Marske boss’ fury over red card and ‘no penalty’ blow
MARSKE United manager Carl Jarrett was fuming with the referee after his side drew 1-1 at Trafford in the BetVictor North West League on Saturday.
Marske led 1-0 going into the last 10 minutes, but then the referee showed midfielder Leon Scott a straight red, and after Trafford equalised, they were denied a stoppage time penalty.
“The referee didn’t have a good game at all,” said Jarrett. “He sent Leon off for nothing – even their lad said to the referee that Leon didn’t touch him.
“We had to shuffle things about and they equalised, but then in injury time we were denied a stonewall penalty for a foul.
“I never usually go and speak to referees after games, but I did on this occasion, but the referee wouldn’t say much.”
Marske are still unbeaten in the league, and Jarrett said: “Considering that we’ve got so many players out at the moment, then the lads deserve so much credit, especially as they dominated 95% of the game. Our physio has got a busy week ahead of him, I’m pleased our midweek cup match has been postponed.”
Marske played well in the first half, and took a deserved lead midway through the second half with an Andrew Stephenson effort.
All but one of the Teesside teams in the FA Buildbase Vase are through to today’s lunchtime draw.
Guisborough produced one of their best performances so far in thumping Albion Sports 5-1 away from home.
Manager Gary Forster said: “I thought it was a very complete performance. We seemed in control from the first minute and there were some really good performances. Josh Rowbotham, Tommy and Mark Robinson were excellent, but Mason McNeill’s performance was another level.”
McNeill put Guisborough on the road to victory with two goals in eight minutes, and after that the Yorkshire side couldn’t live with the Priorymen. Mark Robinson scored from the spot on 35 minutes, then in the second half Sonni Coleman and Tommy Marron added further goals.
Thornaby scored twice in the last eight minutes to beat Thackley 2-1 at Teesdale Park.
Thornaby created and missed a string of chances until Adam Preston scored twice, and manager Steven Bell said: “Adam took two of the toughest chances in the game.
“We were always pressing, but we couldn’t break through until the closing minutes. It would have been a more comfortable win if we’d taken them.”
Stockton, the beaten finalists in 2018, won 2-0 at Durham City as their excellent start to the season continued.
Nathan Mulligan scored from the spot after 38 minutes, then Durham defender Harris Saunders put through his own goal on the hour.
Manager Micky Dunwell said: “The result was all that mattered. The pitch was awful, neither team could get into any rhythm in the first half. The second half was comfortable, and we could have won by more but another clean sheet and our tenth win in a row. We look forward to the draw on Monday lunchtime.”
Billingham Town just managed to edge past Esh Winning by 3-2 at Waterhouses.
Craig Hutchinson twice put Town ahead, but on each occasion Esh equalised before Elliott Beddow scored the winner with ten minutes left.
Billingham manager Paul Edwards said: “We couldn’t find a rhythm, and we were pushed all the way by a direct and physical Esh side. I’m glad to be through, as we weren’t at our best.”
Billingham Synthonia lost 2-1 at home to Knaresborough, a goal by Alex Bruton not enough to give them victory.
Manager Dave Dickson said: “We were disgusting from start to finish, and we didn’t deserve anything. We were bullied, it was men against boys.”
Redcar Athletic are top of the ENL Second Division after they won 3-2 at Bedlington.
They took the lead with a Connor Smith penalty, and after Bedlington equalised, Redcar took the lead with an own goal. Bedlington pulled level again, but right at the end, Michael Woodhouse scored the winner with the last kick of the game.
Redcar manager Steve Connolly said: “It was a very dominant first half display from us without the goal margin to reflect it. Bedlington, to their credit made life a lot more difficult in the second half and punished us for complacency. We showed our resilience again with another late winner which felt justified.”
In the Wearside League, Wolviston were beaten 5-3 at Hebburn Town Reserves in the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup, after a terrible first half in which they conceded five.
Wolviston manager Chris Lax said: “It was the worst first half performance I’ve ever experienced.
“To be 5-0 down at half time and to give the opposition those goals in the manner we did was totally unacceptable.
“However the second half was much better but losing 5-3 is still a bitter pill to swallow.”