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Saturday 11th
October 2008
CALVERTON 0 v 1 PINXTON FC
Marriott 60
Pinxton return to victory.
Pinxton finally achieved that elusive
win with a hard earned victory against a free scoring Calverton.
Manager Tim Graney had the luxury of
recalling skipper Aden Flint back from duty with Alfreton Town & Gary
Mayhew back from suspension to face a Calverton side that so far this season
were averaging 4 goals per game.
With this in mind Pinxton fielded a
strong defensive line up with Mayhew in mid field alongside Frazer Thomas &
Jamie Renshaw protecting a back line in which
However, after repelling early
pressure it was the visitors who had the better of the first half and it was
only a breathtaking save by home ‘keeper Michael Randall from a brilliant Jay
Cooper header that kept the scores level at the interval.
As the second half got underway it
soon became apparent that full backs Joe Riley & Adam Robinson had been
given the freedom to attack the flanks, and this bought it’s reward on the
hour, when Thomas bravely won the ball in the middle of the park and fed Cooper
who in turn released Riley down the right and his accurate long cross from the
bye line was dispatched magnificently by Daniel Marriott at the far post for
his seventh goal of the season.
Pinxton now had something to defend,
and this they did with Flint & Robinson dominating everything in the air
& Darren Bettison, as usual. covering every blades
of grass.
As the game reached its climax it
began to resemble two punch drunk prize fighters exchanging blows with chances
appearing at either end, & Calverton thought they had stole a point in the
dying minutes when Craig Boulton found himself in the
clear only to be denied by the heroic intervention of Renshaw.
The home sides frustration at their
first blank score line of the season became evident when winger Barry Payne was
red carded after the final whistle.
Pinxton aim to gain revenge with a
victory when Radcliffe Olympic are the visitors to
the Welfare tomorrow
Pinxton: Bowler, Riley [Shinfield 85],
A Robinson [Evans 64], Renshaw,
Ref; R Jackson [Sutton In Ashfield].
Assists; K
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m:
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PINXTON FC 1 v HARROWBY UNITED 3
Cooper 9 Reidy 20,48. Bolland 35
Pinxton seek elusive win.
Pinxton had only themselves
to blame as they squandered an early lead against struggling Harrowby United.
After last weeks outstanding performance
at the league leaders, nothing short of a victory was expected against the
Lincolnshire side, and this looked odds on the as Jay Cooper spectacularly
volleyed home his first senior goal following a controlled lay off from fellow
striker Daniel Marriott.
Unfortunately, this relaxed the home
side a little too much, especially as the visitors employed the divisions
leading scorer Danny Reidy, and with mainstay Aden
Flint away on duty with Alfreton Town the center forward was about to take
center stage with two goals and an assist.
Both his goals had that element of luck
about them but as all good strikers will tell you,’ you have to be in that
position to score’.He certainly was for his first,
ghosting around all alone at the far post to tap home from the first corner of
the game on 20 minutes.This briefly brought Pinxton
back to life and Joe Riley came close as his speculative header was cleared off
the line.However the visitors were aware of the
hesitancy in the home defense and took the lead on 35 minutes when Reidy’s angled pass allowed Simon Bolland
to beat the offside trap and cleverly chip the stranded Martin Bowler from
Pinxton refused to lie down and deserved
to be level at the interval after Frazer Thomas rattled the cross bar from
fully
With only two points from their last 5
games Pinxton seek that elusive win away at Calverton tomorrow
Pinxton: Bowler, Swain [Downing 60], Renshaw [C], Thomas, J
Robinson, Marshall, Riley [Cooke 65], Bettison, Marriott, Cooper, A Robinson
[Evans 55]
Ref; L Snodden [
Assists; M Green, & M
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No
3 Jamie Renshaw
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HARWORTH CI 1 v 1 PINXTON FC
Dunning 52.
Marriott 15.
Pinxton push leaders all the way
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Only the width of the crossbar stopped
Pinxton’s return to winning ways at high flying Harworth.
Both teams struggled to get any into any
rhythm on a day [& pitch] that was more suited to Cricket than the
beautiful game, however, the visitors, orchestrated by the ever vocal Tim
Graney, settled the better and committed early pressure soon bought its reward.
