Red Is The Colour
Stamford finished this game against bottom side with 9 men after the returning Greg Smith & Ollie Brown-Hill were sent off.
The visitors who are bottom of the league but have undergone major changes in personnel in recent weeks almost got off to a great start when a free kick was swung in from the left and a scramble in the Daniels goal only cleared the ball to Albert Lansdowne whose shot cannoned off the post and away from danger.
Stamford made the most of this narrow escape and the ball was in the net a minute later when Ryan Seal was released, and he beat the defender to the ball and rounded the goalkeeper and slotted home from a tight angle to score his sixth goal in seventeen appearances.
Stamford have more chances to increase their lead but neither Joe Boachie or Greg Smith could find the target. Smith then required treatment after colliding with the perimeter fencing after trying to keep the ball in play.
The Daniels doubled their lead when they were awarded a penalty for handball. The ball was swung in from the right and the referee adjudged that it had struck a Gresley defender hand. Smith stepped up and sent Charles Price the wrong way to open his latest Daniels account.
What had been a relatively smooth game changed five minutes before half time when Smith rose with Micah Edwards to challenge for the ball and the referee adjudged that too much force had been shown and sent Smith for an early shower.
Despite being a man light, Stamford continued press Gresley for more goal and Boachie again went close with a couple of efforts. Ryan Seal & substitute Jack Gurney also having shots saved by Price in the Gresley goal.
With ten minutes remaining Gresley got a goal back. The ball was only partially cleared, and the ball fell to Kane Lee who fired the shot past Haystead.
With five minutes left on the clock, Ollie Brown-Hill was introduced to the action in place of Ryan Seal and within a minute the Daniels forward evaded a couple of challenges and as he broke into the box the forward went down and the referee decided that he had dived and showed him a yellow card.
With the game in injury time Stamford were reduced to nine players when Brown-Hill was shown a second yellow. Again, he broke into the box and he went down under a challenge from the Gresley keeper but the referee deemed it a dive and showed him a second yellow.
Gresley, had one final chance to claim a point but Jake Mcintosh put his effort wide of the goal.
Star Player
Josh EggintonKey moments
Highlights
As it happened
- Stamford
- Gresley FC
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Ryan Seal Goal 6:00'
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Greg Smith Scored Penalty 33:00'
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Joshua Mckenzie Yellow Card 36:00'
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Greg Smith Red Card 40:00'
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Michael Armstrong Yellow Card 59:00'
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Cameron Steele Sub On 67:00'
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Jacob Sturgess Sub Off 67:00'
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Jack Gurney Sub On 72:00'
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Joe Burgess Sub Off 72:00'
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Luke Morgan Sub On 76:00'
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Connor Deards Sub Off 76:00'
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Jake Mcintosh Sub On 77:00'
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Mark Branch Sub Off 77:00'
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Kane Lee Goal 80:00'
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Eric Graves Yellow Card 82:00'
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Albert Lansdowne Yellow Card 83:00'
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Ollie Brown-Hill Sub On 85:00'
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Ryan Seal Sub Off 85:00'
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Jake Mcintosh Yellow Card 85:00'
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Ollie Brown-Hill Yellow Card 86:00'
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Joe Boachie Yellow Card 90:00'
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Ollie Brown-Hill Red Card 90:00 +1:00'
Team selection
- Stamford
- Gresley FC
Haystead, Dan
Armstrong, Michael
Miller, Kern
Seal, Ryan
Cooke, Jordon
Egginton, Josh
Burgess, Joe
Morgan, Rob
Boachie, Joe
Smith, Greg
Duffy, Jake
League round up
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League table
| # | Team | Pl | Pts |
| 9. | Belper Town | 38 | 59 |
| 10. | Marske United | 38 | 58 |
| 11. | Stamford | 38 | 50 |
| 12. | Frickley Athletic | 38 | 48 |
| 13. | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 38 | 43 |
| 14. | Lincoln United | 38 | 43 |
| 15. | AFC Mansfield | 38 | 42 |
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