30-09-2015, 15:57
On a perfect night for football managerless Lancaster took on AFC Farsley at City's Giant Axe ground. Having gone out of the cup on Saturday to Droylsden, City's two international players Darren Peacock and Trevor Sinclair and the City board decided that in the interests of the club to part company.
Have to say it was a worthwhile experiment but you cannot play a Premiership slow passing game in the Evo Stick North especially when the grounds resemble the Somme later on in the season.
Gary Hunter and Danny Carlton took charge of the team and they were under constant pressure from the start from a Farsley side who were struggling at the wrong end of the table.
City were exposed three times down their left flank as the well built Farsley centre forward gave them a whole host of problems with his surging runs. Farsley had already had a goal disallowed and gone close twice before they took the lead in the 24 th minute with some skilful play by defender Harrison who dummied a City defender before firing home from 15 yards.
As expected City's confidence dropped following the goal and Farsley looked to added to their total. Ten minutes before half time a back pass didn't reach the Farsley keeper and young winger Whittington waltzed past the keeper and planted the ball in the unguarded net. On the stroke of half time it got even better when from a cross from the right Akrigg cooly chipped the ball over the keeper to give City a 2-1.
City were reduced to 10 in the early stages of the second half when Davis and a Farsley player went for a 50/50 ball, Davis got both ball and man, the Farsley man went down in a heap cue handbags between the players , arguments between the two benches and City home faithful giving the Farsley bench grief. Apparently it was a career ending tackle although it's possibly a moot point to say that playing for a club three from the bottom of the Evo Stick North your career has probably already ended. The injured player limped around and promptly played the remainder of the game.
Farsley dominated possession but apart from two chances didn't look like scoring, City a man light looked dangerous on the counter with Coulthurst having a shot well save, then with the Farsley keeper out of his area great defending denied Winder andn his follow up effort was then well saved by the keeper.
With five minutes to go City put on substitute Han who was told to run his tits off. As it turned out it was Farsley who were laughing theirs off when Hunter sliced past his own keeper deep in injury time to earn the visitors a point they deserved.
Lancaster City 2 AFC Farsley 2 Att 132
Have to say it was a worthwhile experiment but you cannot play a Premiership slow passing game in the Evo Stick North especially when the grounds resemble the Somme later on in the season.
Gary Hunter and Danny Carlton took charge of the team and they were under constant pressure from the start from a Farsley side who were struggling at the wrong end of the table.
City were exposed three times down their left flank as the well built Farsley centre forward gave them a whole host of problems with his surging runs. Farsley had already had a goal disallowed and gone close twice before they took the lead in the 24 th minute with some skilful play by defender Harrison who dummied a City defender before firing home from 15 yards.
As expected City's confidence dropped following the goal and Farsley looked to added to their total. Ten minutes before half time a back pass didn't reach the Farsley keeper and young winger Whittington waltzed past the keeper and planted the ball in the unguarded net. On the stroke of half time it got even better when from a cross from the right Akrigg cooly chipped the ball over the keeper to give City a 2-1.
City were reduced to 10 in the early stages of the second half when Davis and a Farsley player went for a 50/50 ball, Davis got both ball and man, the Farsley man went down in a heap cue handbags between the players , arguments between the two benches and City home faithful giving the Farsley bench grief. Apparently it was a career ending tackle although it's possibly a moot point to say that playing for a club three from the bottom of the Evo Stick North your career has probably already ended. The injured player limped around and promptly played the remainder of the game.
Farsley dominated possession but apart from two chances didn't look like scoring, City a man light looked dangerous on the counter with Coulthurst having a shot well save, then with the Farsley keeper out of his area great defending denied Winder andn his follow up effort was then well saved by the keeper.
With five minutes to go City put on substitute Han who was told to run his tits off. As it turned out it was Farsley who were laughing theirs off when Hunter sliced past his own keeper deep in injury time to earn the visitors a point they deserved.
Lancaster City 2 AFC Farsley 2 Att 132
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