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Town Cave in and fall to a five-goal defeat
Picture by Mike Hopps
Beverley Town 0
North Cave 5
Humber Premier League
AFTER obtaining a good point away from home against Hessle Rangers, Beverley returned to Norwood with the chance of taking third place in the Humber Premier League with a win against North Cave.
The game began with both teams taking advantage of the fine playing surface created by a defrosting pitch without evoking a serious threat to either goal.
After quarter of an hour played, North Cave were the first to spur an attack and Beverley were lucky not to concede a penalty when a North Cave attacker was brought down in the box.
Beverley’s lucky escape proved meaningless, however, as North Cave opened the scoring from the resulting corner.
A goal down, Beverley continued their attacking football with top-scorer Eddy Birch forcing a great save from the North Cave keeper.
Right full back Asa Pardoe threatened with some surging runs down the right wing and skipper Jon Ricardo had a header cleared off the line from a corner.
Beverley’s attacking play left them vulnerable on the break and North Cave, after another defensive mix up by Beverley, managed to widen the gap to 2-0 on 35 minutes.
Although Beverley managed to force several consecutive corners just before the break they never managed to convert those chances into goals.
Beverley went in at half time with a mountain to climb after a lofted 25-yard free kick from North Cave caught keeper Nick Croft off guard and crept under the bar just before the break.
Despite the three-goal deficit, Beverley had every chance of mustering a comeback, as Hessle Rangers found out before Christmas after being two goals to the good at half time.
But Beverley didn’t manage to regenerate the same bouncebackability that has credited them in previous weeks, and North Cave managed to kill the game off in the first few minutes of the second half with a volley from just inside the area.
Despite long range efforts from Birch and Mike Evins troubling the North Cave goalkeeper, tireless work from Sam Cox, and another dangerous Ricardo header narrowly missing the bottom corner, Beverley never managed to hit the back of the net - not that it left them discouraged.
Even when a fifth goal, five minutes from time, rounded off Cave’s scoring spree, Beverley still ushered players forward in search of a late consolation.
Beverley will look to bounce back with a win away from home against Crown FC at South Holderness College on Saturday, kick off 2pm.
Team: Crofts, Pardoe, Mike Dixon, MacKyvech, Evins, White, Gardner, Ricardo(c), Birch, Matty Dixon, Cox. Subs: Smith, Lampier, Taylor, Frampton.
Report by Mathew Newton
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