Match 36. Warrington Town v Prescot Cables

Saturday 16^th April 2016 @3pm

Evo-Stik League Division 1 North

WARRINGTON TOWN 6-1 PRESCOT CABLES

Cantilever Park, Common Lane, Warrington WA4 2RS

Admission: £8

Programme: £2 (36pp)

Attendance:  1,411

Refreshments: None purchased.

A trip north for my wife to see one of her best friends who is battling cancer and a lovely evening was spent at her friend’s house.  With the ladies having a girly afternoon in Stockton Heath I found the nearest new visit for me, Cantilever Park and the side who needed a win to take the league title.  With their fairly recent FA Cup exploits it was good to get a first look at the ground.  It is quite unusual, with a 2 room large clubhouse and 2 storey changing rooms near the turnstile entrance with one bar entrance outside with little car parking space outside the turnstile.  There is an overhang from the clubhouse inside the ground and then 2 covered standing terraces built at an odd angle to the pitch. The floodlights have concrete stumps with a few of the large crowd taking advantage of a raised level.  Also along this side is a clubhouse and a snack bar, although with the 3 times usual attendance, the hot food ran out before half time.  Inside the clubhouse was a queue for the bar out to the door entrance, probably about 30 people long and only 1 or 2 bar staff.  Back to the ground and there is a several step terrace covered behind the far goal and the main seated stand is on the opposite side to the clubhouse.  An open hard standing area is behind the near goal with a 5-a-side pitch behind it.

The first goal on 13 minutes came when a throw in their own half was hooked up field into the path of Ciaran Kilheeney who controlled in and slotted past the keeper.  The 2^nd goal just 2 minutes later started again from a throw down the right, then a pass to Scott Metcalfe on the edge of the box and drove low beyond the keeper into the corner.  It was 3-0 on 32 minutes as another long throw this time on the left was headed on and scrambled in by Gerard Kinsella. Warrington made it 4-0 before half time when a through ball to the left winger made inroads into the area then swept across the goal for Gahgan to tap in from close range.

Prescot scored their consolation goal on the hour mark when Robert Doran taking the free kick left of goal about 25 yards out, curled it over the wall and beyond the keeper into the top corner. Warrington restored their 4 goal cushion when from a short corner the ball was worked onto the edge of the box then crossed to the far post for Daniel O’Donnell (not that one!) to slot in.  The final nail in Cables coffin came on 75 minutes when a dozen or so passes in the Cables half allowed a shot the be partially blocked but fell to no9 Kilheeney 12 yards out and he left footed beyond the dive of the keeper.

Much celebration at the end of the match and a happy vast majority of the crowd. I hope ex-manager Shaun Reid was proud as well as the current management team.