Welcome to the fifth episode of this save with Colwyn Bay.
We begin with a match for the League Cup against Oldham Athletic.
Windscreen Shield 2nd Round
Lineup changes:
Wayne Russell for Brian Thomas
Mark Cross for Ricardo Gabbiadini
Colwyn Bay 2 – Oldham Athletic 1
Hardly fought game which we managed to emerge victorious even having a player sent off. The penalty converted by Barlow almost put a pin on that, but Gavin Allen quickly reacted and we cling on for the win.
FA Cup 2nd Round
Walsall 0 – Colwyn Bay 0
A rather boring match, with an off-shooting night for both teams. Hopefully we do better at the replay.
Game 23
Colwyn Bay 4 – Rotherham United 1
Despite a shaky start which saw us 1-0 down at halftime, the lads came with full-force in the second half, and put the hammer down.
FA Cup 2nd Round Replay
Colwyn Bay 3 – Walsall 1
Lineup changes:
Pat Van Der Hauwe for Mark Aizlewood (suspended for the red card against Oldham Athletic)
At the Drill Field, we find our scoring touch and we clean up our image from the 0-0 borefest. The first one came after a corner kick. Allen’s header was stopped by Bonner, who parried the ball and the rebound ensuing was caught by Van Der Hauwe, who netted the first goal. In the second one Cross tees up Allen who steers home a low, powerful shot from the edge of the area. The third goal came when Allen hits a thunderbolt from nowhere which Bonner failed to catch and Allen himself was the first man to tap in to the open goal. Kane gets one back at the late stages of the game but by then there wasn’t any much Walsall could do to prevent our win.
Game 24
Colwyn Bay 3 – Darlington 0
Energetic start from our lads, who put us 3-0 at half time through Rowlands and Gavin Allen. In the second half each team had chances but the score stays put.
Game 25
Torquay United 2 – Colwyn Bay 3
Incredibly dirty game at Plainmoor which saw 11, yes 11! Yellow cards. 6 from our team and 5 from Torquay. They pushed us all the way, but nevertheless the boys didn’t back down, and took the win
In the 6 days separating ourselves from the next game against Peterborough, there were some transfer news.
Dean Huggins good run of performances has caught the eyes of suitors and they want to snatch him out of our hands. Wolverhampton offers 900K. OB Odense and Sheffield United also stepped in offering 950K each. OB didn’t to want to exchange players, Sheffield had nobody I could be interested in, and Wolves (despite not having any left full-backs) had this guy:
As Dean has a Big Release clause and we might lose him, I decided to accept this exchange.
It’s a real struggle to find Welsh full-backs that are available so the search is a little bit of a mix.
My targets are:
The idea would be buying Searle and in case the deal fell apart, going for Vinicius or Briscoe on a loan
Game 26
Peterborough 1 – Colwyn Bay 3
Lineup changes:
Deniol Graham for Gavin Allen
With Peterborough running in 2nd place, I expected a very gritty match, but it turned out to be completely in our favour. Nathan Wigg sealed the deal to neglect any attempt of them preventing our win.
TRANSFER NEWS:
We got lucky that Searle’s deal went through as Vinicius and Briscoe turned us down. At the moment, I have a surplus of left midfielders so I’ll keep Carl Robinson on the loan deal he had at Lincoln.
FA Cup 3rd Round
Colwyn Bay 2– Stoke City 1
A fantastic result against a D1 team like Stoke City. Our first goal comes after a great pass from Browning which Graham slots into goal. The second one came after a cross from the left hand side by Nathan Wigg was headed by Graham, got rejected by Stoke’s goalkeeper and then sent into the back of the net, courtesy of Mark Cross. Clarke attempted to pull Stoke back into contention, but from then on there wasn’t too much action.
Injury news before our next game.
As Thomas injury is for a couple of weeks, I will look for a replacement.
This guy seems to fit the bill:
He is able to do the job and probably won’t have much trouble if he doesn’t play regularly
Windscreen Shield Area Quarter Finals
Colwyn Bay 2 – Rotherham United 1
Lineup changes:
Osman Costas (grey player) for Brian Thomas
Eric Young for Gavin Maguire
On this new meetup against Rotherham, we had to fight real hard to get the win. We had an appalling shooting night, hitting the target 4 out of 19 times. The final goal came from a pass by Gavin Allen (subbed in for Evans in the extra-time) to Browning, who in the 119th minute of the game sent us to the next round of the Windscreen Shield.
And after this match, we reached the end of episode number 5.
Join us next week for our next episode of this series with Colwyn Bay. See ya 🙂
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