Quakers score twice in the last ten minutes to win at Bradford

By Ray Simpson

Quakers score twice in the last ten minutes to win at Bradford

  Quakers came from behind to take the points thanks to two goals in the last ten minutes.Quake...

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Quakers came from behind to take the points thanks to two goals in the last ten minutes.

Quakers were enduring a frustrating night as they trailed to a Bradford goal at the start of the second half, but goals from Liam Hardy and Terry Galbraith gave them the points and extend the unbeaten away record to six games. Quakers are now fourth in the table.

Quakers forced ten corners in the first half, but the game is deadlocked at half time

Quakers had a scare on3 minutes when Emile Sinclair set up Tom Davie, but Liam Marrs blocked his shot on the edge of the box.

But Quakers went close themselves, when Adam Mitchell’s corner was cleared as far as Stephen Thompson, whose volley was deflected just wide. That prompted another two corners, the second of which Mark Beck headed wide.

Bradford replied with a long range effort by Sanchez Payne, that Woolston watched go wide, but he was a little bit more nervous about a 20 yarder by Nicky Wroe, that dipped just over the top.

Quakers forced two more corners as the pressure continued.

 Quakers had a great chance on 25 minutes when Liam Marrs crossed from the right for Mark Beck to put in a diving header that Joe Cracknell parried, and Nathan Cartman, under pressure, put the rebound over the top.

Bradford nearly took the lead when a free kick was floated into the box, Liam Dickinson got his head to it, and Woolston pushed the ball around the post.

From the corner that followed, the ball ended up back in the box where Tom Davie turned quickly and hit the post with Woolston beaten.

After Quajkers forced another corner, Bradford responded with a long range shot by Wroe that went a yard over the top, and then Emile Sinclair tried to lob Woolston from wide out on the left, but the ball went harmlessly wide.

Terry Galbraith almost caught Cracknell out from 35 yards, the keeper going down to his left to concede Darlington’s 10th corner.

Half time

Bradford PA 0 Darlington 0

Quakers made a sub at half time, Amar Purewal replacing Adam Mitchell.

Quakers had a free kick three minutes into the second half about five yards outside the BPA box, but Thompson fired into the wall.

Quakers went a goal down on 49 minutes when Bradford broke down the right, and when the ball went into the middle, Emile Sinclair forced the ball in.

It was nearly 2-0 when Toulson crossed into the middle from the right, and Davie, coming in unmarked, volleyed against the bar.

Quakers replied with a good move that got them into the box, but Beck couldn’t get a shot in, and then they forced two corners inside a minute without success.

Quakers made another sub on 70 minutes, Liam Hardy coming on for Thompson.

They nearly scored straight away, but Beck headed a right wing corner over the top.

 

Another corner from Galbraith flew across the face of goal, without anyone getting a touch.

Quakers threw everything forward, but the ball didn’t drop for them in the penalty area.

Quakers threw everything forward, but the ball didn’t drop for them in the penalty area, until Cartman played the ball out to the left, and Liam Hardy stroked the ball through a crowd of players into the net.

And it was 2-1 on 81 minutes, when Galbraith whipped in Quakers 16th corner of the night from the right, and the ball bounced into the net off a defender on the line.

Quakers took control after that, and saw the game out for the points.

Bradford park Avenue 1 Darlington 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darlington

Woolston, Marrs, Watson, Nowakowski, Brown, Galbraith, Thompson , Portas, Beck, Cartman, Mitchell

 

Subs:

L Scott, Robinson, Hardy, Purewal, H Scott

 

Bradford PA: Cracknell, Toulson, Davie, Gumbs, Kearns, Hill, Payne, Wroe, Sinclair, Dean, Dickinson

Subs: Sharp, McWilliams, Boshell, Coates, McKenna