Two games, One week

The thing about reflections is that everthing you see on one side is the complete opposite of what you see on the other. That was how it was for Ashton this week in the two matches against Eccleshall and Norton.
Tuesday seen us play host to Eccleshall at EGS where one goal settled the game. The first half seen Eccleshall turn up at EGS and control the game as if they were the home side. Two good forwards and a solid midfield made Eccleshall a threat but for all the punches they threw, they failed to deliver the knockout blow. With players who thought 3 passes ahead and moved the ball round with ease Eccleshall really did impress. If it wasn't with the full back it was knocked short into Midfield before being played right and left. All in all it was very pleasing on the eye for a neutral but not for those in Town Colours.
Somehow Town managed to get to half time with the game still goalless.
In the second half Town finally woke up and 11 minutes in the killer blow was finally dealt, only not from Eccleshall but from Town who had been on the ropes for the first 45 minutes. One chance one goal, One punch one opposition well and truely knocked out. It was Shaun Judge who for the second time in as many matches put the ball into the back of the net. A free kick was awarded to Ashton on the angle about 40 yards from goal. The free kick was floated in and Judge got his header on target. The Eccleshall keeper palmed the ball away on the angle before Judge blasted the rebound past him before he could get back on his feet. Andy Hewitt made a few fine saves in the Ashton Goal as well as being spot on in his basics to keep a clean sheet. Sometimes in football you get results you don't deserve.
Like I said everything in a reflection is the opposite of what you seen in the original. Now lets take the second game of the week as the reflection. Instead of a Staffordshire based side travelling to Ashton, in the reflection it was Ashton who travelled to a Staffordshire based side. This time it was Norton United. With a few shuffles in the pack Ashton started relatively slowly. 11 minutes in and Lee Green played a suicidal pass across his own penalty area. Norton's Allen intercepted the pass and somehow managed to squeeze a shot in to the net off the post to put Norton 1-0 up. From then on it was all Ashton and after failing to convert chance after chance that was how it finished. It wasn't as simple as that though. For 79 minutes and with Norton one goal to the good they took on the tactic of wasting time. Somehow it worked, with a slight helping from a referee who didn't have the best of days, Although with out one you don't have a game. In that case they are as important as corner flags. As I just said without them there is no match. Chances by Judge, Baxby, Walton and Rolo all missed and just how Ashton never got at least an equaliser is beyond anybody. Once again you have to say Sometimes in football you get results you don't deserve. Ashton certainly didn't deserve to lose this one.

The two results for this week were:

Ashton Town 1 V 0 Eccleshall
Norton United 1 V 0 Ashton Town

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