Bridlington Town 0 v 2 Newton
By Alexander Fynn
Injury ravaged Bridlington Town suffered home defeat at the hands of Newton Aycliffe losing out 2-0 to the North-East visitors.
Town were missing Simon Heslop, Danny Earl, Josh Barrett and Tom Allanq and went into the game full of confidence after Saturday’s victory against Heaton Stannington.
The only change in personnel to the starting line up was Benn Lewis who stepped i. for Tom Allan.
The Seasiders started the game well but were evenly matched in all departments by the visitors, with each side battling for possession.
Town pushed hard in the opening stages to break the deadlock – Charlie Winfield showed some skills to work his way down the field past two defenders – but his shot was fired just too near the Newton keeper who made an easy save.
Early into the second half Michael Coulson had a half volley shot which went straight to the keeper which ended up being Bridlington’s only shot at goal in the second half.
The visitors pushed hard and were determined and soon the pressure paid off.
Newton Aycliffe finally broke the deadlock from substitute Liam Adamson.
Connecting with a through ball he fired it into the bottom corner.
Adamson then doubled the visitors lead as his shot was hit with accuracy, again into the bottom corner.
Joe Ferguson had a chance to make it 3 for the Newtonians but his long-range effort was rattled off the crossbar.
Liam Adamson had a chance to get his hat-trick in style as he fired from long range, but it was not to be as his shot scraped over the bar.
Seasiders manager Denny Ingram had this to say after the match.
“Played well for an hour, great result on Saturday, should have been full of confidence, thought we started the game well and held them for long periods, when you’re on top you need to score”
Denny also gave a brief update on the injury situation.
“Pete Davidson came off with a tight thigh, it’s been a tough run of games, players not having a chance to rest up, Josh is going to give a full report on all the injuries in the coming days.”
