Fleetwood Town Vs Newman
Result : 4 - 1
Syndicate Cup
Syndicate Cup
Cup action again for Fleewtoods young players. This time in the Syndicate Youth cup against opposition from a higher league.
With goal keeper Joe Wheeler on holiday, and an administration hitch with the league, meant Town had no recognised keeper in the squad. However the multitalented Josh Cawley stepped into the breach and donned the gloves and deservedly kept a clean sheet.
Fleetwood started the game brightly and created some excellent goal scoring opportunities. Henry Ogden, starting his first game of the season and Tyler Atack the two Fleetwood strikers worked well together and caused the Newman defence plenty of problems. It was Lewis Thwelis fresh from his début with Fleetwood Reserves, filling in on the left side of midfield who finally opened the scoring on 29 minute with a powerful drive from the edge of the box. A Fleetwood corner was cleared by the Newman defence and fell to the feet of Thwelis who coolly fired the ball through a congested penalty area and into the net.
With Newam looking dangerous on the breaks Fleetwood knew they needed another goal whilst they were on top and it was Mick McAlpine who came up with the goods on 35min. A free kick approximately 25meters from goal was smashed into the Newman goal leaving the excellent Newman keeper rooted to the spot.
Despite some glorious efforts on goal by Fleetwood the score remained the same at the interval.
The second half commenced with Fleetwood driving forward but once again failing to convert some excellent passing moves. However credit to Newman, they remained in the game and created some goal scoring opportunities themselves however the Fleetwood back four excellently marshalled by Alex Bethell and Ash McGough stood up to the challenge.
Ironically it was a lucky break that eventually settled the game for Town when a shot/cross from Jordan Wood beat the Newman keeper and dropped into the far corner of the net.
Fleetwood finished the game off in style when Francis Donaghy came on as a sub and smashed his first of the season home the after excellent wing play from Steve Rankin.
After the game Manager Mark Bowley said “We have once again done well against opposition from the higher league. Some of our play was very good today but we must be more clinical in front of goal and we will be working hard to get this right. A huge amount of praise must go to our stand in keeper Josh Cawley who always stands up to the plate and did really well today for the team. Also special praise for Lewis Thwelis who has played for the reserves recently and the reports I have been receiving back are good. This once again highlights our aims and objectives with this team and Steve Kershaw and I are delighted with the progress so far. The next game is away to local rivals Thornton Under18’s which will be a good test for our younger players.
Man of the Match:
Tyler Atack
Squad: J Cawley. L Gallagher. A Bethell. A McGough. F Donaghy. L Thwelis. M McAlpine. J Salisbury. J Wood. T Atack. H Ogden. C Eastwood. S Rankin
Goals: Thewlis, McAlpine, Wood, Donaghy
