Nantwich Town 2
Marine 3
League (NPL Premier Division)

Match Report

Nantwich Town 2-3 Marine
Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division – Tuesday 26th February 2013
A late goal from former Fulham winger Sean Doherty consigned Nantwich Town to an unfortunate defeat at the hands of Marine in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League on Tuesday evening.
The Dabbers had taken an early lead through captain Darren Moss, but Will Jones and Alan Burton netted either side of half time to turn the game in the Merseysider’s favour.
Kyle Wilson equalised for Nantwich with his eighth goal of the season just before the hour mark, but Doherty decided the contest with a heavily-deflected strike 19 minutes from time.
Just 14 minutes were on the clock when Moss headed home from debutant Nicky Platt’s inswinging free-kick.
Nantwich came agogisingly close to doubling their lead moments later, as Platt’s long-range effort rebounded off the inside of the post to Ryan Dicker, who was unable to force his shot goalwards.
Jones poked home to level the scores on 29 minutes, after the Dabbers defence had failed to clear a long ball from John Shaw.
Nantwich had a goal cruelly disallowed in the dying seconds of the first half.
Wilson capitalised on a defensive error before finishing coolly, but referee Stuart Eagland awarded a free-kick for offside, having wrongly assumed that the ball had been played forward by Brandon Windsor.
Marine edged ahead in the 49th minute, courtesy of a sublime 25-yard volley from Burton.
The Lilywhites’ lead lasted just eight minutes, as Wilson tapped in to level, following a precise low cross by Windsor.
Marine’s winning goal was cruel on Nantwich.
Doherty’s innocuous-looking shot into a crowd of bodies took a huge defection, which caused the ball to loop beyond Jon Brain, who had been largely underworked for the majority of the game.
Nantwich and Marine remain 14th and fourth respectively.
Nantwich: Brain, Raglan, Bailey, Hughes (Clayton 46), Dicker, Moss, Cole, Platt, Windsor (Everall), Wilson (Lane 76), Maguire. Subs: Guest, Jones.
Marine: McMahon, Dowling, Shaw, Ojapah, Grannon, Lawton (Burton 16), Harris (Doherty 59), Dixon (Rice 59), Jones, Rogan, Ordish. Subs: Devine, Williams

Match report written by www.nantwichtownfc.com