Leafy Salford

About 3 seasons ago Lancaster played Salford at Lancaster and lost 5-1 all Salford’s goals were scored by Steve Foster. He played against City today and again found the net, more of that later.

City put in a performance in the first half as bad as I’ve seen them play for a long time. Strangely though they started as the better side but that didn’t last for long as Salford under the player managership of Rhodri Giggs(Ryan’s less talented brother) began to pass the ball around.

The home side took the lead after 21 minutes when some dozy defending let in Giggs whose shot was saved by Fearon however the ball ran to Foster who didn’t miss. (Salf 1 City 0)

City were playing against a chilly wind which didn’t help their cause however their play was poor, the 2nd Salford goal came from the penalty spot when a woeful backpass from Henry left keeper Fearon in deep trouble with two Salford players closing him down. He lost the ball and brought down Foster, clear penalty although some Lancaster fans thought otherwise.

Foster sent Fearon the wrong way (Salf 2 Lanc 0) Within 5 minutes City were back in the game with a quality goal not in keeping with the dross they had played through the first half. Swarbrick dummied the defender, spun round and fired in a shot which was pushed out by the keeper only to Hall who slotted home from close range. (Salf 2 City 1)

That was the half time score, in the 2nd half there was only one team in it and that was City, with the wind at their backs they actually passed the ball around instead of the hoof ball they had played in tthe first half. Salford started to time waste and things got a bit niggly on the pitch not help by very average match officials. A free kick from Wilson wa pushed out by the keeper and a couple of efforts went narrowly wide. Marshall also had a header cleared from the line.

5 minutes of injury time were announced when a clash of heads stopped play, the Salford keeper squirted water in the face of City midfielder Wilson during the stoppage thought it was funny, wasn’t laughing 5 minutes later when following a bout of head tennis in the 6 yards box Rushden headed home a deserved equaliser. Hope the keeper saw the funny side of that.

Salford City 2 Lancaster City 2 Att 117