Coulson fires 10-man Boro to win at Fylde
Fabulous Boro picked up a richly deserved 2-0 win at full-timers Fylde, despite being reduced to 10 men early in the second half.
A dominant first-half display,inwhichskipperMichael Coulsonscoredtwice,wasfollowedbyadoggedsecondhalf, astheyrepellednumerousFyldeattacks,whilstalsocreating further chances of their own.
Asearlyasthesecondminute Kieran Glynn danced past two defenders before flicking his shot inches wide, then RyanWatsonhadashotblocked, and a couple of long throws fromAshJacksoncausedpanic in the home defence before being cleared.
Borowentaheadon16minutes when Coulson pounced on a poor ball forward from Harry Davis, raced forward and placed his shot into the bottom right of the net, and soon after, a Maloney cross wasbundledjustpastthepost by Will Thornton.
Boro doubled their lead on 23 minutes when the outstanding Glynn flicked a pass to Jackson on the left, he cut and fired a low shot that was blocked on the line by Kyle Morrison, but Coulson slotted home the rebound.
Boro were running riot, and a superb run from Glynn led to him laying off to Jake Charles inside the area, but Davis charged down his shot, thenWillJarvisfedWatsonon theright,andhiscrossintothe crowdedgoalmouthwashead
ed clear by Morrison.
Watsonalsofirednarrowly over, while for the home side, Bailey Gooda flung his body in the way of a strike from Nick Haughton, and Thornton made a superb tackle to foil Rowley shortly before the interval.
Twohalf-timesubsseemed to perk up Fylde, and Boro keeper Joe Cracknell dealt confidently with a series of crossesintohisarea,andsaved at the feet of Sam Osborne.
In Boro forays, Dom Tear set up Watson, who fired narrowly
over, and a mazy dribble from Glynn ended when hepassedtoJarvis,whoselow shot was saved by Chris Neal.
On56minutesAshJackson brought down Nick Haughton on the Fylde right wing, and the referee immediately flashed a red card, despite otherdefendersbeinginclose proximity.
Fylde, now with a numerical advantage, created a number of chances, but Boro's defence was superb, with Cracknellpullingoffsometop saves, and Thornton, Gooda,
Watson and Maloney getting in some strong tackles.
Cracknell dived to tip over a 30-yard strike from Curtis Weston, then made two terrific saves in quick succession, tipping over a shot from Haughton, and diving low to stop an effort from Osborne. Haughton also had a dipping shotflickedoverbyCracknell.
Jarvishadashotblockedby Weston,thenCharlesplayeda clever reverse pass out to Bramall on the left, and he cut insideanddinkedashotjustpast the far post. Fylde went close
when a swerving effort from Haughtonwaspushedoverby the superb Cracknell.
InstoppagetimeCracknell twice got down to save shots from Rowley and Haughton. Thefinalwhistlebroughthuge cheers from the vocal band of travelling supporters behind the goal.
BORO: Cracknell, Watson, Jackson, Maloney, Thornton, Gooda, Coulson (Burton 60), Tear, Charles (Weledji 88), Glynn, Jarvis (Bramall 75)
ATTENDANCE: 960 (175 away)