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Lynam back with a hat-trick
Gordon Foster, 5 September 2009 16:23
Rainworth 3 Hall Road Rangers 1
Hotshot Ant Lynam returned from holiday to fire a hat-trick and provide Raiinworth with their second league win of the campaign against a useful and busy Hall Road side at Kirklington Road on Saturday.
But the Wrens had to play the last half hour with 10 men after Massiah McDonald was sent off for a violent retaliation to a foul by Rangers’ Adam Walker.
Rainworth could hardly have made a better start, going ahead after just 42 seconds. Lynam picked the ball up on the right, rounded Dave Gilbey as he ran into the area, and fired low into the far corner.
But Rangers could have been level in the third minute. Paul Palmer laid the ball to James McGarry who rounded Barry Alberry ont he left. Mark Hales parried the cross shot and Matt Draper completed the clearance.
Rangers forced two corners in quick succession but Rainworth broke from the second through Massiah McDonald who fed Danny Naylor forward. However, keeper Paul Fraser was down well to claim Naylor’s angled shot from the right.
The Wrens were making the running at this point and when McDonald missed Lynam’s pull back from the by-line the ball fell to Jermain Hollis whose effort was quickly charged down by Danny Blount, Lynam hitting the follow-up wide.
But Lynam got a controvfersial second in the 17th minute. Cameron Fearon won the ballon half way and launched Lynam on a run. The striker looked clearly offside but was allowed to run on and score.
Rangers responded and Barry Alberry did well to thwart Palmer when the Rangers sdtriker was released by Anthony Bowsley’s ball over the top.
Rangers began to exert a spell of pressure but the home defence was well on top of the job, and Rainworth still looked dangerous on the break. Lynam again profited when the flag stayed down as he looke offside, but this time his finish was wide.
And Lynam was denied his hat-trick in the 38th minute with a shot from the right which beat the keeper and hit the inside of the post but bounced out.
McDonald should have made it 3-0 in stoppage time when he ran into the box but miskicked his finish under pressure from Gilbey.
Rangers were quickly out of the traps for the second half and Hales had to punch the ball off the head of Phil Jackman.
But it was Rainworth who struck again inside the third minute of the restart, Lynam completing his hat-trick with a well-timed run in from the right.
Hales brought off a super save two minutes later to deny Jackman’s header, but when Rainworth broke away from the corner Lynam was again unlucky to see his volley from the left beat Fraser but come back off the bar. Then, moments later, the striker rolled a low effort from the right just beyond the far post.
Ian Clarke went close from all of 30 yards in the 58th minute, but the game hit a flashpoint on the hour. McDonald reacted angrily to a foul by Walker on the left touchline, sparking a melee in which Gibson was seen to throw a punch at McDonald. The Rainworth man was sent off, but Gibson escaped with a yellow.
Sensing a way back against 10 men, Rangers poured increasingly forward, but the introduction of Julian Topliss meant that the Wrens still stretched their visitors onthe counter-attack.
Fraser saved with his legs to deny Lynam in another one-on-one after the striker showed the Rangers defence yet another clean pair of heels, but the visitors deservedly got one back in the 72nd minute, substitute Matty Friend finding the net with a great 20-yard volley which gave Hales no chance.
The goal set up a grandstand finish, with chances at both ends. Topliss elected to try to set up Lynam after a spirited run when he could well have applied the finish himself, but miscued his final ball, then fine work in the centre circle from Lynam enabled Naylor to graze the outside of the post.
Rangers increased the pressure in the closing minutes but left themselves exposed and Fraser had to dive to keep out another effort from Topliss.
At the other end Hales pushed Paul Palmer’s free kick around a post, and Friend headed Palmer’s accurate centre over the bar as Rainworth held on for three precious points.
RAINWORTH: Hales, Fearon, Wright, Wilkinson (Jones 63), Alberry, Draper, Clarke, Naylor, Hollis (Topliss 67), Lynam, McDonald. Sub not used: Charlesworth.
HALL ROAD: Fraser, Ingram, Gilbey (Friend 69), Gibson, Blount, Bowsley, Walker, Thacker, Palmer, McGarry, Jackman. Subs not used: Lindley, Nielson.
REFEREE: Paul Thompson of Chesterfield.
ATTENDANCE: 76
GOALS: Rainworth—Lynam 1, 17, 48. Hall Road—Bowsley 72.
SENT OFF: Rainworth—McDonald 60 (violent conduct).
MAN OF THE MATCH: Ant Lynam.
