Worksop Town are beaten after Curzon Ashton comeback
Worksop Town fell victim to a second half comeback as Curzon Ashton won 3-1 at the Tameside Stadium.
It left manager Craig Parry disappointed with how his side had performed in the second half performance:
“It was a frustrating game," he said. “It was a game of two halves from our perspective, as in the first half we stuck to the instructions and did extremely well.
“Apart from a few long-range shots, they didn’t trouble us and we kept a good shape and stopped the passing lanes.
“But in the second half, we did the complete opposite, and we didn’t come out. In all honesty I think we let ourselves down in the second half because we were too open against a good side that play football and you know they’ll find the pockets of space.
“We did everything down to the book in the first half and I couldn’t have been more pleased with them, but at full time I probably couldn’t pat one player on the back because we threw the instructions out the window and everyone did what they wanted, and we got punished.”
Aaron Martin came within inches of giving Worksop the lead twice, meeting two near-identical deliveries but seeing both efforts flash narrowly past the post.
It was the Tigers who struck first. Oli Greaves ghosted in unmarked at the back post, collected a precise pass from Lewis Whitham, took a steadying touch to wrong-foot Callum Hawkins, and applied a straightforward finish.
The hosts pushed for a response, with Tony Weston racing onto a through ball only to drag his effort just wide. Greaves nearly doubled his tally soon after, deftly guiding Josh Wilde’s cross goalward, but Hawkins produced a comfortable save.
Curzon emerged after the interval with renewed urgency and were rewarded when Bradley Holmes weaved through challenges and coolly slotted home one-on-one.
Moments later, Holmes was brought down in the box by Sam Wedgbury, allowing Alex Curran to convert from the penalty spot and complete the turnaround.
Weston added a third with an audacious lob from a short-corner routine. Despite late pressure from Worksop, including a testing Martin header, Curzon held firm.