Chasetown lose to late Goole goal
Chasetown?were left empty-handed after a late goal settled their Evo-Stik First Division South clash with Goole, writes Paul Mullins.
It was a scrappy encounter at the Scholars Ground, littered with free-kicks and the trainers were on the field on half a dozen occasions during the 90 minutes. This disrupted flow of the game and seemed to make it harder for Chasetown to impose their passing game which had been greatly improved over the last three matches.
The Vikings got the early half-chances, with Muhammed Sabu heading straight at Ryan Price from an Anton Foster corner, before William Johnson-Cole attempted a neat through ball to Ryan Williams, only for Price to clear the danger before Williams could shoot.
Goole's No.1 Liam Flynn had to make the save of the first half, though. Scholars' striker Paul Sullivan outmuscled two Goole defenders on the edge of the box to create a scoring opportunity for himself and when he got a shot away, Flynn managed to kick the ball away.
Goole were forced to make a change just after the half- hour and Price did well to hold a shot from replacement Stephen Wakefield before the break.
On the stroke of half-time, Vikings winger Johnson-Cole tried his luck from range and stung Price's gloves with a shot that was pushed behind for a corner.
Goole almost took the lead at the start of the second half when Price had to palm the ball onto his crossbar following an effort from Luke Medley.
The visitors took the lead 10 minutes from time when a long-range shot from Foster was saved by Price but only into the path of Ryan Williams who netted from close range.
The Scholars' claims for a penalty when substitute Simon Brown appeared to be tripped were waved away, and just before the whistle the same player blasted a free-kick a whisker wide.
Chasetown: Price, Farmer (Williams 63), Keenan, Slater, Tesfa Robinson, Halsall, Bennett, Bragoli, Wellecomme, Sullivan (Smith 73), Stephens (Brown 81). Subs not used: Westwood, Beckett.)
Goole AFC: Flynn, Field, Jackson, Robson (Wakefield 33), Colbear, Sabu, Taylor, Foster (Cottingham 85), Medley (King-Bisingu 62), R Williams, Johnson-Cole. Subs not used: Yates, T Williams.
