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Saturday
27th November
New Mills Reserves 1 - Dronfield Town 3
Done scored for Millers Reserves
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Denied by Dronfield keeper |
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Late attack by Millers |
Saturday
13th November
Sorry Millers Let it Slip
Holker Old boys 5 - New Mills 2
New Mills are fast becoming known as the Jeckyll and
Hyde team of the Moore and Co Solicitors North West Counties
League. For leading at half time they again fell away in
the second half of a game which they should have easily
won.
The trip to Barrow is the longest journey of the season
for the Derbyshire club, and the pitch - which was laid
in the summer at a cost of some £80,000 was immaculate.
It was the visitors who dominated the first half hour with
chances falling to Hall, Alex Radford and best of all to
Craig Senior who shot tamely into the goalkeeper's arms.
And on 14 minutes Hunter was taken out in the penalty area,
but the referee amazingly waved play on and denied New Mills
a clear cut penalty.
After 28 minutes Holker were awarded a free kick close
to the Millers box and Dave Swarbrick fired the ball into
the corner of the net with some aplomb. New Mills came storming
back and it was no surprise when Senior tapped home
after Hewson had saved Hall's shot. Within thirty seconds
the Millers were in front when this time Hall made
no mistake after an excellent run.
Whatever was said in the away dressing room during the
interval was certainly not adhered to. The men in black
and amber came out and played their worst football of the
season and were totally overwhelmed. It was not a case of
the home side being dominant, more to the fact that there
was some sloppy defending and a non existent midfield. The
equaliser on 52 minutes again from Swarbrick saw the ball
hit from the edge of the penalty area and somehow squirm
under keeper Lyons.
Fourteen minutes from time the Millers had a free kick
outside the home box, and the ball was cleared up-field.
The ball could have been cleared several times before possession
was lost and Alex Radford gave a penalty away. Up stepped
Swarbrick to thump the ball home and complete a fine hat
trick.
The match was now lost and Carl Waters scored twice on
84 and 85 minutes to complete the scoring. The small travelling
support were as mystified as the Management trio as to why
a good first 45 minutes could not be repeated in the second
half.
New Mills manager Scott Moore believes that Wednesday's
Derbyshire Senior Cup tie at Unibond side Belper Town will
be an ideal place for the players to get back on track to
the improved form that they have shown in recent weeks.
New Mills: Lyons, Hobdey, Ignotus, Bailey, A Radford, Littler,
R Radford, Hunter, Wild, Hall, Senior SUBS: Blackburn, Clarke,
Brennan.
On Saturday the first team will travel to Silsden in the
League Cup. The Reserve side who were called off due to
the weather last week will be at home to Dronfield Town
in the Derbyshire Divisional Cup quarter final and the game
kicks off at 3 pm.
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13th
November
Ten men went to mow, went to mow a Daisy
New Mills AFC 4 - Daisy Hill 1
Craig Hall opened up the scoring for New Mills,
lifting the ball over the advancing keeper just 5
minutes in. But as the home side were trying to push
on for a second, an untimely challenge from Ray Hobdey
saw tempers begin to fray. Hobdey was cautioned with
a yellow as was one of the visitors, but Gavin Hunter
was harshly dismissed from the field and New Mills
were down to 10 men for the remaining 70 minutes.
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The visitors equalised during the 1st half, but the Millers
stamped
their authority on the game, shortly after the break.
Stacey
Wild unleashed a tremendous shot to regain Millers lead
with Ryan Radford the provider, while good work from Stephen
Land allowed
Wild also to head home extending Millers
lead.
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Although Daisy Hill had the numerical
advantage, New Mills had a stronger bench to choose
from. Adam Blackburn replaced Craig Senior (seen
in action right) and Rob Green and Alex Radford
were also introduced.
The Millers dealt with the visitors onslaught admirably
and looked dangerous on the counter attack. Ryan Radford
saw his free kick sail over, but brother Alex Radford
was to score a memorable goal on his debut at
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Ryan Radford's free kick sails over |
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Scorer Alex Radford's seniors debut |
An impressive performance for the men in Amber when it
seemed that all was against them. A 'never say die' attitude
has been evident over the past few weeks which should bode
well for the Miller's trip to Cumbria on Saturday.
The Reserve team are at home this Saturday against Colne
reserves, kick off is at 3pm - all are welcome.
Saturday
6th November
New Mills Res 3 - Skelmersdale 5
| The Millers matched their
counterparts for the full 90 minutes, Stacey Wild
giving the home side the advantage at half time.
Skelmersdale capitalised on some lax defending to
regain parity on 47 minutes and also took the lead
later on.
Craig Senior equalised for New Mills with a well
placed header - 2-2 at full time and the Millers worthy
of the extra time that was needed.
Another soft goal at the near post gave the |
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visitors the lead who went on to score a couple more. Senior's
second of the match was scant consolation, 5-3 to the visitors
who now progress to the next round of the league challenge
cup.
The Reserve Team beat Chadderton 1-0 courtesy of a Craig
Brennan goal.
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