Match report Huntington Rovers 0, York City 8

10:30am Saturday 14th July 2012 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Dave Flett, Sports reporter

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NEW boys Michael Coulson and John McReady both got on the scoresheet as York City eased into pre-season with an 8-0 win at Huntington Rovers.

Youth-team winger Reece Kelly also bagged a second-half brace with Paddy McLaughlin, a Dave Hartas own goal, Jamie Reed and Liam Henderson completing the rout.

The Minstermen also ran the rule over triallist midfielder Oliver Banks, while manager Gary Mills went close to finding the target himself during a 12-minute substitute cameo role.

Coaches Richard Dryden, Steve Torpey and Des Lyttle took to the pitch as well against the York Minster Engineering League side with a crowd of approximately 750 supporters turning out for the charity match held in the memory of former Rovers goalkeeper Steve Myers, who sadly died at the age of 29 from a brain tumour.

Huntington kept City at bay for the opening 20 minutes but McLaughlin's 25-yard blockbuster, that home goalkeeper Leon Wrigglesworth could only watch whistle into his top right-hand corner, opened the floodgates – signalling the first of four goals in quarter of an hour.

Earlier, Matty Blair's right-wing cross had bounced off the top of the crossbar and Wrigglesworth also kept out two further shots from City’s leading marksman in 2011/12 and McLaughlin before the Northern Ireland Under-21 international made the breakthrough.

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On 28 minutes, Jamal Fyfield fed Coulson who cut in from the left flank before curling an edge-of-the-box effort beyond Wrigglesworth to make it 2-0 and, four minutes later, McLaughlin picked out McReady’s powerful burst into the penalty box with a neatly-threaded through ball and the former Darlington midfielder prodded past the helpless Huntington ’keeper.

A clever back-heel by McLaughlin then gave Blair a right-wing crossing chance and his centre was sliced past Wrigglesworth by Hartas six yards from goal.

Huntington rallied as striker Chris Dyson tried his luck from 40 yards with Michael Ingham off his line following a careless pass by Dan Parslow but his opportunist attempt was high and wide.

Gary Newton also curled a 25-yard free-kick over on the stroke of half time.

City changed their whole starting XI other than Fyfield for the second half and he was also replaced by Dryden seven minutes later.

Within seconds of the restart, Kelly made it 5-0 with a tap in from Jamie Reed’s low right-wing cross.

After Dyson called Paul Musselwhite into action at his near post, Henderson fired at Wrigglesworth when put clear on goal and Michael Potts dragged his shot wide from the rebound.

Kelly then found Wrigglesworth’s top left-hand corner with a curling 20-yard shot to rival McLaughlin’s earlier effort for the goal of the game on 63 minutes.

A 15-yard deflected volley from Reed provided the seventh and, after a lung-busting run by Mills ended with a shot that sailed narrowly over the Rovers crossbar, Henderson also volleyed in from a similar distance following nimble footwork by Potts.

City: Ingham (Musselwhite 46), Challinor (Oyebanjo 46), Parslow (Smith 46), Doig (Blanchett 46), Fyfield (Dryden 52, Torpey 60, Lyttle 69, Mills 78), Bullock (Banks 46), McReady (Potts 46), McLaughlin (Platt 46), Blair (Reed 46), Walker (Henderson 46), Coulson (Kelly 46).

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yorkshirecalling says...
11:06pm Fri 13 Jul 12

We would boss the York Minster Engineering League.

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YO1 says...
8:30am Sat 14 Jul 12

Great effort from Huntington Rovers last night. Crowd 1000+ for a fantastic cause and in memory of Steve. Hope it becomes an annual event, the City boys were great, mixing with the crowd afterwards.

In transfer news, Connell supposed to be having a medical at Plymouth on Monday.

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arsene.about.york says...
11:56am Sat 14 Jul 12

Well done to everyone concerned a good turn out for a great cause. Dave Hartas will now always be able to tell his mates that he SCORED for York City. Brilliant.

