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TRAFFORD TEAR UP THE FORM BOOK

TRAFFORD TEAR UP THE FORM BOOK

Steve Reynolds24 Mar 2019 - 20:07
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Leek went down to a surprise 3-1 defeat at the hands of Trafford at Harrison Park.

Town had been beaten just once in three months, whilst the Manchester side had lost their last three conceding nine without scoring.

One of those defeats was when Blues had beaten Trafford 3-0 on their own ground just three weeks ago, but a much changed Trafford side were a different proposition this time around.

Town started brightly forcing a succession of corners in the opening minutes, but it was Danny Roberts who was first into action with a smart save from Kamar Moncrieffe on 6 minutes.

In the 11th minute Rob Stevenson played a great ball from the right had side across the six yard box but no-one was able to apply the finishing touch.

Stevenson came close seven minutes later with a snap-shot on the turn that went just wide of the far post.

The goal came in the 20th minute with a lovely interchange of passes down the left finishing with Stevenson chipping into the box for Aaron Bott to finish with a lovely controlled volley.

The lead was short-lived as seven minutes Trafford equalised through Liam Ellis. Roberts did well to make a good low save but the ball was worked back into the box and Ellis headed home from close range with the ball squirming through Roberts hands.

Stevenson produced a superb mazy run into the penalty box on 36 minutes but he was dispossessed as he was about to pull the trigger.

Dan Trickett-Smith had a free-kick deflected for a corner and Bott glanced a header just wide as Blues finished the half in the ascendancy.

Four minutes after the break Stevenson had a low shot pushed a for a corner by former Leek keeper Matt Cooper.

Blues were shocked however as Trafford took the lead on 54 minutes when a break down the right led to Ellis netting his second with a low shot drilled past Roberts into the far corner of the goal.

The goal seemed to knock Town completely out of their stride and they struggled to create any goalscoring opportunities in the remainder of the game.

Trafford increased their lead on 70 minutes when a deep free-kick was headed back across goal and Moncrieffe headed past Roberts.

Roberts had to tip a late effort from Moncrieffe over the crossbar late on as Trafford comfortably saw out the game for a deserved victory.

Team:

1. Danny Roberts
2. Niall Green (15. Lee Wilshaw, 74)
3. Lewis Short
4. Marc Grocott (12. Tim Grice, 74)
5. Darren Chadwick
6. Jack Sanders
7. Charlie Walford
8. Billy Reeves
9. Aaron Bott (17. Aaron Dwyer, 81)
10. Dan Trickett-Smith
11. Rob Stevenson

Unused subs: 14. Niall Maguire, 16. Scott Lycett 17. Jordan Johnson

Attendance: 391

Match details

Match date

Sat 02 Mar 2019

Kickoff

15:00

Attendance

391

Competition

West Division

League position

5
Leek Town
9
Trafford
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