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Tigers lose at home
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Worksop Town 1-2 Marine (full-time)
WORKSOP Town's perfect start to the season was sunk on Saturday, when they lost to Liverpool side Marine.
A scrappy game, ruined as a spectacle by the wind, saw Tigers lose out for the first time this season.
There was one change for the hosts, Jamie Jackson playing his way into the side with a great display as a replacement in midweek, taking Danny Bacon's shirt.
Steven Hussey put Marine ahead on eight minutes after the referee awarded a penalty following Luke Shiel's foul on Thomas Moore. Hussey slamming the spot-kick into the left-hand corner
The visitors put Tigers under more pressure after 14 minutes, Jon Kennedy having to tip a dangerous cross over his bar for a corner.
The referee's assistant saved Worksop from going further behind two minutes later, flagging Sean Doherty offside as he tapped in from Jamie Rainford's cross. Rainford had escaped the clutches of Michael Simpkins and Chris Wood all too easily on the right before putting the ball across the box.
A foul on Ryan Mallon gave Tigers a chance to put the ball into the box, Chris Bettney firing in the free-kick from the left, but Shiels was penalised for climbing on a defender.
Simpkins and Kennedy combined to somehow keep Marine out on 25 minutes. A corner came in from the right, Simpkins dived in the way of the first shot, gifted the ball back to the visitors and John Shaw's effort was saved by the Worksop keeper.
A nice one-two between Bettney and Mark Camm allowed the central-midfielder to run on and shoot, but his effort was straight at Ryan McMahon.
Knox pounced on some hesitance at the back and ran in on goal, but his shot from an angle was tipped wide on half an hour.
Worksop's best move of the match came with seven minutes left in the half, Jackson skinning his marker, crossing to the middle and the ball fell to Knox, who scuffed his shot from six yards and McMahon saved.
But Rainford doubled the Marine lead on 40 minutes. A lovely touch from Moore sent him away, he won a foot race with Simpkins and netted high past Kennedy with a lovely finish.
The first action of the second half saw Jackson go on a surging run to the edge of the box, where he was taken out before he could shoot. The resulting free-kick was curled home by Bettney, low and to the keeper's left, bringing Tigers right back into the match.
Another foul on Jackson gave Bettney a chance to whip the ball into the box, but Meikle's volley was well over.
Simpkins got his name in the book for a rash challenge on the hour mark, leaving Lee Parle on the ground.
The wind was making it tough for both sides to play any football, the game drifting in a scrappy period.
While Tigers dangerman Knox was hardly involved in the second half, Marine's striker Rainford made a chance for himself with 15 minutes remaining, firing a half volley wide from distance.
Danny Simpson entered the fray on 78, Bettney making way. And a clash of heads ended Meikle's day, Danny Bacon taking his place on 85.
Knox came agonisingly close to an equaliser in the last minute of regulation time, managing to round McMahon to shoot at goal, but Marine full-back Joe Doyle was able to head off the line to concede a corner.
Tigers threw Shiels forward for the four minutes of injury time, as they desperately searched for a leveller.
Rainford could have secured the points in the final minute, but he headed wide from Leadbetter's inviting cross, with Wood out of position.
Worksop Town: Kennedy, Wharton, Wood, Shiels, Simplins, Bettney (Simpson 78), Mallon, Camm, Meikle (Bacon 85), Knox, Jackson. Subs not used: Whittington, Colliver, Wankiewicz.
Marine: McMahon, Callacher, Doyle, Shaw, Hussey, Parle (Rushton 89), Doherty (Leadbetter 63), Goulding, Moore, Rainford, Johnson (Cass 72). Subs not used: Strickland, Cumiskey.
Referee: N. Murphy.
Assistants: A.T. Steward, M. Turton.
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Monday 28 May 2012
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