UniBond Premier Division

5th September 2005

Attendance - 236

Team - Campbell, Atkinson, Veart, Farthing, Nicholson, Richards, Ashton, Brown, Raw, Ormerod, Hegarty (Wells 74). Subs: McTiernan, Scaife.

Report - .see www.bpafc.com for an excellent report on the match.

WHITBY Town boss Dave Logan was delighted with his side's performance, which he ranked as one of their best away from home. Avenue had smashed six past title contenders AFC Telford on Saturday but managed just one shot on target against Whitby on Monday night.
The home side had injury problems to contend with but the side was not too dissimilar to the one which had drubbed AFC Telford. Tracey could have given Avenue the lead early on though when he took advantage of a poor defensive header and got to the ball ahead of Campbell.
He rounded the keeper but snatched at his shot and the effort flew wide.
Phil Hadland then burst into the area and looked certain to at least test the keeper but the ball was off target and despite howls of protest, the referee refused to award a corner. Tommy Raw could have scored midway through the first half for Whitby when Ant Ormerod squared the ball to him but he was brought down a yard from goal. The referee showed the hosts some leniency by waving play on. Then Ormerod looked to have a clear header on goal but put his effort wide.
Avenue played their best football in the first half but it was hardly free-flowing.
Whitby had chances to score in the second half with Danny Farthing heading over from a Craig Veart free-kick and Ormerod headed wide from another of the full-back's probing crosses. And a Karl Richards shot for Whitby skimmed the top of the bar from 25 yards.
Avenue could also have grabbed all three points – sub Wael Nazha had two great chances. He fluffed his first and then goalkeeper David Campbell made a great save to deny him near the end. Logan said: "We absolutely dominated the game and their manager asked me how we had lost three games."