HEBBURN TRAVELLED TO WILLINGTON WITH NO FEWER THAN EIGHT PLAYERS MISSING, HOWEVER THEY HAD THREE POTENTIAL NEW SIGNINGS (GARY DADD, MATT DOMWELL AND KEVIN MORRISON) MAKING THEIR DEBUTS FOR THE CLUB.
THE GAME WAS LESS THAN A MINUTE OLD WHEN REYROLLE FELL BEHIND!, A FREE KICK FROM THE LEFT TOUCHLINE LINE WAS FIRED IN TO THE REYROLLE BOX AND KEEPER STEVEN TAYLOR GOT HIS BEARINGS ALL WRONG TO CONCEDE A SOFT GOAL TO GIVE THE HOSTS THE LEAD, HOWEVER THE VISITORS SOON TOOK THE GAME BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND PLAYED SOME WONDERFUL PASSING FOOTBALL.
REYROLLE WERE STARTING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME, AND THEY WERE REWARDED FOR THERE PATIENT PLAY AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES WHEN A HOPEFUL THROUGH BALL WAS MISJUDGED BY THE HOME KEEPER AND CRAIG MALLY TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE TO DRAW THE VISITORS LEVEL.
WILLINGTON WERE ON THE BACK FOOT NOW AND REYROLLE SHOULD HAVE WENT 2-1 UP MINUTES LATER WHEN A DONNELLEY FREE KICK WAS HEADED ON TARGET BY THE BRILLIANT DOMWELL ONLY TO SEE THE HOME KEEPER PUSH HIS EFFORT BEHIND FOR A CORNER, CHANCE AFTER CHANCE WENT BEGGING AND REYROLLE WERE PUNISHED AFTER THIRTY MINUTES WHEN A RARE WILLINGTON ATTACK PRODUCED GOAL NUMBER TWO FOR THE HOSTS, A QUICK FREE KICK FROM THE LEFT WAS ROLLED IN TO THE WILLINGTON NUMBER NINES FEET AND HE SPUN OFF HIS MARKER AND FIRED A SUPURB EFFORD IN TO THE REYROLLE NET FROM 15 YARDS.
IN THE SECOND HALF REYROLLE PUT THREE STRIKERS UP FRONT BUT CHANCE AFTER CHANCE WENT BEGGING! CRAIG WALTON HAD A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THE AWAY SIDE LEVEL AFTER 65 MINUTES BUT SCUFFED HIS SHOT WIDE WHEN HE REALLY SHOULD HAVE SCORED, WILLINGTON WERE NOT IN THE GAME NOW, AFTER 82 MINUTES IT WAS CHRIS HAILES WHO COULD HAVE LEVELED BUT HIS EFFORT WAS PUSHED OVER THE CROSSBAR BY THE HOME CUSTODIAN.
REYROLLE TRAVEL TO BIRTLEY TOWN NEXT WEEKEND HOPING FOR A BETTER RESULT IN PREPARATION FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN.