REPORT: Taddy Tie With Cables

Taddy boss Billy Miller welcomed Josh Greening and Carl Stewart back into the starting line-up after recovering from illness.

It was the visitors who drew blood first breaking the deadlock in the 7th minute. Chris Almond popped it off to Josh Dolling who returned the favour before the number eleven slotted into the bottom corner.

With the Brewers not mathematically safe, they were keen on picking up all three points to virtually secure their place in the division next season.

Seconds after Tom Corner stung the hands of goalkeeper Marcus Burgess, Taddy were back on level terms.

A fairly simple goal all in all with Carl Stewart wandering in unmarked at the back post nodding in Josh Greening’s corner.

On a drizzly spring afternoon at the i2i stadium, chances were constantly being created by both sides as Carl Stewart close range effort was deflected wide and Dale Wright fluffed his effort after a slick counter attack.

But it was the Merseysiders who retook the lead eight minutes from the break. A ball over the top of the Taddy back-line was latched onto by Chris Almond and touched beyond the advancing Chandler Hallwood for his second goal of the afternoon.

The Brewers were plugging away at the Cables and they pegged them for a second time right on the stroke of half-time.

Similar to Almond’s second goal, it was a ball over the top of the defence and Carl Stewart impressively controlled on his knee and stuck with real venom at Marcus Burgess who couldn’t push it to safety.

Billy Miller can’t have been overly impressed with the first 45 as he made a change at the break welcoming Josh Barrett back after injury replacing Fatlum Ibrahimi and moving Dan Thirkell into midfield.

The alteration made an immediate impact as Albion began the second half in a much livelier and promising fashion.

Taddy frontman Tom Corner was proving to be a real menace for the Prescot defence as he continuously threatened to find the net.

Nevertheless the visitors were still also looking somewhat dangerous as Josh Dolling lashed inches wide of the mark and James Edgar was denied by Hallwood’s feet.

Josh Greening wasn’t getting on the ball as much as he’d like playing in a wide position, but the unpredictable attacker went close when his fizzing strike from 20 yards was pushed away by Burgess.

Taddy kept piling the pressure on Prescot and that pressure was ramped up a notch when the visitors were reduced to ten men with six minutes to go.

Right-back Valter Fernandes was already on a booking when he lashed out at Conor Sellars leaving referee Daniel Jarvis with no choice but to issue a second yellow followed by a red card.

The Brewers’ final chance at taking all three points was a penalty appeal in the dying embers. Dan Thirkell sprayed a brilliant ball in behind to Carl Stewart who raced in on goal, rounded the goalkeeper and went to ground.

Massive shouts for a penalty rang around the i2i stadium but Mr Jarvis waved away the protests.

Full-Time: Tadcaster Albion 2-2 Prescot Cables

Tadcaster: Hallwood, Armstrong, Grant, Thirkell, Anderson ©, Ibrahimi (Barrett HT), Youhill (Crouz 77), Josh Greening, Tom Corner, Stewart (Djalo 90), Sellars

Unused: Shepherd, Mycoe.

Prescot Cables: Burgess, Fernandes (SENT OFF 84), Edgar, McCulloch ©, Herbert, Scarisbrick, Faux, Wright, Reid, Dolling, Almond

Att: 293