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HT: 0-0
FT: 0-2 L
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As Tuesday’s game surrounded itself with controversy, Cliffe FC once again played hosts to North Cave Reserves in the third round of the H.E Dean Cup. Tuesday’s null-and-void 1-1 draw saw Cliffe equalising with 9 men, this was not bettered or equalled as Cliffe played with 11-men for 90-minutes however it was North Cave who progress to play in the forth round after another match saw Cliffe become masters of their own downfall, this time in the shape of a 2-0 loss.
Malcolm Bryce writes…
see the match report from Tuesday’s now “null-and-void” game – here
Cliffe FC’s first half performance was good and the home side competed well against a side two divisions above them, and with some great set-piece deliveries Cliffe looked like they could score. Cliffe ‘keeper, Ally Harris had little to do and Ian Beckram and Andy Addison were playing well in the middle-of-the-park. The home side continued to play well but were only able to create slight chances in the shape of saved shots from Baz Summers and Dave Heron. With the score goalless half-time arrived.
An upbeat half-time team talk had Cliffe come out to win the cup tie but things did not goto plan when after Cliffe took the kick-off, North Cave managed to find themselves scoring within seconds of the re-start and Cliffe found themselves 1-0 down. Anyone would of expected Cliffe to respond to this and, the answer to did they respond to going a goal down? “Sort of” – Cliffe ’sort of’ responded to going behind but in reality no body really looked like wanting the get Cliffe back into the game and soon North Cave, with some nice play from their captain combined with a nice finish, took a 2-0 lead. Even two goals behind, Cliffe showed little or no fight, Ian Beckram tried a few individual runs to grab the game by the scruff of its neck but was kicked for his troubles, set-pieces dwindled into easy catches for the North Cave ‘keeper and the whole Cliffe side looked resigned to the fact they had lost the game. The final-whitle sounded and North Cave Reserves progress to play in the 4th Round of the H.E Dean Cup this coming Tuesday.
North Cave deserved their win but it was Cliffe who once again self-destructed, as they did against Total Signs earlier this season, Cliffe did play some nice football at times but were unable to show any fight after going a goal down. They showed a lot more fight in the original match on Tuesday when they went down to 9-men in controversial circumstances and were unlucky to lose on penalties so it may have been expected that they may want to go out and prove that they could win but it just didn’t show in their disappointing second-half performance.
Cliffe Team:
Harris, Simpson, Heron, Birch, Crowther, Addison, Beckram (Kirkham), Cawkill (A. Tiplady), Taylor (Rawson), B. Summers, Hogg
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