Morpeth Town Bow Out

                                                                                                                                                              16/08/2014                                                                                                  

 Fa Cup Extra Preliminary Round
   

Morpeth Town 0   Dunston UTS  2

                                         Fenwick

                                         37 pen, 70  

Morpeth Town crashed out of the FA cup to league rivals Dunston UTS on Saturday.  Morpeth maybe 12 places above Dunston in the league but it was the lower placed side that held firm and through 2 goals from striker Scott Fenwick progress to the next round.

According to reports Morpeth started on the front foot and had a couple of good chances in the first 12 minutes or so with midfielders Shaun Bell and captain Sean Taylor testing the UTS defence.

As the half moved on Dunston started to impose themselves on the game with Fenwick and Andrew Bulford pulling the strings.  Morpeth kept going though and Sean Taylor was playing well in the centre of midfield.

Scott Fenwick was giving the Highway men defence a tough time though and eventually it paid dividends as a run into the box saw him brought down and awarded a penalty, which he duly converted himself.

1-0 at half time.

 The second half saw Morpeth come out strong again and really work hard to get an equaliser, again Taylor    pulling the strings in midfield and Michael Chilton having chances, the former Dunston player putting one just over the bar.

 Morpeth were forcing the issue and putting on the pressure, dangerous crosses coming into the box from      full back Marc Lancaster were causing the Dunston back line problems and it looked as though the Highway Men were going to finally breakdown their opponents. With the pressure starting to mount on  Dunston they finally broke away on the counter and Fenwick was fouled on the edge of the Morpeth             penalty area.  Danny Craggs floated in the resulting free-kick and Scott Fenwick was there to head home     from 4 yards to put the visitors 2-0 up largely against the run of play.

 Morpeth to their credit kept battling on and still managed more chances, Lancaster kept putting in crosses      and Michael Chilton was still having chances.  Unfortunately for the Highway Men though Dunston held out    with a backs to the wall last 10 minute display and at the final whistle it will be Dunston UTS that go through to next round and not the hard working, hard battling Morpeth Town.

 Bad luck to Morpeth and good luck for the future.

 Now I will be supporting The mighty Dunston UTS in the next round of the cup when they take on Durham  City on the 30th August

 Come on The Fed!!!