Well another Saturday and another draw, this time it was non league Padiham and Lancaster City’s turn to suffer from my stalemate syndrome.
At the quaintly named Arbories Memorial stadium both sides failed to find the target in a fairly entertaining 90 minutes football.
Before the game called in at the cricket ground next door to find the home side were struggling against Settle 2nd’s and were 34-3.(Decent cricket ground as well)
As to the match Lancaster dominated virtually the entire game without finding the killer touch to kill off the home side.
City now managed by ex England international Darren Peacock, passed the ball about in impressive style and looked to have taken on the managers mantra of playing the ball on the floor and to be fair to the home side they played the same passing football when they did get the ball.
Although dominating with the ball City were restricted to long range efforts, one from Elderton narrowly clearing the bar. The home side were extremely well organised and were proving difficult to break down although they caused City some problems this was mainly from set pieces.
Just before half time City almost took the lead following a good old fashioned goalmouth scramble both Jackson and Kilfin could not squeeze the ball over the line.
The second half followed the first in that City had the vast majority of possession however the best chance of the game fell to the home side, Allen managed to escape the City defence but his shot was well saved by MacDonald.
Taylor was narrowly wide for City as Padiham quite happily settled for a draw.
At the quaintly named Arbories Memorial stadium both sides failed to find the target in a fairly entertaining 90 minutes football.
Before the game called in at the cricket ground next door to find the home side were struggling against Settle 2nd’s and were 34-3.(Decent cricket ground as well)
As to the match Lancaster dominated virtually the entire game without finding the killer touch to kill off the home side.
City now managed by ex England international Darren Peacock, passed the ball about in impressive style and looked to have taken on the managers mantra of playing the ball on the floor and to be fair to the home side they played the same passing football when they did get the ball.
Although dominating with the ball City were restricted to long range efforts, one from Elderton narrowly clearing the bar. The home side were extremely well organised and were proving difficult to break down although they caused City some problems this was mainly from set pieces.
Just before half time City almost took the lead following a good old fashioned goalmouth scramble both Jackson and Kilfin could not squeeze the ball over the line.
The second half followed the first in that City had the vast majority of possession however the best chance of the game fell to the home side, Allen managed to escape the City defence but his shot was well saved by MacDonald.
Taylor was narrowly wide for City as Padiham quite happily settled for a draw.
Padiham 0 Lancaster City 0 Att 211
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