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TheonlywayisCity says...
12:00pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Trialist was Oliver Banks, who is a midfielder. I thought we had enough of them already?

Wasn't there last night as too far from Essex on a Friday but well done to all concerned and good result.

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haxbyreds says...
12:27pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Great crowd for a good cause,top guy and best goalkeeper ever played with,well done YCFC for playing.

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RooBeck says...
4:57pm Sat 14 Jul 12

Sounded like a good match and for a very worthwhile cause - well done to both clubs. Pickering Town away on Wednesday night should be another good, local, North Yorkshire community based match and could be well worth watching against NECounties league opposition. Maybe City can start to attract and recruit a bigger fan base from the Pickering/Ryedale areas, once people see the quality of our football??! COYR.

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YoRkIe59 says...
2:20am Sun 15 Jul 12

After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.

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RooBeck says...
11:52am Sun 15 Jul 12

YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.

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duffy says...
1:31pm Sun 15 Jul 12

RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.

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RooBeck says...
2:18pm Sun 15 Jul 12

duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.
Yes, let's hope he can stay fully fit for more or less the full season, at his best he is a potent striker. I don't know what his previous injury record has been when at Barrow and Luton. GM is obviously on the look-out for a striker, or Jon Shaw wouldn't have been on his radar.I saw Richard Brodie at Old Trafford in the FAC 5th round tie last February playing for Crawley and when he came on as a sub in the second-half, I thought he was very useful and unlucky not to score with a good header that hit the top of the crossbar (with Lindegaard beaten), in what overall, was a drab game and which Crawley could quite easily have got a replay out of!! Just thought then that he seemed as if he was developing and though he still looks as if he could do with a bit more "beef" on him, he does have that knack of finding the back of the net and he might be going for a knock-down price and someone like GM could well get the best out of him? Just a thought! COYR.

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duffy says...
2:35pm Sun 15 Jul 12

RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.
Yes, let's hope he can stay fully fit for more or less the full season, at his best he is a potent striker. I don't know what his previous injury record has been when at Barrow and Luton. GM is obviously on the look-out for a striker, or Jon Shaw wouldn't have been on his radar.I saw Richard Brodie at Old Trafford in the FAC 5th round tie last February playing for Crawley and when he came on as a sub in the second-half, I thought he was very useful and unlucky not to score with a good header that hit the top of the crossbar (with Lindegaard beaten), in what overall, was a drab game and which Crawley could quite easily have got a replay out of!! Just thought then that he seemed as if he was developing and though he still looks as if he could do with a bit more "beef" on him, he does have that knack of finding the back of the net and he might be going for a knock-down price and someone like GM could well get the best out of him? Just a thought! COYR.
Brodie has signed for Morcambe I'm afraid.

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RooBeck says...
2:57pm Sun 15 Jul 12

duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.
Yes, let's hope he can stay fully fit for more or less the full season, at his best he is a potent striker. I don't know what his previous injury record has been when at Barrow and Luton. GM is obviously on the look-out for a striker, or Jon Shaw wouldn't have been on his radar.I saw Richard Brodie at Old Trafford in the FAC 5th round tie last February playing for Crawley and when he came on as a sub in the second-half, I thought he was very useful and unlucky not to score with a good header that hit the top of the crossbar (with Lindegaard beaten), in what overall, was a drab game and which Crawley could quite easily have got a replay out of!! Just thought then that he seemed as if he was developing and though he still looks as if he could do with a bit more "beef" on him, he does have that knack of finding the back of the net and he might be going for a knock-down price and someone like GM could well get the best out of him? Just a thought! COYR.
Brodie has signed for Morcambe I'm afraid.
Doh!! Missed that! Let's hope we can keep him quiet on the 21st August - get Dave McGurk back fit to mark him - he knows his game better than anyone!

