Two goals in a minute eventually ensured Shifnal’s victory.
Webb was tripped in the penalty area on 75 minutes, and HOLDCROFT buried his spot-kick into the bottom corner.
Virtually from the re-start, the ball was played down the right and WEDDERBURN took advantage of a
defensive slip to slot into the far corner of the net.
Willenhall continued to fight and 2 minutes
before the final whistle, substitute Josh Oakley’s 18-yard drive was saved at
full stretch by George Scott.
SHIFNAL: George Scott, Jake
Webb, Jordan Jones, Ben Perks (Kyle Pearson 73mins), Brad Smith, Kieron
Northwood (Angelo Franco 61 mins), Brad Sharman, Jay Holdcroft, Tom Hill, Kyle
Montague (Keanu Cooper 61mins), Rees Wedderburn.
Sub not used: Callum Smith.
Cautions: Northwood (43mins); Perks
(53mins).
WILLENHALL: Chris Adams, Lloyd
Sawyers, Christian Frowen, Mohammed Manzoor, Brady Weston, Jayquarm Mullings,
Eynoux Bognini (Tom Pepperall 61mins), Dan Green (Josh Oakley 77mins), Jack
Dale (Dan Edmondson-Griffiths 61mins), Kristian Balozi, Connor Armstrong.
Subs not used: Luke Cooksey; Amari Shaw.
Caution: Dale (53mins).
Attendance:
77.
Referee: Jamie Lunn.
Assistant
referees:
Darren Foster.
Kevin Willscroft.
Shifnal Star Man: Jay Holdcroft.
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