Rollercoaster Ride For Bishop Auckland FC in Final Home Fixture
Published on Friday, April 30th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Bishop Auckland FC played Tow Law Town in their last home game of the season at West Auckland on Tuesday 27th April.
The game sprung to life in the 9th minute when fine build-up play led to a Harry Drummond volley that went just wide. A minute later, Tow Law counterattacked, splitting the Bishop defence with a cross-field ball.
Law’s Teasdale latched onto the ball and found himself one on one with the keeper who raced out to reduce the angle. Bishop breathed a sigh of relief when Teasdale’s shot from just inside the box went over the bar.
A Bishop counter attack immediately followed. A ball into the six-yard box found Gredziak whose shot hit the base of the post before bouncing off the ‘keeper’s head, the ball could have gone anyway but went out for a corner.
The breathless play continued, both sides attacking and coming close to making a breakthrough. The game looked destined for goals, and lots of them.
The first goal came in the 31st minute. A high ball in from the flank saw Bishop ‘keeper Graham come for the ball, however, he was unable to make contact and the ball dropped to Teasdale who stroked the ball home with ease.
Bishop had chances to equalise before half time, but the score remained 0-1 when the ref blew for half time.
Colin Myers will undoubtedly have hoped that Bishop would get a quick equaliser after the re-start, but he found his team 0-2 down only two minutes after kick-off. Benefitting from the Bishops’ defence ballwatching, Innes popped up at the back post to head the ball across goal to Johnson who finished from 2 yards out.
Bishops rallied back, searching for a goal that would bring them back into the game. A 56th minute toe-poke from Darren Richardson gave them a lifeline.
They were now hunting for an equaliser, but they were hit with a sucker punch. Law’s third goal was mirrored their second, although this time it was Parkinson who headed across the goal to Innes score his first goal.
In keeping with the nature of the game, Bishops immediately pulled a goal back. A cross from Richardson on the left sailed over the Tow Law keeper’s head to the back post where Strong was at hand to tap home.
A mad eleven minutes was capped when Bishops equalised. Gredziak received the ball 30 yards from goal.
Advancing towards goal, he held off his marker before turning his way past another two defenders. With another defender approaching, it looked as though he had come to a dead end, but his persistence paid off and he was able to unleash a thundering effort, which flew past the Lawyers’ keeper.
Both sides pressed for a winner, but it was Tow Law who, just a minute from time, stole all the points. From a corner, Richardson conceded a dubious free-kick. The setpiece was played by Davidson and eventually found Teasdale, who headed home unchallenged.
Final Score: Bishop Auckland 3 – Tow Law 4.
This article originally appeared in Issue No. 29. Read or download The Bishop Press Issue No. 29 (PDF).
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