The Pitmen tie knots in the Cables with 5-0 rout

Apr 24 2009 By Chris Brewerton

Unibond Premier Division

Prescot Cables 0,

Hednesford Town 5

Hednesford Town destroyed bottom side Prescot Cables to improve their goal difference but the team from Keys Park still need to rely on other sides if they are to sneak into the play-off places on the final day.

A young and demoralised Prescot side never looked like threatening on a gorgeous sunny afternoon on Merseyside once Tyrone Barnett opened the scoring after ten minutes. Durrell had earlier looked dangerous on four minutes when he took on the home side’s leaky defence but his cross was well blocked.

The opening goal came when Tom Marshall sprayed a fantastic cross field ball out to the left and found Ludovic Quistin. The left-back headed the ball onto Ross Dyer who powered through the defence and shot from a tight angle. Phil Hunt fumbled the ball badly and Barnett was there to fire it into an empty net.

Having taken the lead The Pitmen contrived to give the advantage away immediately as poor defending directly from the restart allowed Darren Byers a shooting opportunity but he scuffed his shot wide.

Hednesford were clearly the better side and with 12 minutes on the clock Marshall set Dyer away. The striker rounded the goalkeeper and from a tight angle finished confidently. With barely a tenth of the game played three points looked all but in the bag.

On 15 minutes Hednesford nearly added a third goal when an Ant Maguire cross from the right found Dyer at the back post but his header flashed across goal and wide.

Anthony Shinks tried a long range shot after 17 minutes but it flew well wide. Hednesford continued to dominate the game, and Marshall and Barnett should have done better with volleyed attempts on 21 and 27 minutes respectively.

Marshall was involved again on 28 minutes when he scuffed a good chance straight at the goalkeeper and after half an hour his free-kick from the left fell to Maguire whose powerful shot was well blocked by the Prescot defence.

Ross Dyer continued to look lively, but unfortunately on 32 minutes his long range shot was