Date: Saturday 18th April 2009
Competition: Unibond League Premier Division
Venue: Valarie Park, Prescot, Merseyside
Attendace: 274Ticket In: £7.00
Programme: £1.50Golden Goal: £1.00
Half Time Draw: £1.00Monthly Lottery: £1.00
---------------------------Total: £11.50
For once this season the sun shines on Prescot, but it’s all too little too late as sadly the Cables are relegated. So for the last time this season, and for the last time for at least a season, Prescot Cables take to the pitch in the Unibond Premier Division. I hope for their sake there’s a party atmosphere in the ground this afternoon and their fans cheer them on after what has obviously been a difficult season for the squad. 
For the fans sake I hope the team wins, as Prescot Cables have yet to register a home victory on a Saturday afternoon all season, this afternoon obviously being their last chance to do so. With Cables having nothing to lose this afternoon, all the pressure will be on opponents Hednesford Town to collect the three points they badly need to keep their faint hopes of a playoff place alive. So on an early summers day it’s time to sit back and enjoy some football.
And after being stung for about every lottery Prescot Cables run when sitting in the clubhouse, I decide to head out into the ground before I need to remortgage my flat, reminder to self to never go into the Cables clubhouse prematch again. The two teams exit the dressing rooms and make their way out onto the pitch, Cables in their usual home colours of amber and black and Hednesford Town in their all sky blue away kit. The referee completes the coin toss with the captains and it would be Hednesford that got the match underway. The first chance of the game fell to the visitors in only the 2nd minute of play when an angled cross from the edge of the penalty area came close to being turned home by Sam Hall, but the midfielders outstretched leg couldn’t quite make the required contact and the ball went harmlessly for a goal kick. Hednesford would take the lead in the 7th minute when a powerful shot was hit at Prescot keeper Phil Hunt which he could only parry, the rebound falling to the feet of Hednesford’s Tyrone Barnett who made no mistake from close range with the keeper stranded. Things got doubly worse for Cables in the 12th minute when Hendesford extended their lead, Ross Dyer managing to skip around the advancing keeper and slotting the ball into the net from the angle he had worked. Prescot had really failed to get going in the match and now found their already difficult task somewhat monumental.
They did manage to get an effort on goal in the 16th minute when a free kick had been half cleared by the Hednesford defence and a long range effort was hit comfortably wide of the target. Hednesford got back on the offensive in the 20th minute though when a cross from the wing resulted in a corner kick as Prescot defender Sean Bowden-Davies headed the ball behind his own goal. The resultant corner eventually fell to the feet of Hednesford forward Tom Marshall who blasted his effort over the crossbar, the first real thing the Prescot fans had to cheer about. Hednesford has another really good opportunity go begging in the 27th minute when Captain Danny Harvey’s long ball towards the box was headed over his own defence by Prescot’s Karl Bell, which left Tyrone Barnett with just the goalkeeper to beat but his volleyed effort went wide of the target when he was well placed. The half failed to produce much else of excitement until right at the very end when Hednesford would deliver a sucker punch goal right before the halftime whistle. A long ball over the defence by Sam Hall found the Prescot defence napping and Tyrone Barnett found himself with only the keeper to beat. Showing a great deal more composure than he did with his last effort he brought the ball under control, drew the keeper and slotted the ball past him to give Hednesford a third goal in what had been a dominating first half display for the visitors. The half had just enough time left for both sides to have a penalty appeal turned down by the referee, Prescot’s coming when Darren Byers hit the deck after some faint contact by Hednesford defender Cedric Abraham and from this, Hednesford would break down the other end of the pitch and Ross Dyer would be brought down in the penalty area by Prescot keeper Phil Hunt. 
Both penalties in my view correctly turned down as there was only minimal contact on Byers and Hunt won the ball in his challenge. So the half time whistle was a chance for all to catch their breath and the home fans made their opinions of the match official loudly known. Hednesford have looked very comfortable whilst Prescot have looked all at sea in this first half. It would seem amongst a section of the home support that they cannot wait to get this season over with and behind them, however there are another 45 minutes for Cables to get this match turned around, though at this present time I can’t honestly see it happening.
Half Time:
Prescot Cables 0 – 3 Hednesford Town
Any hopes that Prescot might have had of putting the first half behind them and starting afresh in the 2nd were quickly stopped in their tracks as Hednesford extended their lead in the 48th minute through some calamitous Cables defending. An attempted clearance seemed to deflect of a Hednesford player that was on the floor after an earlier challenge and enter the net somewhat embarrassingly for the home side, Elliot Durrell the man credited with the goal.
Prescot worked themselves an opportunity on the hour mark when a good ball through to the wing was crossed into the penalty area and the keeper spilled it into the penalty area, the Prescot forwards effort at it however looped over the bar and Hednesford got away with a nervous moment. To their credit Cables didn’t give up on the match and they created themselves another half decent chance three minutes later when some good work from Darren Byers allowed the ball to be fed through to Jamie Croxton in the penalty area, but his first time shot was well saved by Stuart Brock in the Hednesford goal. Prescot keeper Phil Hunt had to be alert in the 65th minute when a Hednesford corner was headed towards goal and started dipping under his crossbar, the stopper doing well to palm the ball away to the relative safety of another Hednesford corner. Hednesford rounded off a perfect day from their point of view in the 86th minute as yet another chipped ball over the top off the defence allowed substitute Matthew West to cross the ball low into the penalty area and Elliot Durrell was on hand to tap the ball into the net to score his 2nd of the match.
