FA Cup Review - Bamber Bridge 2 Bacup Borough 0
Mon 13th September 2010 | FA Competition News | By Ian Templeman
Two goals in the last eight minutes ended Bacup Borough's hopes of springing a cup surprise at Irongate.
The last time these two teams met was back in September 2003, at the same stage of the same competition at the same ground. As it turned out, the 2010 game ended with the same reverse score line for Bacup, who were left rueing a number of missed opportunities over the course of the 90 minutes.
Bacup survived a scare in the opening minutes when Daniel Cocks lost possession, and Bamber Bridge's most influential player Alistair Waddecar capitalised by delivering a quality ball into the box from which Craig Sargeson's well directed header was well saved by Jon Paul Lewis the Bacup keeper.
Bacup earned themselves a free kick which captain Davey Luker shot just wide, and as the game flowed from end to end there were good opportunities for both sides. Bacup's best chance came when Lance Ogunyode did well in the left corner of the pitch before driving the ball across the face of the Bamber Bridge goal, but agonisingly no Bacup player was on hand to add the missing touch for a goal.
Bacup made an early substitution on the half hour mark bringing on Lee Oldham for Josh Lynch and once his young team mate full back Josh Greenhalgh made a rash challenge that earned him a yellow card, he did not return for the second half and was replaced by Robert Fox.
The early stages of the second half saw both sides create little in the way of clear chances, but Bacup had a scare when keeper Jon-Paul Lewis was left motionless on the ground after colliding with a Bamber Bridge attacker as they challenged for the bal. Both players had to receive treatment with the Bacup keeper being down for a good five minutes.
Bacup introduced their last substitute in Luke Hargreaves midway through the second half, and it was from this point that the visitors probably had their best and most effective spell, creating a number of excellent opportunities.
A long ball was knocked in high and centrally down the pitch into the penalty area, and the Bamber Bridge keeper dropped the ball under a challenge from Davey Luker and was left stranded out of position. Lee Oldham picked up the loose ball and fired it towards the gaping goal but frustratingly for Bacup his effort went wide.
Further chances came Bacup's way, with Luke Hargreaves firing an effort just over following a good build up, then Lance Ogunyode shot wide from a good position
These late misses proved costly when eight minutes from time good movement across the edge of the Bacup penalty area resulted in Bamber Bridge's Kevin Towey earning a free kick.
Bamber Bridge tried to take quickly but Bacup were switched on to prevent this and blocked the effort, however the referee ordered the kick be taken again, and this time a quality strike from Martin Crowder gave Bacup keeper Lewis no chance and put the home side ahead.
With the clock ticking down and only the slender one goal in it, this game was by no means over but after Lance Ogunyode came close, Bridge substitute Paul Lloyd secured the win for his side when he chipped the ball over the head of stranded Bacup keeper Lewis, after he had blocked a Kevin Towey shot. A sad end for Bacup in a game which had looked destined to be going to a replay.
Bacup manager Brent Peters said:
"I do not want to take anything away from our opponents, on the day they deserved everything they got because all of them turned up and wanted it badly, in contrast to us. Adrian Bellamy, John Luker, Gareth Wager and Davey Luker apart, the rest were a huge disappointment, given the standards that we set and the quality and technique that they possess.
"Whether the occasion got to some of them, or whether some of them are not able to handle the magnitude of such a game, I do not know. However what I do know is that, had they stepped up to the mark like they did against Clitheroe in the last round, based on what I saw from Bamber Bridge in this game, they were well and truly there to be taken.
"Despite a bad showing from us, we still had good chances to have got something, but their lad Lloyd showed how to hit the target from a distance, unlike our lads that had two similar efforts that missed the target. This, along with mental attitude on the part of some players, was the difference between success and failure for us."
FA Cup Review - Bamber Bridge 2 Bacup Borough 0
Mon 13th September 2010 | FA Competition News
By Ian Templeman
Two goals in the last eight minutes ended Bacup Borough's hopes of springing a cup surprise at Irongate.
The last time these two teams met was back in September 2003, at the same stage of the same competition at the same ground. As it turned out, the 2010 game ended with the same reverse score line for Bacup, who were left rueing a number of missed opportunities over the course of the 90 minutes.
Bacup survived a scare in the opening minutes when Daniel Cocks lost possession, and Bamber Bridge's most influential player Alistair Waddecar capitalised by delivering a quality ball into the box from which Craig Sargeson's well directed header was well saved by Jon Paul Lewis the Bacup keeper.
Bacup earned themselves a free kick which captain Davey Luker shot just wide, and as the game flowed from end to end there were good opportunities for both sides. Bacup's best chance came when Lance Ogunyode did well in the left corner of the pitch before driving the ball across the face of the Bamber Bridge goal, but agonisingly no Bacup player was on hand to add the missing touch for a goal.
Bacup made an early substitution on the half hour mark bringing on Lee Oldham for Josh Lynch and once his young team mate full back Josh Greenhalgh made a rash challenge that earned him a yellow card, he did not return for the second half and was replaced by Robert Fox.
The early stages of the second half saw both sides create little in the way of clear chances, but Bacup had a scare when keeper Jon-Paul Lewis was left motionless on the ground after colliding with a Bamber Bridge attacker as they challenged for the bal. Both players had to receive treatment with the Bacup keeper being down for a good five minutes.
Bacup introduced their last substitute in Luke Hargreaves midway through the second half, and it was from this point that the visitors probably had their best and most effective spell, creating a number of excellent opportunities.
A long ball was knocked in high and centrally down the pitch into the penalty area, and the Bamber Bridge keeper dropped the ball under a challenge from Davey Luker and was left stranded out of position. Lee Oldham picked up the loose ball and fired it towards the gaping goal but frustratingly for Bacup his effort went wide.
Further chances came Bacup's way, with Luke Hargreaves firing an effort just over following a good build up, then Lance Ogunyode shot wide from a good position
These late misses proved costly when eight minutes from time good movement across the edge of the Bacup penalty area resulted in Bamber Bridge's Kevin Towey earning a free kick.
Bamber Bridge tried to take quickly but Bacup were switched on to prevent this and blocked the effort, however the referee ordered the kick be taken again, and this time a quality strike from Martin Crowder gave Bacup keeper Lewis no chance and put the home side ahead.
With the clock ticking down and only the slender one goal in it, this game was by no means over but after Lance Ogunyode came close, Bridge substitute Paul Lloyd secured the win for his side when he chipped the ball over the head of stranded Bacup keeper Lewis, after he had blocked a Kevin Towey shot. A sad end for Bacup in a game which had looked destined to be going to a replay.
Bacup manager Brent Peters said:
"I do not want to take anything away from our opponents, on the day they deserved everything they got because all of them turned up and wanted it badly, in contrast to us. Adrian Bellamy, John Luker, Gareth Wager and Davey Luker apart, the rest were a huge disappointment, given the standards that we set and the quality and technique that they possess.
"Whether the occasion got to some of them, or whether some of them are not able to handle the magnitude of such a game, I do not know. However what I do know is that, had they stepped up to the mark like they did against Clitheroe in the last round, based on what I saw from Bamber Bridge in this game, they were well and truly there to be taken.
"Despite a bad showing from us, we still had good chances to have got something, but their lad Lloyd showed how to hit the target from a distance, unlike our lads that had two similar efforts that missed the target. This, along with mental attitude on the part of some players, was the difference between success and failure for us."
