[JonInMiddleGA]

August 24, 2013
Blyth (1-1-1, 9th BSBN) at Harrogate (0-1-2, 19th BSBN)

We beat them in both previous meetings but are 13:8 dogs today on the road. We'll play 5-3-2 Defensive to start, let's see if we can get at least a point here in our only game of the week.

GK: Dovey
D: Holden, Seery, Jones, Williamson, Groves
MF: Whitaker, Hands, Ricketts
ST: Nwachuku, Clarke-Harris
Available Subs: (Purvis, Sawyer, Lobjoit, Slaughter, McDonald)

Halftime: Scoreless, after being outshot 5-4 and with just 43% poss. No major changes other than shortening our passing to try to improve things there.

65' - Harrogate buries a rebound that came straight in front (0-1)
65' - Sub Purvis (for Groves, knocked), Lobjoit (for Hands),
79' - Switch to 4-4-2 Diamond Attacking
89' - 3 mins added
90' - Lobjoit in front, shot blocked for a corner
91' - Jones in front, shot blocked for a corner ... switch to Overload
92' - Long clear to Nwachuku, fouled in the left channel, free kick by Lobjoit is wide by a mile
Fulltime: Harrogate 1 - Blyth 0

I'm not particularly happy & tell the team so. Outshot 10-8 but we went more than 30 mins in the second half without taking a shot at all. Passing (65%) was awful, especially from the D's (40%).

Dovey 6.6
Holden 6.6, Seery 7.1, Jones 6.1, Williamson 6.4, Groves 6.8
Whitaker 6.5, Hands 6.0, Ricketts 6.6
Nwachuku 6.0, Clarke-Harris 6.6
Subs: Purvis (65') 6.4, Lobjoit (65') 6.4

Aug 24, 2013 (postmatch)
Fans are, naturally, devastated about losing to a rival.