Worksop Town reserves beaten in thriller
Worksop Town reserves were beaten 4-2 by Elite AFC in an entertaining game at Sandy Lane.
Worksop had a couple of new youngsters on the bench but with dual signed Liam Betts (Doncaster City) and Elliott Probert (Sheffield FC) both available and the return of Jack Watts from injury, there was good cause for optimism
The game started with White having an early shot on goal for Worksop. Probert then put a soft shot into the hands of the opposing keeper. A long ball saw the visiting keeper out of his area heading the ball against Conner but not hard enough for it to rebound across goal line.
The Elite Number19 then missed an open goal bfore Conner shot straight at the keeper. Sinclair appeared to be tripped in the opposing penalty area but nothing was given. Abdy then missed the target with a free-kick and Rodzos saved well to bring the first half to a close.
Play resumed with Kai Reet having replaced Ethan Slater. The second half was looking lively with the visitors on top, so it was no surprise when Robbie Wood put them ahead on 52 minutes.
To their credit Worksop fought back to equalise on 58 minutes, Kai Reet getting the final touch. Within two minutes Worksop were ahead as Alex Russell scored from an Abdy corner and the game was turned on it’s head in just 8 minutes. McKenzie Walker equalised for Elite with a long range shot.
Newcomer Josh Nicholson then replaced the struggling Jack Watts and once again before the dust settled Wood put the visitors back into the lead with his second goal on 78 minutes.
Worksop then made their final changes as David Chukwujama replaced Tom White who did well at left back and the other newcomer Ryan Short came on for Josh Sinclair.
As Worksop looked for an equaliser in the gathering gloom Travis Gordon ensured the points went to the visitors scoring their fourth goal in stoppage-time.