A Day Out in Bury

FC Utd 5 Mossley 2

A game that probably summed up the season in 90 minutes. Inconsistent. Mossley started well but were playing a rather dodgy offside trap which the pacy but naive FC attack were falling for every time. Unfortunately, the liner had a bizarre grasp of the offside rule as FC broke and were clearly offside when the ball was passed through. Mossley fought back and deservedly levelled the score when Blackshaw crossed for Hamlet to tap home.

Mossley conceded a penalty just before the break when another pacy break saw Burns dive as Ashley Connor raced out to cover. At least justice was done when Connor saved the penalty.

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The interval arrived with Mossley more than holding their own, but in reality the defence was looking edgy against the pace of the FC Utd attack. However, we must have done something right as Patterson was sent on at the start of the second half. Unfortunately, I'm not sure our defence noticed as he bagged 2 in a minute to leave us chasing the game. A pasting was looking a possibility but Lee Connor pulled one back and for a spell it looked like the Lilywhites could scrape a point from the game. Sadly it wasn't to be as the defence managed to fall asleep again and gave away a couple of late goals to give the scoreline a harsh appearance.


I hate to say it but the best team won, but they weren't 3 goals better. As we enter 2008, the defence certainly needs looking at, but I think we can take positives from the game. We have a capable squad but inconsistencies are proving costly at the moment. We can't concede so many goals regularly or rely on Ashley Connor to bale us out. Bamber Bridge will give our backline another stern test at the weekend.

Flickr Album - FC Utd v Mossley