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duffy says...
3:20pm Sun 15 Jul 12

RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.
Yes, let's hope he can stay fully fit for more or less the full season, at his best he is a potent striker. I don't know what his previous injury record has been when at Barrow and Luton. GM is obviously on the look-out for a striker, or Jon Shaw wouldn't have been on his radar.I saw Richard Brodie at Old Trafford in the FAC 5th round tie last February playing for Crawley and when he came on as a sub in the second-half, I thought he was very useful and unlucky not to score with a good header that hit the top of the crossbar (with Lindegaard beaten), in what overall, was a drab game and which Crawley could quite easily have got a replay out of!! Just thought then that he seemed as if he was developing and though he still looks as if he could do with a bit more "beef" on him, he does have that knack of finding the back of the net and he might be going for a knock-down price and someone like GM could well get the best out of him? Just a thought! COYR.
Brodie has signed for Morcambe I'm afraid.
Doh!! Missed that! Let's hope we can keep him quiet on the 21st August - get Dave McGurk back fit to mark him - he knows his game better than anyone!
Damian Reeves the Alty striker has still not been offered a deal by anyone and is available on a free. Donny were interested but have cooled on him. 44 goals in conference north last season, 15 in two thirds of a season in the conference for a relegated team. Might be worth a punt.

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bloodaxe says...
8:32am Mon 16 Jul 12

duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
duffy wrote:
RooBeck wrote:
YoRkIe59 wrote:
After all the speculation and hype re Connell it would be disapointing to see him go to another league 2 club,specially one that i beleive we can better next season thats if he really has been the striker G.m has been chasing, i think we could do with another out and out striker but dont think its a priority that we need to bust a gut to do just yet.
Maybe, for the time being, he will stick with Jason Walker and Jamie Reed (also, Liam Henderson is still with us!!) and look to our attacking widemen and attacking midfielders to open up defences and provide the goals. (Tonne, Moke, an o.g. Blair, Blair, Oyebanjo, Chambers, Blair) were our scorers from Braintree(away) on 21st April, to gaining promotion on the 20th. May!! Perhaps he has been watching the Spanish national side and thinks we can do the same!! COYR.
We will be fine if Walker stays fit. If not we need another striker if we don't want a repeat of last season.
Yes, let's hope he can stay fully fit for more or less the full season, at his best he is a potent striker. I don't know what his previous injury record has been when at Barrow and Luton. GM is obviously on the look-out for a striker, or Jon Shaw wouldn't have been on his radar.I saw Richard Brodie at Old Trafford in the FAC 5th round tie last February playing for Crawley and when he came on as a sub in the second-half, I thought he was very useful and unlucky not to score with a good header that hit the top of the crossbar (with Lindegaard beaten), in what overall, was a drab game and which Crawley could quite easily have got a replay out of!! Just thought then that he seemed as if he was developing and though he still looks as if he could do with a bit more "beef" on him, he does have that knack of finding the back of the net and he might be going for a knock-down price and someone like GM could well get the best out of him? Just a thought! COYR.
Brodie has signed for Morcambe I'm afraid.
Doh!! Missed that! Let's hope we can keep him quiet on the 21st August - get Dave McGurk back fit to mark him - he knows his game better than anyone!
Damian Reeves the Alty striker has still not been offered a deal by anyone and is available on a free. Donny were interested but have cooled on him. 44 goals in conference north last season, 15 in two thirds of a season in the conference for a relegated team. Might be worth a punt.
Couldn't resist putting in another box.

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YoRkIe59 says...
12:44pm Mon 16 Jul 12

Well ill probably get shot down in flames for saying this ha but i wouldnt have complained at seeing Brodie back but with everything i dont think he was ever a York city player we,d be seeing come back,can only agree with comments regarding being ok certianly for the moment if Walker keeps his fitness and form,however more long term for exactly those reasons we need cover eventually.We need even Jason walker to have to fight for his place eh.

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