North Riding F.A. Senior Cup

2nd Round

Wednesday 17th November 2021

Kick Off 19.30. On Time !

Kader 3 Redcar Athletic 3 (1-4 pens), attendance 73 (official 75)

28’ 0-1

41’ 0-2 (pen)

45’+ 2, 1-2

69’ 2-2

73’ 2-3 (pen)

78’ 3-3

@ Outwood Academy Acklam, 3G Pitch

Hall Drive

Acklam

Middlesbrough

TS5 7JY

£6 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

I had been here before, when it was known as Hall Garth School, seeing Whinney Banks lose 1-3 versus North Ormesby in a Teesside League Division 2 match, which kicked off at 11 o’clock, on 13th December 2003. The game was played on a grass pitch, which is still there, but building work has gone on, as well as a renaming of the facility, since then. Kader have their own clubhouse and cafe here, but the walk from the buildings/changing rooms to the pitch is a good 150 yards. At least the cage had a designated spectator area, the centre section of the near side, with the dugouts opposite.

Kader are struggling this season, sitting second bottom of the North Riding League Premier Division table (Step 7). Redcar Athletic are thirteenth in Northern League Division 1 (Step 5), coming into this having suffered four consecutive defeats.

Redcar went in front just before the half hour mark, when a quick free kick from 30 yards sailed into the corner of the net, with the ‘keeper stood at the opposite side of the goal, still setting up the defensive wall. When they made it 0-2 from the penalty spot just before halftime, it looked all over, but Kader scored in stoppage time to make it 1-2 at the break and set it up nicely for the second half.

Halfway through the second half it was 2-2, when a long throw was flicked on and the ball was hooked in with an overhead kick. Four minutes later though, Redcar were back in front, when Matthew Bell converted his second penalty of the match, completing his hat trick in the process. Not to be outdone, Charlie Paterson made it 3-3 with twelve minutes left, scuffing a shot into the far corner to also complete his hat trick. With no further goals, it was straight to penalties to decide the tie.

Redcar took the first kick (Bell scoring his third penalty of the night) and having scored their first three, they found themselves in with a chance of winning it with their fourth one, as Kader had missed their first two, before dispatching their third. Redcar duly scored their next one, winning the shootout 4-1.