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Match Report Bustleholme 1 Darlaston Town (1874) 4 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One Saturday 11th August 2018 A hat trick of penal?es by defender Mar?n Stanton gave Darlaston a comfortable win at York Road Oldbury. With Ryan Kingdon, Luke Charlton, Jarrod Grant and Tyrone Clarke O'Connell all unavailable Darlaston manager gave a debut to Connor Asbury and club captain Ryan McAllister and Noah Diallo returned to the star?ng line-up whilst Mark Swann and Gurdeep Wilkoo both made second half debuts. Darlaston opened brightly and created three good chances in the opening 5 minutes. Firstly, Diallo had a shot blocked before full back Sam Causton made progress down the right flank before cuAng inside to unleash a vicious 22-yard shot which ra.led against the cross bar with keeper Luke Mauldridge well beaten. A minute later some neat work by Daniel Bolzon set up Antony Follows but the midfielder's 15-yard shot was well saved by Mauldridge. A Leon Taylor overhead kick went tamely wide whilst Bustleholme’s Jack Whi.all was unmarked in the Darlaston penalty area but missed a glorious chance sending his 10-yard header wide. With just 15 minutes on the clock the visitors had forced five corners all coming to nothing. Darlaston's forward play was rewarded in the 17th minute. A corner from Diallo was met by Taylor's firm goalward bound header but Dane Hughes' outstretched hand denied the striker his first goal of the season as the referee pointed to the spot. Stanton confidently dispatched the spot kick to give the visitors a deserved lead. Asbury, Bolzon and Follows all had opportuni?es to extend the lead but were denied by some good goalkeeping and some fine defending. Darlaston doubled their lead in the 28th minute with their seventh corner of the half. A superb de8 header by Taylor conver?ng Diallo's pin point corner. Darlaston were looking confident and in control un?l two errors at the heart of the defence gave Bustleholme a life line in the 32nd minute. Some sloppy distribu?on at the back allowed Myles Ne.leford to create havoc with a le8-wing cross 10
esul?ng in a corner. From the corner the havoc con?nued a Chris Norton header bobbled in to the six-yard area Sam Causton's a.empted clearance hit the back of Whi.aker and rebounded into the net to halve the arrears. Despite the setback Darlaston responded well and Taylor had two glorious opportuni?es to extend their lead, firstly he created a fine chance for himself turning two defenders before unleashing a dipping 20-yard angled shot inches over the bar. A minute later Taylor pounced on a poor back pass, but his 12-yard shot was saved by the legs of keeper Mauldridge. On 37 minutes Darlaston were awarded their second penalty when Bolzon was brought down from behind by Ashley Brookes. Stanton again dispatched the spot kick to restore the visitors two goal advantage. Darlaston were dominant in the opening 45 minutes but the second half was more evenly contested and Bustleholme probably had the edge. Last season's Division One top goal scorer and League Player of the Season Chris Brown was much more influen?al spraying 40 and 50 yard passes from le8 to right crea?ng problems for the home defence as Remmell Johnson and Myles Ne.leford both responded as Bustleholme tried desperately to get themselves back into the game. Whi.all pounced on a poor back pass by Ryan Jones but Whi.aker's legs came to the rescue whilst Brown and Chris Norton both had shots well wide. Brown hit the bar with a 20-yard drive and Darlaston weathered the storm to compose themselves forcing several free kicks as the home side became a li.le over zealous with some of their challenges on Diallo and Bolzon. With 5 minutes remaining Darlaston were awarded their third penalty of the a8ernoon when Mark Swann was brought down by Zac Holden, for the third ?me Stanton stepped up to convert the spot kick, his first hat trick for the club. The ac?on was not over. On 87 minutes Bustleholme midfielder Chris Norton was sent off for a scything challenge on Bolzon and in the final seconds Leon Taylor turned his defender twice in the box before shoo?ng inches wide from 12 yards. Albeit very early in a long season, the win takes Darlaston to the top of the table with a maximum 6 points from their opening two games. 11
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