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City frustration
continues
Bangor City 1 Garswood 2
- Axa FA Premier League Sunday 7th April 2002
Bangor got off to
a bright start on a sunny day at Farrar Road and were unlucky not to score
after a Barlow header was cleared off the line. The home team continued
to press but the visitors always looked capable of breaching the Bangor
defence. Garswood opened the scoring from a McDonald header that Tania
Jones will have been disappointed not to clear off the line. Barlow and
Smith came close to equalising for Bangor but their shots flew narrowly
wide. Garswood then claimed a second when a Bell shot deflected off Donna
Edwards to leave the home side with an uphill struggle.
City increased their
efforts after the break but the Garswood defence proved very solid. Foster
looked to have pulled one back but her lob came back off the post. With
fifteen minutes left City finally made a breakthrough after a Garswood
defended handled in the box under pressure from Smith. Kelly Davies stepped
up to score from the spot and make it a frantic finish to the match. With
Bangor pushing forward Garswood had good opportunities but neither side
took their remaining chances as Bangor's poor league form continues.
Bangor team (4-4-2):
Nicky Davies, Laura Pritchard (Ailsa Orlik), Donna Edwards, Alwen Williams,
Louise Barlow, Tania Jones, Kelly Davies, Gill Smith, Iona Williams (Ellen
King), Cheryl Foster, Ceryl Jones.
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Last gasp equaliser
robs Bangor
Garswood 2 Bangor City 2 -
Axa FA Premier League Sunday 30th September 2001
Bangor were left to
rue a host of missed chances as a battling Garswood side snatched a last
minute equaliser. City had got off to a shaky start and let in Andi Bell
to score the first for Garswood. Bangor then got the break they needed
when Rachel Parker was adjudged to have fouled Bangor's Katie Williams
in the box. Ceryl Jones made no mistake from the penalty and the teams
went in level at half-time.
City were well on
top in the second-half and should have made more of their chances. They
eventually went ahead when a long clearance from the defence allowed Foster
to cross for Ceryl Jones to get her second. Bangor were very unlucky not
to win another penalty when Foster was brought down in the box. With less
than a minute remaining a battling Garswood got an equaliser as Andi Bell
showed how to take a chance. Bangor's Gill Smith said 'I'm absolutely
gutted. This is the second time this season we have conceded with only
seconds left on the clock. Garswood are not the type of team to give up
and we really need to start finishing teams off, instead of being third
in the league we are languishing in seventh''.
Bangor team (3-5-2):
Nicky Davies, Gill Smith, Bev Dignam, Rebecca Owen, Louise Barlow (Siwan
Elenid), Cheryl Foster (Ellen King), Kelly Davies, Iona Williams, Manon
Williams, Ceryl Jones, Sam Blackmore (Katie Williams).
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