Craig Price in midfield action.
Saturday, 20 September 2014
EBAC Northern League Division 1
Goalscoreres: SRCA. Barton, Jarrow Roofing: Campbell (2).
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Newly appointed manager Martin Swales was in attendance at the game but it was Ian Smith who selected the team.
Carl Morris continued in goal for the injured Carmichael with Bythway back on the left side of defence to make way for Wray. The rest of the team was the same as for the Durham County Cup match on Tuesday.
RCA started smartly without testing Hunter in the the Jarrow goal. In the sixth minute Gary Wood slid a great ball into the path of Barton who moved it on to Hughes but the RCA striker's shot was deflected for a corner. Two corners followed with Jarrow's defence making sure that RCA attack did not make contact with the ball.
Disaster struck in the 14th minute when a corner to the far post was picked up by Wright, he slipped past Preston before going down under a challenge inside the area and the referee pointed to the spot. Campbell stepped up and converted the penalty.
Bouyed by this success Roofing started to create more chances, a long ball out of defence by Barnes found Wroght on the left, he cut inside before curling a shot wide of the far post.
Barnes started the next Roofing move when he won the ball on the half way line, ran 20 yards unopposed before crossing into the box where Campbell was inches away from making it 2-0.
RCA picked themselves up and started to look to play the ball forward, a pass from Gary wood found McNab on the lrft and his cross into the box was palmed away by Hunter and cleared by Kirkup.
RCA equalised in the 26th minute, awarded a freekick on the left Price curled in a wicked ball which Barton managed to steer past Hunter.
Two minutes later and RCA were awarded another freekick this time Gary Wood took a quick freekick to Price who returned the ball to Wood and he moved the ball forward before firing in a low shot which went wide of the target.
Roofing's response again came from the combination of Barnes to Wright as they switched play from right to left with Wright once again guilty of wasting a good opportunity firing over the bar when clear of the RCA Defence.
In the 37th minute it took a double save by Morris to keep out Wright's thunderbolt of a shot and then he was on hand to pluck Campbell's follow up effort out of the air.
Roofing were gifted their second goal when a quickly taken freekick to Gary Wood caused the midfielder to pass the ball backwards and it was intercepted by Gardiner who broke forward into the box before squaring the ball to Campbell who drilled the ball into net past the helpless Morris.
Roofing were now on top and RCA were making Fundemantal passing mistakes which allowed the home team to surge forward. Wright and Campbell both went close.
RCA looked to try and salvage something in the second period and the introduction of Callen gave more in the way of attacking options, on the hour mark a good ball into the box from Jury was headed towards goal by Barton but Hunter was able to tip the ball round the post for a corner. Bythway rose highest at the back post to head the resulting corner wide.
Two minutes later and Lewis Wood and Hughes combined but Hughes' deflected shot was brilliantly saved by Hunter who was initially going the wrong way but was able to correct his positioning and turn the ball away for a corner.
A srappy second half was void of any further major chances until the 75th minute when Barton was released by Lewis Wood and the RCA striker powered a shot on target but Hunter was equal to it and smothered the ball at the second attempt.
RCA pressed forward in search of an equaliser but Jarrow,s stubborn defending denied any real goalscoring opportunities and it was the home team who almost increased their lead when Wright crossed the ball to Teasdale and he forced a great save from Morris.
RCA were let down by some poor passing today and they were punished in the worst possible way.
The new management team will need to address these small problems as a matter of urgency if RCA are to move away from the relegation zone.