Taddy Eventually Put Nostell To Bed With Late Flurry Of Goals

Andy Milne scrambled over the line from a corner to give The Brewers a slender lead at the break. Nostell then ran out of the steam in the second half and a couple of inspired substitutions from Tad led to a flurry of late goals.

Tadcaster Albion boss Billy Miller made three changes to the side that lost to Clipstone in midweek with Gary Stevens, Jimmy Beadle and Nick Black all coming back into the starting eleven in place of Leon Wrigglesworth, Nick Thompson and Adam Baker.
It’s a decent setup at Nostell with a pitch that’s in superb condition and on a nippy afternoon, the deadlock was broken after just ten minutes.

Jonathan Greening’s teasing corner was flicked on by a faintest of touches by Jimmy Beadle and scrambled over the line by centre-back Andy Milne for his fourth of the season.

The home side reacted positively after going a goal behind with Dev Morton and Simon Poole both hitting the target but not testing Gary Stevens.

It was a reasonably uneventful first half at the Welfare with both sides probing without creating any real problems for one another. The home side did try and get back into the game, and they did find the back of the net, illegally though.

Matt Johnson lofted the free-kick into the danger area and Ryan Donoghue channelled his inner ‘Maradona’ for a split second. No he didn’t dribble past five and score, he stuck his hand in the air and handballed it into the back of the net. He wasn’t fooling anyone and the goal was obviously disallowed.

Straight up the other end and Josh Greening teed up Jimmy Beadle who went for an audacious volley from 25 yards which flew narrowly wide of the mark.

Half-Time: Nostell Miners Welfare 0-1 Tadcaster Albion

At the start of the second half, defender Gregg Anderson came close to doubling the Brewers’ lead. Jonathan Greening’s corner led to some pinball in the six yard box before Anderson’s blasted shot was deflected just over.

Nostell were never really threatening Taddy’s lead but they did nearly equalise however it wasn’t through a black and yellow shirt though. Ryan Sharrocks’ near post free-kick was awkwardly sliced behind him by Taddy skipper Jimmy Beadle but Gary Stevens did superbly to react and push it out for a corner.

Every time Nostell did work the ball well or found themselves in a dangerous area, Andy Milne or Gregg Anderson were on hand to sweep up.

The watching on Taddy fans were murmuring “we need a second goal” and we did as the second half ticked rapidly away and the longer it went on, the more Nostell start to believe they can take something from the match.

With twenty minutes gone in the second half, Jimmy Beadle had a glorious chance to put the game virtually to bed. Josh Greening raced through on goal but opted to cut back and roll the ball sideways to the onrushing Beadle whose effort was well stopped by Neil Bennett.

When Nostell did properly test Gary Stevens, Andy Milne was on the ball reacting first and putting in a last ditch tackle to keep the Brewers in front.

With less than twenty minutes to go, Billy Miller decided to make two substitutions, bringing on Adam Baker and Carl Stewart and this was the key for unlocking a flurry of goals.

Josh Greening found himself running unmarked up the by-line towards goal before pulling back to Carl Stewart whose rasping strike was pushed away by Bennett.

Tadcaster did in fact double their lead from the resulting corner which gave them that breathing space. It was Jonathan Greening with another perfect corner kick which dropped onto Nick Black’s right-foot and the attacker side-footed powerfully into the roof of the net for his ninth goal of the campaign.

With fifteen minutes to go it was well and truly game over now as Taddy turned it on and netted three late goals which saw them cruise to victory in the end.

The third goal of the afternoon started out with Jonathan Greening spraying it out to the right-hand side to Adam Baker who beat his man and sent in an inviting cross and Josh Greening does not say no to them, even with his head, powering in from three yards out.

Carl Stewart should have got on the scoresheet in the 82nd minute as Dan Clayton curled a gorgeous ball around the Nostell defence to Stewart who got the ball stuck under his feet slightly before the chance pass.

Gary Stevens was making his return from injury after missing Tuesday night’s match and he pulled off another decent to keep the clean sheet. The stopper was out in a shot to thwart substitute Fidel Mhlolo.

Carl Stewart did incidentally get on the scoresheet moments later with a stunning solo goal. The striker picked the ball up out on the left wing, he then surged in-field evading three players before arrowing a precise shot into the bottom right corner.

The fifth and final goal was scored in the final minute as Josh Greening scored his 20th goal of the season. Carl Stewart held the ball up well, waiting for more white shirts to flood forward before brilliantly reversing the ball in behind to the rapid Adam Baker who squared perfectly to Josh Greening who again could not miss from seven yards out with the goal gaping.

Full-Time: Nostell Miners Welfare 0-5 Tadcaster Albion

The Brewers stay second behind Handsworth Parramore but have a game in hand. Ten massive games to go.