Lynam back with a hat-trick
Gordon Foster, 5 September 2009 16:23
Rainworth 3 Hall Road Rangers 1
Hotshot Ant Lynam returned from holiday to fire a hat-trick and provide Raiinworth with their second league win of the campaign against a useful and busy Hall Road side at Kirklington Road on Saturday.
But the Wrens had to play the last half hour with 10 men after Massiah McDonald was sent off for a violent retaliation to a foul by Rangers’ Adam Walker.
Rainworth could hardly have made a better start, going ahead after just 42 seconds. Lynam picked the ball up on the right, rounded Dave Gilbey as he ran into the area, and fired low into the far corner.
But Rangers could have been level in the third minute. Paul Palmer laid the ball to James McGarry who rounded Barry Alberry ont he left. Mark Hales parried the cross shot and Matt Draper completed the clearance.
Rangers forced two corners in quick succession but Rainworth broke from the second through Massiah McDonald who fed Danny Naylor forward. However, keeper Paul Fraser was down well to claim Naylor’s angled shot from the right.
The Wrens were making the running at this point and when McDonald missed Lynam’s pull back from the by-line the ball fell to Jermain Hollis whose effort was quickly charged down by Danny Blount, Lynam hitting the follow-up wide.
But Lynam got a controvfersial second in the 17th minute. Cameron Fearon won the ballon half way and launched Lynam on a run. The striker looked clearly offside but was allowed to run on and score.
Rangers responded and Barry Alberry did well to thwart Palmer when the Rangers sdtriker was released by Anthony Bowsley’s ball over the top.
Rangers began to exert a spell of pressure but the home defence was well on top of the job, and Rainworth still looked dangerous on the break. Lynam again profited when the flag stayed down as he looke offside, but this time his finish was wide.
And Lynam was denied his hat-trick in the 38th minute with a shot from the right which beat the keeper and hit the inside of the post but bounced out.
McDonald should have made it 3-0 in stoppage time when he ran into the box but miskicked his finish under pressure from Gilbey.
Rangers were quickly out of the traps for the second half and Hales had to punch the ball off the head of Phil Jackman.
But it was Rainworth who struck again inside the third minute of the restart, Lynam completing his hat-trick with a well-timed run in from the right.
Hales brought off a super save two minutes later to deny Jackman’s header, but when Rainworth broke away from the corner Lynam was again unlucky to see his volley from the left beat Fraser but come back off the bar. Then, moments later, the striker rolled a low effort from the right just beyond the far post.
Ian Clarke went close from all of 30 yards in the 58th minute, but the game hit a flashpoint on the hour. McDonald reacted angrily to a foul by Walker on the left touchline, sparking a melee in which Gibson was seen to throw a punch at McDonald. The Rainworth man was sent off, but Gibson escaped with a yellow.
Sensing a way back against 10 men, Rangers poured increasingly forward, but the introduction of Julian Topliss meant that the Wrens still stretched their visitors onthe counter-attack.
Fraser saved with his legs to deny Lynam in another one-on-one after the striker showed the Rangers defence yet another clean pair of heels, but the visitors deservedly got one back in the 72nd minute, substitute Matty Friend finding the net with a great 20-yard volley which gave Hales no chance.
The goal set up a grandstand finish, with chances at both ends. Topliss elected to try to set up Lynam after a spirited run when he could well have applied the finish himself, but miscued his final ball, then fine work in the centre circle from Lynam enabled Naylor to graze the outside of the post.
Rangers increased the pressure in the closing minutes but left themselves exposed and Fraser had to dive to keep out another effort from Topliss.
At the other end Hales pushed Paul Palmer’s free kick around a post, and Friend headed Palmer’s accurate centre over the bar as Rainworth held on for three precious points.
RAINWORTH: Hales, Fearon, Wright, Wilkinson (Jones 63), Alberry, Draper, Clarke, Naylor, Hollis (Topliss 67), Lynam, McDonald. Sub not used: Charlesworth.
HALL ROAD: Fraser, Ingram, Gilbey (Friend 69), Gibson, Blount, Bowsley, Walker, Thacker, Palmer, McGarry, Jackman. Subs not used: Lindley, Nielson.
REFEREE: Paul Thompson of Chesterfield.
ATTENDANCE: 76
GOALS: Rainworth—Lynam 1, 17, 48. Hall Road—Bowsley 72.
SENT OFF: Rainworth—McDonald 60 (violent conduct).
MAN OF THE MATCH: Ant Lynam.
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