Report: Rushall Olympic vs Kendal Town
Kendal went down to a controversial penalty decision away at Rushall Olympic
Kendal went down to a controversial penalty decision away at Rushall Olympic
Kendal’s first chance came on 21 minutes when Leadbetter crossed the ball into Kenworthy who puts the ball into the net but was judged to be offside.
Kendal was first to every ball in midfield and was well on top in the first half.
Kendal’s best chance of the first half fell to Leadbetter when Kenworthy pulled the ball back to Taylor who rolled it into the path of Leadbetter and Rushall’s Lucan Spittle got a vital block in to deny Kendal the lead.
Rushall’s best chance of the first half Gomes had a 40 yard effort denied by Craig Dootson with a good save.
Kendal had one final chance when Kenworthy played the ball to Taylor who puts it over to Williams and his shot went over.
Just after half time Rushall were awarded a penalty for a shirt pull on Clarke, Rushall’s Lei Brown stepped up and converted the spot kick to make it 1-0.
Kendal had many chances to level as a Danny Williams effort was parried and a headed effort from Marc Joseph was into the keeper’s hands.
Kendal had a great chance on 78 minutes when a Leadbetter free kick found Danny Wisdom who headed wide.
As Kendal tried to find an equalizer a long throw from Marc Joseph appeared to hit the hand of substitute Beckett but the ref waved play on and Rushall held out for a 1-0 win.
Rushall Olympic Team: 1) C Gemmell 2) K Haynes 3) L Keenan 4) L Spittle 5) W Daniel (C) 6) M Tolley 7) S Abbott (rep G Beckett 79 minutes) 8) D Gomes 9) M Clarke 10) D Walker (rep A Islam 82 minutes) 11) L Brown
Subs Not Used: N Amos, J Haynes, A Landell
Kendal Town Team: 1) C Dootson 2) R Winters 3) D Wisdom 4) J Duggan 5) M Joseph (C) 6) L Wynn (rep B Fishwick 73 minutes) 7) A Randell 8) A Taylor 9) J Kenworthy 10) D Williams 11) K Leadbetter
Subs Not Used: P Alexander, S Harries, J Tucker, J Welsby
