Nantwich Town 1
Corby Town 1
League (NPL Premier Division)


Nantwich Town
1 - 1
Corby T 

League
(NPL Premier Division)
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
Weaver Stadium
Attendance: 360

Goalscorers
Matt Bell (43)

Team Managers
Phil Parkinson

Starting Eleven
1. Daniel Gyollia
2. Joel Stair
3. Andy White
4. Ben Harrison
5. Curtis Jones
6. Sam Hall
7. Ryan Brooke
8. Wayne Riley
9. Tom Peers
10. Matt Bell
11. Joe Mwasile

Bench
12. Ibou Touray
14. Joe Howell
15. Danny Griggs
16. Nathan Cotterell
17. Krystian Burzynski

Substitutions
Nathan Cotterell for Ryan Brooke (77)

Photography by Jonathan White

Match Report


Nantwich Town moved up to fifth and are seven unbeaten in the league despite a frustrating 1-1 draw with Corby Town at the Weaver Stadium.

Matt Bell opened the scoring two minutes before half time (pictured), calmly slotting the ball into the net after excellent play from Joe Mwasile.

But the Dabbers were pegged back in the second half after Corby were awarded a controversial penalty kick for handball against Wayne Riley.

Phil Parkinson made two changes from the draw at Sutton Coldfield as Ryan Brooke and Matt Bell returned in place of Sean Cooke and Steve Jones.

There was a minute’s silence before kick off in memory of the club’s longest serving manager, Colin Hutchinson, who died recently aged 80.

Corby started brightly but Nantwich created the first chance as Riley volleyed narrowly wide from the edge of the box.

Then visiting keeper Aidan Grant got down low to deny Joe Mwasile’s deflected cross.

Andy White and Ben Harrison both fired high and wide for the Dabbers before Stefan Moore was denied by the woodwork for Corby as the striker’s shot struck the base of the post.

The Steelmen ended the first half the better as Daniel Gyollai made a fine save to palm away Aaron Brown’s curling effort from the edge of the box.

But despite their pressure, Corby were a goal down on 43 minutes. Bell calmly tucked the ball home after Mwasile took advantage of poor defending from Courtney Wildin, before squaring the ball to his team mate, who made no mistake from six yards.

The second half started with the Dabbers finding the net but referee Thomas Parsons disallowed Ryan Brooke’s header for a foul on Grant.

Mwasile caused Corby’s defence problems and after beating several men played the ball to Tom Peers who saw his curling effort go inches past the far post.

But in the 63rd minute, Corby were awarded a controversial penalty after referee deemed the ball to have struck Riley’s arm despite having to consult his linesman.

Former Aston Villa man Stefan Moore stepped up to send Gyollai the wrong way and bring the visitors level.

Nantwich responded and Brooke was inches from scoring as his chip over Grant went agonisingly wide.

The visitors were lucky not to be down to ten men as Mwasile was the victim of a poor challenge by Connor Kennedy who walked away with just a booking.

Corby seemed happy to sit back as Peers’ attempted lob went over the crossbar after some hesitant defending.

Bell saw his effort from the edge of the box fly past the post late on, before Peers’ shot was blocked after a goal mouth scramble.

Nantwich Town: Gyollai, J. Stair, White, Harrison, C. Jones, Hall (c), Brooke (Cotterell 77?), Riley, Peers, Bell, Mwasile. Subs not used: Touray, Howell, Griggs, Burzynski.

Match report written by Steve Sharman (www.nantwichtownfc.co.uk)



Squad Statistics (as at February 18th, 2017)


2016-17 All Time
League Cups All
Daniel Gyollia (GK) 8 - 2 - 22 -
Andy White 3021322169
Curtis Jones 291111522
Joel Stair 1125 - 162
Ben Harrison 2731321046
Sam Hall 20 - 101863
Matt Bell 24610 - 8917
Wayne Riley 24 - 13 - 37 -
Ryan Brooke 237111348
Tom Peers 410 - 41
Joe Mwasile 16381244
Nathan Cotterell (sub) 2 - 2 - 5 -