Home ‘keeper Steve Wibberley
under pressure from Jay Cooper could only half clear an intelligent lofted ball
from midfield maestro Darren Bettison and the ball fell kindly to Daniel
Marriott to drive home from
The visitors were now in complete
control with Aden Flint & Ben
With clever use of a very wide pitch,
wingers Joe Riley & Adam Robinson tucked in as old fashioned wing halves,
allowing young full backs Liam Swain & Jamie Renshaw the freedom to overlap
at will.
Unfortunately this exciting free flowing
football couldn’t reproduce and the home side appeared after the interval to
adopt Pinxton’s attacking formation.
Their reward came seven minutes after
the break when Ryan Paczkowski forced an acrobatic
one handed save from Martin Bowler diving to his right, only for the ball to
fall to Shay Dunning to hit home from close range.
Not content with a point, the fresh legs
of Mark Downing & Danny Evans were introduced and very nearly paid
dividends as within the last 5 minutes both players fired inches wide before
Downing saw a thunderbolt of a shot rebound off the underside of the bar
…..Where’s a Russian linesman when you need one!!
Pinxton
pledge to continue with their attacking style at home to Harrowby
United this Saturday
Pinxton: Bowler, Swan, Renshaw, Thomas,
Ref; K Guise [Woodthorpe]
Assists; R Bourne. M Marshall.
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No
10 Jay Cooper.
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PINXTON FC 1 v 2 NEWARK TOWN
Bettison 38. Self 1, 54.
Early warning & Pinxton Self destructs
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Pinxton were given an early indication
of what to expect when they found themselves a goal down after only 80 seconds
in their home game against an unbeaten
The referees opening whistle had just
ceased echoing as Chris Self fired home following some neat interchanges inside
the Pinxton penalty area.
Despite this early setback the home side
calmed themselves and produced some impressive attacking play with Daniel
Marriott combining well with strike partner Mark Downing who was making his
first start after a lengthy lay off.
However, it was the stylish Darren Bettison
who bought the home side level on 38 minutes arriving in the area to head home
a Downing cross from
Pinxton failed to build on this despite
creating further chances either side of the interval and found themselves
behind on 54 minutes as Self pounced again, against
the run of play.
The visitors were fortunate to be
awarded a corner which was only half cleared allowing the striker to double his
tally.
Coach Ian Comery shuffled his pack after
losing the influential Danny Evans just after the hour mark and the remaining
third of the game saw the home side camped in the opposing half, but they
couldn’t break down a defense who have only conceded 3
goals this term.
Despite this set back Pinxton remain 3rd,
virtue of games played & goals scored, but they face their toughest task
when they visit league leaders Harworth this
Saturday.
Pinxton: Bowler, Shinfield [Swan 62], A Robinson,
Ref; A Smith [Arnold]
Assists; A Harland
& D Wragg
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No
9 Darren Bettison
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PINXTON FC 2 v 2 FOREST TOWN
Marriott 32;
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A powerful headed goal 6 minutes from
time from Pinxton’s captain courageous salvaged a point in a highly competitive
game.
Aden Flint once again played through the
pain barrier to raise high above the visitor’s defense to head home a Danny
Evans free kick for his first goal of the season.
Pinxton had earlier taken the lead when,
in the 32nd minute Daniel Marriott latched onto a defense splitting
through ball from the impressive Darren Bettison to calmly slot home his sixth
goal this term.
The home side looked in complete control
heading towards the interval but the game was turned on its head less than 5
minutes before the break when Danny Tighe equalized
from a very fortunate free kick.
This certainly spurred on the visitors
and their early second half pressure was rewarded when Mark Carter forced the
ball home from close range after 62 minutes.
Pinxton refused to lie down and deserved
their share of the spoils and were indeed unlucky not to steal all 3 points with Bettison &
Marriott both forcing late saves.
Pinxton: Bowler, Swain [Shinfield 60], A Robinson, Renshaw, J
Robinson,
Ref; R Townsend,[
Assists; A Richardson.&
D Lloyd
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No
6
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RADCLIFFE OLYMPIC 4 v 0 PINXTON FC
Korol 17,
Richardson 81, Potts 90
Pinxton’s Olympic failure
High flying Pinxton contributed to their
own downfall as they were bought down to earth by a very competitive &
physical Radcliffe.
