AFC Liverpool v West Didsbury & Chorlton, 6th February 2016


It was the day of the 77th minute walk out at Anfield, in protest at ticket prices, as Liverpool conceded two late goals to draw 2-2 against Sunderland.  Meanwhile at AFC, it was Ryan Cox's final match before departing to the old enemy over the bridge.
We were 2-1 down at half time, having been 2-0 down.  The first goal was a shot from the edge of our area, with our keeper Ryan Nield poorly sighted.  Their second saw their left back slide in to score, after a ball across the area.  We were very much second best, and West should really have been further ahead.
Totally out of the blue, we came back just before half time.  The goalscorer was Franny Barry, after their keeper appeared to misjudge a cross.
Within a few minutes of the second half, West missed a glorious chance to go 3-1 up.  One of their strikers could not quite make the right connection to a cross on the stretch.  With that miss, it looked like West's dominance may suddenly count for very little, as Allen "Weso" Weston headed home on 52 minutes from a corner. 
Briefly, the pendulum had swung the other way to AFC, and twice we could have gone into the lead.  Firstly, another corner nearly swung into the net, but was scooped out by the keeper.  Then, Franny Barry missed a glorious one on one, which went wide of the post.
When West broke away to regain the lead on 67 minutes through Nic Evangelinos, any hopes we could win the match were given a reality check, and soon disappeared.  They soon could have gone 4-2 up, but hit the post.
One feature of West's dominance was the quality of their crossing.  They went on to score another three, with Evangelinos completing a hat-trick.  It ended 2-6, but could have been more.  Joey Gibbons subsequently resigned as Manager that evening.

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