Still pointless

Marine 1 Mossley 0

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. That was a little better as Mossley showed that maybe they do belong in the Unibond Premier. Jason Beckford shuffled the side round possibly deciding that stopping leaking goals can help pick up points sooner rather than later. Danny Trueman made his debut in goal and showed a really commanding performance with confident handling of crosses into the Mossley penalty area, which does seem to have been a problem recently. Mossley seemed more than capable of holding Marine but still seemed to lack a little confidence going forward. The pitch looked great on the surface but some bizarre bounces told a different story. As the first half progressed Mossley seemed to grow a little in confidence as the new formation appeared to be working. Kenny Mayers played a lone role up front with able support from the livewire Bingham whenever Mossley attacked. As the second half progressed there was even the possibility that Mossley could snatch a result but the attack seemed to lack the confidence to push forward, possibly bearing in mind that a point in their first away game wouldn't be a bad result. As the game entered the latter stages it seemed that only a mistake was going to decide this game. In fairness to the hosts, the winner was a cracking goal as Lee Mulvaney thumped a 25 yard drive past Trueman with just over 10 minutes remaining. Mossley tried to force an equalizer with Chris Downey coming on to try and force an equalizer but sadly it was not to be, with the best effort being Danny White's header which was cleared off the line. All in all this performance whilst not free flowing and entertaining contained a lot more positive moments than last Saturday. Hopefully it will be third time lucky at Grantham on Saturday.