Yeadon Athletic 2 vs 1 Crown FC

<p>&nbsp; <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The fist home game of the season didn&rsquo;t get off to the best start. Our toughest opponent &ldquo;Saturday night Drinking&rdquo; got the better of a few &amp; the 9:45 meet time for some was a little too early!!! <p>The game got off to a fast start with both teams trying to keep the ball down and build possession. It was pretty end to end but neither keeper having much to do. A ball which should have been cut out left the Crown Striker 1 on 1 with Simon Wintle and the forward got the better and headed past the keeper to score the opening Goal after 5 mins. <p>0-1. <p>It was a tight affair in the first half and Athletic started creating a few dangerous attacks. With Scott Norton narrowly missing the target and Danny Emsley blasting in from a tight angle we are back on track, only for the ref to blow for offside. <p>The crown edged the possession but without creating anything to mention. Yeadon were struggling to play the football we know we can &amp; unforced errors were halting any progress we were making. <p>Half time was upon us with things to work on. <p>After a brief chat Yeadon looked to get our passing game going but a mad spell giving the ball away on various occasions wasn&rsquo;t helping. Yeadon eventually started to pull the strings which left the Crown relying on counter attacks. A stunning performance by the returning Adam Otway in central defence who cleaned up with last ditch tackles &amp; kept Athletic in the hunt. <p>A double substitution was a way to get everything moving a bit faster, Jay replacing Simon in Goal &amp; Paul Clough coming on for Stuart Hardcastle in the midfield holding role. This turned out to be a touch of brilliance&hellip; ;) <p>With the tempo raised Yeadon were on top and attacking the goal on a regular basis and it wasn&rsquo;t long before this resulted in the equaliser. Scott Norton picked out Danny Emsley who placed the ball beyond the keeper to notch up his first of the season. <p>1-1 <p>With our tails up we pushed for another. <p>10 minutes later Oli rushed on to a headed ball by James Barker, the Keeper came rushing out only for the striker to get there fist and curl the ball in from distance. <p>2-1 <p>The last 10 minutes were nail biting, the Crown with wave after wave of attacks pushed for the equaliser. This would have been the case but for a superb double save from Jay Bastow in the sticks. This was followed by another last ditch challenge from Otway to save the game and ensure we came away with all 3 points. <p>This was far from the prettiest game but we played against a much tougher opposition and came through to steal a win. It&rsquo;s a cracking start to the season, lets keep the run going in to next week away to Milford. <p>Team&nbsp; <p>Simon Wintle <p>Aaron Welsh <p>Alex McInnis <p>Liam Keen <p>Adam Otway <p>Stewart Hardcastle <p>Damien Fleming&nbsp; <p>Danny Emsley <p>James Barker <p>Scott Norton <p>Oliver Leslie (c) <p>S&nbsp;&ndash; Paul Clough <p>S &ndash; Jay Bastow <p>S &ndash; Craig Williams <p>Man of The Match &ndash; Adam Otway. <p>&nbsp;