Scunthorpe United v Port Vale

Monday, October 30, 2006

Football League Trophy

Scunthorpe United :
Murphy (Lillis 12), Byrne, Crosby, Foster, Ridley, Mulligan, Hinds, Goodwin, Williams (Winn 65), Torpey, McBreen (Foy 46)
Subs not used:
Allanson, Wilcox

Port Vale :
Anyon, Abbey, Walker, Walsh, Talbot (sent off 63), Whitaker (Pilkington 66), Sonner, Harsley, Cardle (Smith 54), Husbands (Sodje 55), Constantine
Subs not used:
Goodlad, Smith

SULSESC REPORT

by Chris Pettitt at Glanford Park

IF it wasn’t for 1875, we might have had a chance of progressing in this competition – that is, if anyone is interested in progressing.

And from the interest shown by the players, the 3,400-ish fans (mostly urchins who got in for nowt), I doubt whether anyone cares, though apologies to the few hardy souls from the Potteries who made the long journey and who gallantly tried to create an atmosphere, while the rest of us watched paint dry!

Anyway back to 1875, which was the year the crossbar was introduced to replace tape across the goal posts. The crossbar was what Cliff Byrne hit with his penalty during the shoot-out. Port Vale scored all of theirs, therefore going through to the next round. Apart from Lillis pulling off a point blank save just before half-time, the Vale ‘keeper tipping over a stunning (and surprising) volley from Ridley and a Vale player getting sent off for a stupid challenge on Crosby, paint drying was definitely more interesting than this.

I couldn’t find out when paint was invented. The nearest I could get was the prehistoric era when cavemen used it to adorn their abodes!