Taddy Too Strong For Goole

After ten days without a game following last week’s postponement, manager Billy Miller made four changes to the side that beat Shaw Lane in the League Cup.

Josh Barrett, Tom Corner and Erico Sousa were all named in the starting eleven along with Gregg Anderson who was back to captain the side after returning from his honeymoon.

Jason Mycoe, Michael Ingham and Andy Milne missed out through injury with Jono Greening suspended.

The Brewers started on top and were looking menacing as Erico Sousa ignited early fear into the opposition by jinking and driving past four players before firing way over the bar.

Despite the positive start from Miller’s men, it was the visitors who came within a whisker of breaking the deadlock inside ten minutes. Bobby Johnson stood over a free-kick from 25 yards and curled an exquisite strike only to see it crash off the inside of the post.

After a couple of weeks out with a hamstring injury, Tom Corner was back leading the line for Tadcaster and back to his best. Winning aerial dual after aerial dual and giving the defence constant nightmares, Corner almost opened the scoring inside twenty minutes after cutting inside and curling agonisingly over.

Livewire winger Erico Sousa was causing Goole all sorts of problems in the early minutes as he got the better of Will Ramsay time and time again. Even when the Vikings doubled up on him he still seemed to somehow find a way out of a cul-de-sac and into space.

There’s no doubting that the home side were in the ascendency and going through the gears but Goole were screaming for a penalty kick half way through the half. Nathan Modest felt that Josh Barrett had impeded the forward but referee Jimmy Price waved away the strong protests.

Six minutes later however and Taddy did take the lead. Erico Sousa got the better of his man once more to then pick out Tom Corner who teed up the onrushing Dan Thirkell.

Thirkell’s blast towards goal was blocked by Richard Patterson but only back to the midfielder who composed himself and impressively passed the ball into bottom corner past Thomas Beaurepaire.

New Taddy goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood has been exceptional since joining the club and he was called upon for the first time as half-time loomed.

Former Leeds United youngster Sanchez Payne nipped in down the right-hand side but was denied brilliantly from point blank range by Hallwood.

Into the second half and Taddy continued to dominate the contest as Goole slowly started to be worn down by the relentless Brewers.

It was a matter of when not if that Tad would extend their lead and Sousa tried his luck striking low from the edge of the area but Beaurepaire was equal to it.

A word on Thomas Beaurepaire, after picking up a knock in the first half the goalkeeper was unable to kick the ball with his right-foot which certainly made it difficult for the visitors.

After scoring his first goal for the club, Dan Thirkell should have netted his second in the 56th minute when Sousa’s corner found its way to the midfielder at the back post but he could only poke over the mark.

Taddy did deservedly double their lead shortly after the hour mark. Rob Youhill was putting in another barnstorming performance on the right-hand side and he made the goal by beating former Taddy man Steve Jeff and whipping into the danger zone.

Goole skipper Robert Constable did well to deny Josh Greening but only for Erico Sousa to follow up and hammer into the back of the net.

Incidentally this was also his first goal for the club.

The closest Goole came to finding the back of the net in the second half was when Steven Jeff was played in down the left-hand side and the full-back’s cross-come shot flashed across the face of goal.

Nevertheless the three points were well and truly sealed fourteen minutes from time when Josh Greening’s high in-swinging corner curled straight into the far corner of the net.

Tom Corner contested for the ball and claims he got a touch but even the replays are unconvincing.

The players all seemed to give it to Josh Greening and that’s who the goal has officially been awarded to.

It was difficult to pick any players out of the Tadcaster side because it was a confident and impressive performance from all but Conor Sellars, who has found himself for one reason or another in central midfield but is flourishing in there after another tireless shift.

Goole battled hard across the course of the afternoon but at this point they were shot of confidence as Taddy came close to a fourth in the final stages.

Jordan Armstrong’s volley across the face of goal had just too much on it for the out-stretching Josh Greening and that was to be the last action.

Full-Time: Tadcaster Albion 3-0 Goole

Overall, it was a much needed three points for the Brewers who won for the first time at home in the league since the middle of October.

Tadcaster Team: Hallwood, Armstrong, Grant (Hansen 86), Barrett, Anderson ©, Thirkell, Youhill (Shepherd 79), Sousa, Corner (Baker 79), Josh Greening, Sellars

Subs Unused: Stewart

Goole Team: Beaurepaire, Ramsay, Jeff, Patterson, Varley, Constable ©, Payne, Dixon, Modest, Johnson, Robson

Subs Used: Barrett, Nicholson

Subs Unused: Shelley, Law, Chambers

Att: 321