Lye Town 3 v 1 Coleshill Town

[Alan Beckett]

Saturday 13th January 2024
Northern Premier League Midland Division
Lye Town 3 v 1 Coleshill Town
Scorers:
Flyers: Ben Billingham 2, Joe Palmer.
Colemen: Niall Rowe.
Attendance: 104.
Supporters Club Man Of The Match:


Teams:
Lye: Ben Newey, Dan Brookes, Demico Burton, Cain Smith, Adam Meacham, Ryan Bridgewater, Sam Tye, Paul Ibhadon, Joe Palmer (Mathew Funge), Ben Billingham (Anjeolaoluwa Adamu), Nathan Kabeya (Maxwall Ngbeken).
Subs not used: Bailey Storey, Sam Hall.


Coleshill: Lewis Fenney, Adrian Gyamera, Oscar Tongue, Sam Fitzgerald (Gio Dainty), Harry Higginson, Niall Rowe, George Washbourne, Alex Tomkinson, Jonathan Letford, Luke Keen, Chris Cowley (Ihsan Rehman).
Subs not used: Paul Hathaway, Aon Abbas, Jack Whelan.


MATCH REPORT
An action packed game, numerous chances at both ends and both goalkeepers pulling off save after save. Lye took a narrow lead on the stroke of half time. Early in the second half Coleshill had a great shout for a penalty but it mattered little as Niall Rowe lashed a corner into the roof of the net to level the scores. It could have gone either way but Lye’s forward pair proved the difference as between them Lye scored two more to secure the points.


Express & Star Wrote
BOSS Grant Joshua was delighted to see Lye Town get back to the side he recognises in this 3-1 victory over Coleshill Town.
Joshua’s charges ended a four-match winless run in Northern Premier League Midlands with a dominant performance in which they struck the woodwork three times.

Demico Burton went close and Joe Palmer’s goalbound shot had to be cleared off the line by Harry Higginson before Ben Billingham broke the deadlock late in the first half, slamming in at the far post Sam Tye’s cross following Cain Smith’s through ball.
Ryan Bridgewater and Paul Ibhadon both hit the bar from corners and Lye would have rued those missed opportunities when Coleshill levelled, Niall Rowe lashing in after a corner had been flicked on 11 minutes into the second half.

Undeterred, Lye rattled the bar again from Adam Meacham’s close-range shot and deservedly retook the lead when Palmer coolly slotted past Lewis Fenney one-on-one having been threaded in by Ibhadon.
Nathan Kabeya might have doubled that lead only to clear the bar six minutes later but the points were made safe by Billingham late on, stroking into the far corner on the run having been played in behind.