AFC Liverpool from Yesteryear

The first 20 minutes were a bit of a contrast to the first 20 mins in midweek against Winsford.  The midweek game saw us race into a 3-0 lead.  We simply were not clicking in the early stages of this FA Vase tie, and it was the Yorkshiremen who took the lead on 23 minutes, following Centre-Back Weso getting caught in the deck.  In the following few minutes, things did not show much sign of getting better.  Steve Fraser was speculating that the correct substitution could be to replace Joe Whittington with Danny Boden.  Then, he got a couple of headed chances.  Although he missed them both, surely it was a positive sign that we were suddenly creating the chances? One player whom I suggested had not been in the game much was Number 8 Callum Woods. It was him pickpocketing an Athersley player from behind on 39 minutes, which led to him setting Kev "The Beast" Edgar to draw us level. He also did this at one point in the second half. Just a few minutes before t...

Within a few seconds of this pre-season match in Lancashire kicking off, our defence gifted the hosts an opportunity.  Coppull's striker was unable to take advantage. We settled down and soon took a 2-0 lead.  Our dominance then saw us create a load of chances which were spurned.  By the time we had scored a 3rd, I reckon we had missed about 7 good chances, after going 2-0 up. Out of nothing Dominic Garner made a decent save to preserve our clean sheet.  However, their man had been taken out as he shot.  So, they got a penalty and the arrears for Coppull were reduced to just 2.  Almost immediately the three goal lead was restored.  Number 10 Michael Boyle and number 11 Steven Milne were both very creative in the move that led to the goal.  I said to Dave The Rattler that they need a big goalscorer to complement their creativity.  I was not sure the number 9 Joe Whittington could do it.  After all, he was probably culpable for the mo...