Pinxton started the better but had to
reshuffle their midfield as early as the 11th minute as the
influential Frazer Thomas limped off with a pulled ligament following a heavy
challenge.
Worse was to follow as their usually
solid defense uncharacteristically allowed winger Aaron Korol
a free run on goal to fire past Martin Bowler.
Coming against the run of play this
ignited the home side who went on to hit the post twice and only a brave diving
save from Bowler kept the visitors still in the game at the interval.
The second half started with chances at
both ends, but it didn’t take long for the visitor’s to realize that this was
not to be their day. Winger Ben Smith’s fierce cross cum shot came back off the
inside of Bowler’s far post only to hit the unfortunate Aden Flint who could
only watch in disbelief as the ball flew into the net.
Gaps were now staring to appear in their
defense as Pinxton chased the game, and they were lucky not to fall further
behind as Radcliffe twice more hit the woodwork.
However, their luck ran out with less
than 10 minutes to go when Ben Richardson found himself in acres of space on
the edge of the box and he calmly placed the ball into the top corner.
Pinxton’s misery was complete in added
time when substitute Lee Potts headed home from close range.
Pinxton hope to get back to winning ways
in a re arranged home game this Saturday v
Pinxton: Bowler, Shinfield , Renshaw,
Haslam[Swain 73], Marshall,
Ref;
Assists; K Bourne. & D Trendell
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m:
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Wednesday
3 September 2008
SOUTHWELL 3 v 6
PINXTON FC
Barrowcliffe
12; Marriott 4,
21, 71
Porter 57, Foster 80; Marshall 34, Thomas 27,
Bacon 54.
Southwell
hit for 6 as Pinxton go top
A large rain soaked crowd was
highly entertained with nine goals in near monsoon conditions as Pinxton sailed
to the top of the league.
The conditions certainly benefited
the forwards as both defenses struggled on the slippery surface.
This was evident on 4 minutes,
when Southwell ‘keeper Darren Sharpe couldn’t hold onto an intelligent low
skimming cross from Danny Evans and was punished by the alert Daniel Marriott.
The lead lasted only 8 minutes as
Southwell equalized when Barrowcliffe fired home from
the edge of the penalty area.
This proved just a minor setback
as Pinxton’s superb free flowing attacks tore Southwell apart with three goals
in 13 minutes.
Marriott got his & Pinxton’s
second on 21, turning in another good low cross from Evans, and just 6 minutes
later Evans again was involved forcing a goal line clearance that fell to
Frazer Thomas who reacted swiftly to score his first of the season.
Pinxton were now relentless,
attacking from every angle and a fantastic 6 man move, built from deep, lead to
Ben Bacon forcing a great save from Sharpe.
The resulting corner from Evans
was headed home brilliantly by Ben Marshall from ten yards out.
As the second half started the
rain relented, allowing both sides to show their attacking flair with chances
at either end, and it didn’t take goal machine Ben Bacon long to get on the
score sheet. A fine evasive left wing cross from Evans was well retrieved in
the far corner by Darren Bettison, his accurate cross in turn found the head of
Marriott who was denied his hat trick by an outstanding save, unfortunately for
the ‘keeper the ball landed at the feet of Bacon who doesn’t miss from there.
Ben Porter kept the score alive
firing home a fierce free kick from
With 20 minutes to go Marriott
finally got his deserved hat trick, cleverly turning in yet another fine ball
from man of the match Evans.
Southwell claimed what turned out
to be a consolation goal in the last 10 minutes, when substitute Foster forced
home from close range an already goal bound strike from Porter.
Pinxton: Rodgers, Shinfield [Swain 75], Renshaw, Haslam
[Cooper 75], Marshall, Flint [c], Bettison [Cooke 75]. Thomas, Marriott, Bacon,
Evans,
Ref; D Hunt [Mansfield]
Assists; S Hall. D Vickery-Benoy
Kick off: 7.45pm
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No 11 Danny Evans.
