Jarrow FC 3-2 Birtley Town (10/10/2020 3pm)

 





FA Vase Qualifying Round 2

Jarrow FC 3-2 Birtley Town
10/10/2020 3pm Kick Off

10’ Hargrave, 52’ Allen, 92’ Lennox | 7’ Caygill, 37’ Barwick

On a day that resembled summer the sun shone over Jarrow’s Blue and White army and saw the South Tynesider’s progress though to the next round of the Vase at the expense of Birtley Town who matched Jarrow for quality and passing throughout the 90 minutes.

Things started slowly in what would be a great encounter but after 5 minutes the tone was set for the rest of the game. The dangerous Adam Lennox managed to wriggle free from his defender and unselfishly square the ball to Glen Hargrave who found himself with perhaps too much time before drawing a quite remarkable save from Phillip Mills in the Birtley goal diving to his left and one handed he guided the ball out for a corner.

Only seconds later and it was 1-0 to visitors who broke from the corner, forced a corner of there own and after a great delivery from the right Caygill powerfully met the cross that left Jak Wells with no chance of getting in the Jarrow goal.

By the 10th minute however the home side were level as a foul on the left-hand side saw Callum Smith starting his first game of the season swing over a free kick onto the head of Glen Hargrave who found the back of the net. 2 goals in 2 games for the Jarrow forward!

Mills was then at again in the Birtley goal this time saving superbly from another powerful header from Callum Smith.

In the 20th minute the referee waved away Birtley protests for a penalty for handball after a scramble in the box saw the ball hacked away to safety by Davey Smith.

Half chances and great defending then filled in the next 15 minutes and it took some precision passing for the next goal to come. Birtley passed the ball round the Jarrow defence and a neat finish saw Barwick grab a deserved goal. The unfortunate Callum Smith looked to have rolled his ankle in the build up but thankfully was able to carry on.

Just two minutes later and it should’ve been 3 to visitors as the Birtley player rose from between two markers to head a free kick just wide of Jak Wells goal. A rising left footed Lee Kerr effort then the ended the first half chances and It was the visitors who took a deserved 2-1 lead into the break. Jarrow had played their part in an entertaining first half however in a much-improved performance with a change of system.

After the sunshine of the first half came the storm of the second. As the rain lashed down Jarrow’s top goal scorer this season with 7 league goals Adam Lennox chased down his defender and after shoulder barging the defender off the ball he raced into the box where he squared it to Graeme Mcall whose looping first time ball found Kris Allen who slotted the ball home past Mills in the Birtley goal for 2-2 and game on. It was Kris Allen’s first goal of the season and first start in the cup.

The next passage of play belonged once again to visitors whose football was much improved from the earlier encounter at the start of the season. The passing and movement were causing Jarrow problems and on 60 minutes a rising effort nearly caught Jarrow out. The big chance then came in the 75th minute when more nice sharp passing led to Birtley’s Dinsley just firing wide, didn’t miss by much from where we were standing either!

It was then Jarrow’s turn to miss out as a scrappy ball was almost turned into the net by Adam Lennox but it just trickled wide. Jak Wells then pulled off what turned out to be a match winning save at the end as goal scorer Barwick bared down on goal the Jarrow stopper spread himself and literally smashed the ball back from where it had come from with a thunderous right hand.

There was still time for the visitors to fire wide again before the match winner came in added time.

For much of the game Birtley’s pressing and possession had forced Jarrow back and if it wasn’t for the brilliance of the back 4 and keeper Wells it would’ve been a different story. New signing Dylan Nesbit & Ross Toward were solid on either side of defence and broke well when they could but the centre half pairing of Nick Little & Davey Smith was the difference. They were also extremely well protected by their midfielders which allowed the sometimes-isolated Lennox who manages to stay switched on for 90+ minutes to cut back inside from the right and drill an unstoppable left footed effort past the quite brilliant Mills in the Birtley goal. Cruel on the visitors who had played some great football but a goal worthy of winning any football match. Que jubilation from the home socially distanced home fans who hadn’t seen their team win for 4 matches.

Supporters man of the match was Davey Smith

A great day in the cup and thank you to Birtley for the great game and all the spectators for their exemplary behaviour.

 



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