REYROLLE ENTERTAINED HIGH FLYING CULLERCOATS AND WERE LOOKING FOR BACK TO BACK WINS FOR THE TIME IN SEVERAL MONTHS.
REYROLLE HAD THE BETTER OF THE EARLY EXCHANGES DURING THE FIRST 20 MINUTES BUT REALLY FAILED TO TROUBLE THE CULLERCOATS BACK LINE.
THE FIRST REAL CHANCE OF THE GAME FELL TO THE AWAY SIDE ON 25 MINUTES WHEN THEY FIRED IN A FREE KICK FROM 25 YARDS THAT LOOKED DESTINED FOR THE TOP CORNER UNTIL THE HOME KEEPER TAYLOR SOMEHOW MANAGED TO DIVERT THE BALL OVER HIS CROSSBAR AND AWAY TO SAFETY.
THE GAME WAS NOW END TO END AND IT WAS REYROLLE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE MATCH WHEN MORRIS TURNED HIS MAN BUT FIRED TAMELY AT THE VISITING KEEPER.
ON 30 MINUTES CULLERCOATS WENT A GOAL UP WHEN THE NUMBER 4 PICKED THE BALL UP 30 YARDS OUT AND BLASTED THE BALL HOME FROM DISTANCE AFTER BEEN GIVING FAR MUCH TIME BY THE RETREATING REYROLLE REARGUARD.
REYROLLE CHANGED FORMATION IN THE SECOND PERIOD AND MANAGER COLLINGWOOD PUT THREE PLAYERS UP TOP IN A BIT TO TAKE THE GAME TO THE VISITORS.
REYROLLE DOMINATED THE SECOND PERIOD AND MISSED SEVERAL GILT EDGED CHANCES TO CLAIM A POINT, THE BEST CHANCES FALLING TO MALLEY AFTER HE DISPOSSESED THE VISITING CENTRE HALF AND RACED THROUGH ON GOAL BUT WITH ONLY THE KEEPER TO BEAT HE FLUFFED HIS STRIKE MUCH TO THE RELIEF OF THE CULLERCOATS KEEPER AND DEFENSE.
REYROLLES DAY WAS SUMMED UP 2 MINUTES IN TO INJURY TIME WHEN MALLEY BEAT 2 DEFENDERS BEFORE PLAYING IN A TEASING CROSS COME SHOT THAT THE VISITING KEEPER FLAPPED AT ALLOWING WILCOX TO LAUCH HIMSELF IN TO A DIVING HEADER THAT SOMEHOW WENT WIDE FROM 2 YARDS OUT.
AFTER THE MATCH MANAGER MARK COLLINGWOOD SAID "THAT RESULT WAS HARSH ON THE PLAYERS TODAY BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME THEIR ALL TODAY AND WE DESERVED AT LEAST A SHARE OF THE SPOILS BUT THATS FOOTBALL FOR YOU".