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PINXTON FC 5 v 0 CLIPSTONE
Bacon 14, 27, 75; Evans 37; Marriott 43
Clipstone demolished as Pinxton bring home
the Bacon
Pinxton’s goal machine, Ben
Bacon’s return from injury couldn’t have been more emphatic, with three goals
and two assists to completely blast away a bewildered Clipstone.
Tim Graney had certainly done his
homework and his side attacked relentlessly from the start, and 31 minutes had
passed before home ‘keeper Martin Bowler touched the ball, by which time Bacon
had struck twice.
His first after 14 minutes was an
individual effort down to sheer strength and persistence as he completely
outwitted the experienced Allen Sellars
The second goal on 27 minutes,
however, was a brilliant team effort, starting with left back Andy Robinson
winning the ball deep in his own half before feeding Danny Evans on the left,
who after beating off the close attention of 2 Clipstone defenders tight on the
touchline, somehow managed to find Daniel Marriott, who’s delightful chip
released Bacon to excite the crowd with a carbon copy finish.
More goals were to follow, and
Bacon was involved again, only this time his ‘assist’ was probably not
intentional. An acrobatic overhead kick from a deep Joe Riley cross seemed the
perfect way to complete his hat-trick, however, instead of finding the net he
found Evans who’s finished superbly.
As the shell shocked Clipstone
looked to the comfort of the half time dressing room, more punishment ensued,
this time by new dad Marriott, who broke clear to add a fourth before being
joined by his jubilant team mates in the Brazilian ‘Rocking Baby’ goal
celebration.
The second half struggled to live
up to expectations, save for Bacon, who was desperate to get his third &
Pinxton’s fifth, this he did with 15 minutes left, beating the offside trap and
again racing clear to complete his second hat trick in only his third game.
Pinxton: Bowler, Shinfield ,
Robinson, Cooper [Swain 71],
Ref; D Bourne [Chilwell]
Assists; D Viles & G
Taylor
Kick off: 3pm
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No 10 Ben Bacon
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Saturday 23 August 2008
PINXTON FC 1 v 0 BLIDWORTH M W
Marshall 79
Pinxton’s Marshall guns down Blidworth
A
brilliant volley by Ben Marshall late in the game was enough to secure the 3
points for Pinxton in an open entertaining game against Blidworth
M W.
Pinxton
quickly put the disappointment of Sutton behind them as early as the 5th minute
when Daniel Marriott saw his downward header cleared off the line by Dale
Crowder.
The
visitor’s response was immediate and they too were soon to force a goal line
clearance.
The
ever alert Martin Bowler saved well from Richard Guest and from the resulting
corner Aden Flint was perfectly placed to dispatch a Martin Williams goal bound
header.
After
the break only some fine work by Jamie Davies in the Blidworth
goal denied Pinxton, getting down well at his near post to smother an accurate
drive from Danny Evans and then bravely at the feet of Marriott.
As
the game reached the hour mark the play really began to open up with chances at
either end.
With
the temperature rising both on and off the pitch spaces began to appear in the Blidwoth defence, this was exploited by the industrious
Marriott who raced clear only to be brought down by the tiring Jamie Tagg, who was fortunate to receive only a yellow card after
a consultation between the Referee and his assistant.
Marriott
thought justice was done as he pounced to force home after the ‘keeper parried
Marshall’s accurate free kick only to be denied by the same assistants offside
flag.
The
home side didn’t have it all their own way and only a brilliant save by Bowler
on 73 stopped the visitors going ahead.
Just
as we all thought that the ‘keepers would dominate,
Pinxton
dug deep for this victory and hope for continued success at home again next
Saturday when Clipstone are the visitors. Kick off 3pm.
Pinxton: Bowler;
Shinfield [Cooper 75]; Jones [Cooke 81]; Marshall; Flint; Mayfield; Riley;
Thomas; Marriott [Wright 81]; Bettison; Evans;
Ref; S Abbott [Sutton in
Ashfield]
Assists; J Tewson ,
J Parker
Attn:
Kick off:
Pinxton m.o.t.m: No 5 Aden Flint
Pinxton cautions;
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