For the fans sake I hope the team wins, as Prescot Cables have yet to register a home victory on a Saturday afternoon all season, this afternoon obviously being their last chance to do so. With Cables having nothing to lose this afternoon, all the pressure will be on opponents Hednesford Town to collect the three points they badly need to keep their faint hopes of a playoff place alive. So on an early summers day it’s time to sit back and enjoy some football.And after being stung for about every lottery Prescot Cables run when sitting in the clubhouse, I decide to head out into the ground before I need to remortgage my flat, reminder to self to never go into the Cables clubhouse prematch again. The two teams exit the dressing rooms and make their way out onto the pitch, Cables in their usual home colours of amber and black and Hednesford Town in their all sky blue away kit. The referee completes the coin toss with the captains and it would be Hednesford that got the match underway. The first chance of the game fell to the visitors in only the 2nd minute of play when an angled cross from the edge of the penalty area came close to being turned home by Sam Hall, but the midfielders outstretched leg couldn’t quite make the required contact and the ball went harmlessly for a goal kick. Hednesford would take the lead in the 7th minute when a powerful shot was hit at Prescot keeper Phil Hunt which he could only parry, the rebound falling to the feet of Hednesford’s Tyrone Barnett who made no mistake from close range with the keeper stranded. Things got doubly worse for Cables in the 12th minute when Hendesford extended their lead, Ross Dyer managing to skip around the advancing keeper and slotting the ball into the net from the angle he had worked. Prescot had really failed to get going in the match and now found their already difficult task somewhat monumental.
They did manage to get an effort on goal in the 16th minute when a free kick had been half cleared by the Hednesford defence and a long range effort was hit comfortably wide of the target. Hednesford got back on the offensive in the 20th minute though when a cross from the wing resulted in a corner kick as Prescot defender Sean Bowden-Davies headed the ball behind his own goal. The resultant corner eventually fell to the feet of Hednesford forward Tom Marshall who blasted his effort over the crossbar, the first real thing the Prescot fans had to cheer about. Hednesford has another really good opportunity go begging in the 27th minute when Captain Danny Harvey’s long ball towards the box was headed over his own defence by Prescot’s Karl Bell, which left Tyrone Barnett with just the goalkeeper to beat but his volleyed effort went wide of the target when he was well placed. The half failed to produce much else of excitement until right at the very end when Hednesford would deliver a sucker punch goal right before the halftime whistle. A long ball over the defence by Sam Hall found the Prescot defence napping and Tyrone Barnett found himself with only the keeper to beat. Showing a great deal more composure than he did with his last effort he brought the ball under control, drew the keeper and slotted the ball past him to give Hednesford a third goal in what had been a dominating first half display for the visitors. The half had just enough time left for both sides to have a penalty appeal turned down by the referee, Prescot’s coming when Darren Byers hit the deck after some faint contact by Hednesford defender Cedric Abraham and from this, Hednesford would break down the other end of the pitch and Ross Dyer would be brought down in the penalty area by Prescot keeper Phil Hunt. Both penalties in my view correctly turned down as there was only minimal contact on Byers and Hunt won the ball in his challenge. So the half time whistle was a chance for all to catch their breath and the home fans made their opinions of the match official loudly known. Hednesford have looked very comfortable whilst Prescot have looked all at sea in this first half. It would seem amongst a section of the home support that they cannot wait to get this season over with and behind them, however there are another 45 minutes for Cables to get this match turned around, though at this present time I can’t honestly see it happening.Half Time:
Prescot Cables 0 – 3 Hednesford Town
Any hopes that Prescot might have had of putting the first half behind them and starting afresh in the 2nd were quickly stopped in their tracks as Hednesford extended their lead in the 48th minute through some calamitous Cables defending. An attempted clearance seemed to deflect of a Hednesford player that was on the floor after an earlier challenge and enter the net somewhat embarrassingly for the home side, Elliot Durrell the man credited with the goal.
Prescot worked themselves an opportunity on the hour mark when a good ball through to the wing was crossed into the penalty area and the keeper spilled it into the penalty area, the Prescot forwards effort at it however looped over the bar and Hednesford got away with a nervous moment. To their credit Cables didn’t give up on the match and they created themselves another half decent chance three minutes later when some good work from Darren Byers allowed the ball to be fed through to Jamie Croxton in the penalty area, but his first time shot was well saved by Stuart Brock in the Hednesford goal. Prescot keeper Phil Hunt had to be alert in the 65th minute when a Hednesford corner was headed towards goal and started dipping under his crossbar, the stopper doing well to palm the ball away to the relative safety of another Hednesford corner. Hednesford rounded off a perfect day from their point of view in the 86th minute as yet another chipped ball over the top off the defence allowed substitute Matthew West to cross the ball low into the penalty area and Elliot Durrell was on hand to tap the ball into the net to score his 2nd of the match.It had been a disastrous end to Cables home league campaign, one only hopes that when the entire season comes to a close at the end of next week that the Cables fans have something to cheer about at the end of a long and miserable season.
Full Time:
Prescot Cables 0 – 5 Hednesford United
Full Time:
Prescot Cables 0 – 5 Hednesford United
