COMPETITION : Midland league Premier Division
DATE : Saturday 28th September 2024
VENUE - Barton Stadium, Winsford

LINE-UP Vics’ -
Barry, Russo (Bennett 75'), Faulkner, Saunders, Hurst, Unwin, Switters (Smith 70'), Lloyd, Clarke, Parker ( Kelly 69'), Coop ( Perry 56')

GOALS - Northwich Vics : Coop 4' Pen, Parker 42'
Tividale : Saunders 11' og, Delaney 33'

Another match where Vics should have had won the match easily, but somehow managed to gift the visitors 2 goals , definitely a case of 2 points dropped rather than 1 gained !

Vics started the brighter and were ahead after just 4 minutes. A corner was cleared, but played back into the Tividale box where Jack Coop turned well and was promptly brough down, Penalty ! Coop himself stepped up and and confidently sent the keeper the wrong way to record his first goal for the Club. However after this bright start , Vics shot themselves in the foot when the normally dependable Harris Saunders decided to pass back to the keeper from about 40 yards but instead managed to score what would have been a goal of the season contender had it been at the right end as he managed to strike a beautiful chip over Keir Barry's head into the back of the Vics net ! Dylan Switters then nearly restored Vics' lead as he superbly beat three men , before firing straight at the keeper. Switters then had a shot over the bar, but it was Tividale who took the lead, and it was was another mistake at the back as Saunders didn't get enough on a short pass back which allowed Delaney to nip in and tap the ball into an empty net. Vics were deflated now, and not much was happening and a goal looked unlikely until Dylan Switters played a beautiful cross ( shot?) low across the box which found Callum Parker at the far post who fired in to bring the scores level just before half time.

HALF-TIME : Northwich Vics 2 Tividale 2

The second half proved to be a non event really, with little cohesive football played by both sides with neither keeper being really tested. Jack Coop curled a shot just wide early on in the half, whilst Will Lloyd struck an effort over the bar after teaming up with Connor Russo. Late on, Jackson Kelly headed over from a Perry cross but that was about the best of the action in a half which petered out into a disappointing draw for the Vics.

FULL-TIME : Northwich Vics 2 Tividale 2

NEXT MATCH:
Tuesday October 1st : Midland League away v Wolverhampton Casuals 7.45pm
NB : Next Saturdays match away at Dudley Town has been postponed due to Dudley's landlords Sporting Khalsa having a FA Trophy tie there