As the teams enter the field of play, the match officials turn to theTigers captain and tell him "We're not giving you 'owt today!" (Allegedly)
At the New Manor Ground, Ilkeston
Worksop Town (0) 0
Whitby Town (0) 4 (Andrew Campbell 52, Tony Hackworth 56 & 78 , Ashley Lyth 90+)
Note* Both the UniBond website and the Non League Paper have Lyth's injury time strike listed as 45 minutes which is incorrect.
Admission season ticket others £8, Programme 50p (makeshift 4 page issue, due to printer going out of business in midweek, apparently it's caused quite a few clubs to have similar problems)
Attendance 140
Worksop could've been ahead inside the first minute when Tom Jones headed a Chris Adam shot narrowly wide from the edge of the box.12 minutes in a slide rule pass from Bacon released Gary Townsend who was clean through on David Campbell's goal, but the Whitby keeper saved well.
On 22 minutes it was still Worksop bossing the game with little sign of the turnaround that was to come later. Danny Bacon was flattened on the penalty spot having been tripped from behind. Alas the only person in the ground to miss the foul was Mr M Griffiths the referee and the penalty wasn't awarded. No wonder Griffiths was disguised as Mr N Smith on the back of the programme. He probably wore a false beard to leave the ground in too.
When things aren't going your way, absolutely nothing is going your way.
Whitby charged straight up the other end buoyed by their good fortune and Jon Kennedy did well to save from the visitors captain Tony Hackworth, while the incredulous home support were still throwing their hands in the air with despair at what they had just witnessed and telling the misguided official to 'go away' and perform some contortionist solo sex practices.
Andrew Campbell got on the end of a cross right under the Tigers cross bar, but was wrong footed and the ball bounced off his heel and out of harms way.
Worksop's twins could have created an interesting headline just before half time, when Rob Austin's cross was headed narrowly wide by his sibling Matt.
Right on half time, Whitby, who had definitely found their feet more now after being pinned back in their own half for the first twenty minutes or so, could have gone into the break in front, but Ged Dalton fired over from inside the box.
The referee had an appalling first half and even the Whitby fans I spoke to at half time were of the opinion that the Tigers ought to have been awarded a penalty.
Half Time 0-0
After the break, Whitby grew stronger and Worksop seemed rattled by what had gone on in the first half.
On 52 minutes Kennedy saved from the ever lively Hackworth but Andrew Campbell was on hand to fire home from the rebound.
Less than five minutes later Hackworth bagged one for himself after Campbell combined with him to create the chance, Kennedy almost blocked the shot but it still had enough life left in it to roll over the line, just, but they all count.
On 76 minutes a John Scott corner from the left wing found it's way over to Hackworth again (who else!?) just inside the edge of the area, he headed back across the box ... it's debatable whether his effort was an intended attempt on goal or if he was just putting the ball into the mix for a team mate to latch on to, either way it crept in just under the cross bar and the game was as good as over.
Peter Rinkcavage, the Worksop manager, was seething that his team was now going to lose a game that they should have comfortably been ahead in earlier on if their chances had gone in and they hadn't been handicapped by a blatantly wrong penalty decision while they were in the ascendancy ... and the linesman called the referee over to point out that Rinky was letting his feelings on the matter be known a little too strongly for his liking.
Mr M Griffiths sent Rinkcavage off. Seemingly he can officiate with authority when it suits him then ... maybe he should have consulted one of his assistants when Danny Bacon was hacked down in the first half too.
The penalty decision turned the game, but there was no question about it by now, Worksop were demoralised, their heads had dropped and Whitby had taken over, comprehensively.
Ashley Lyth rubbed salt into the Tigers wounds in injury time, when after being involved in the build up down the right the full back rifled home a shot into the bottom corner of the net.
It's going to be a long and hard winter for Worksop Town, no one ever said it was going to be easy, but just a little bit of good fortune or the odd decision going their way wouldn't go amiss sometimes.
Whitby leapt from the bottom four to 13th in the table on the back of this result, that is how tight it is in this league. However, Worksop are now only one place above the drop zone and have played more games than all the other teams down there.
On 52 minutes Kennedy saved from the ever lively Hackworth but Andrew Campbell was on hand to fire home from the rebound.
Less than five minutes later Hackworth bagged one for himself after Campbell combined with him to create the chance, Kennedy almost blocked the shot but it still had enough life left in it to roll over the line, just, but they all count.
On 76 minutes a John Scott corner from the left wing found it's way over to Hackworth again (who else!?) just inside the edge of the area, he headed back across the box ... it's debatable whether his effort was an intended attempt on goal or if he was just putting the ball into the mix for a team mate to latch on to, either way it crept in just under the cross bar and the game was as good as over.
Peter Rinkcavage, the Worksop manager, was seething that his team was now going to lose a game that they should have comfortably been ahead in earlier on if their chances had gone in and they hadn't been handicapped by a blatantly wrong penalty decision while they were in the ascendancy ... and the linesman called the referee over to point out that Rinky was letting his feelings on the matter be known a little too strongly for his liking.
Mr M Griffiths sent Rinkcavage off. Seemingly he can officiate with authority when it suits him then ... maybe he should have consulted one of his assistants when Danny Bacon was hacked down in the first half too.
The penalty decision turned the game, but there was no question about it by now, Worksop were demoralised, their heads had dropped and Whitby had taken over, comprehensively.
Ashley Lyth rubbed salt into the Tigers wounds in injury time, when after being involved in the build up down the right the full back rifled home a shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Full Time 0-4
The Worksop fans stood and applauded their team from the pitch, in spite of the result, they know the circumstances through which this team are playing on, but then their exiled home was empty apart from the celebrating Whitby contingent with their songs echoing from the New Manor Ground stands.
It's going to be a long and hard winter for Worksop Town, no one ever said it was going to be easy, but just a little bit of good fortune or the odd decision going their way wouldn't go amiss sometimes.
Whitby leapt from the bottom four to 13th in the table on the back of this result, that is how tight it is in this league. However, Worksop are now only one place above the drop zone and have played more games than all the other teams down there.
For the benefit Whitby Town fans, this is what a workingfloodlight at an away game looks like ;-)
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