A young Gainsborough side beaten mheavuky at the Kal Group Stadium in the Lincolnshire County Cup but the scoreline does not reflect the performance of the player on the pitch for the home side at all.
Under 21’s manager, Brad Wright, took charge of this game as most of the squad were players from his side, with the additional help of 5 regular first team players who were needing a bit of game time. Wright mentioned post match that the players “haven’t had a better experience in football so far” which is great for the development of these young players.
The game began and the goals came pretty much straight away. Danny Elliott grabbed the first of the night after tapping the ball in from a few years out after Ethan Cowan made a good save to deny Cameron Wilson.
Ethan Cowan then had a rally of brilliant saves, the came from a powerful Elliott shot where he parried the ball away, the second was at his near post where he acrobatically forced the ball out for a corner and then the next was the save of the night. Danny Elliott, again, was one on one with Cowan and he attempted to hit it past him, but the young goalkeeper got down well to deny the Scunthorpe man.
The away side dominated the opening 25 minutes of the game, but then the young Trinity side started to find a rhythm. Nat Wallace made a determined run with the ball down the right hand side and found Fraser Preston on the corner of the box, he opened up his body and let fly on a beautiful curling shot which was graced by the sound of the back of the net to put Trinity level.
Scunthorpe then dominated the ball in the Tribity half for the next 12 minutes, forcing Ethan Cowan into some more brilliant saves to keep his side level in the tie. Making arguably the save of the game, Cowan firmly put his left hand up into the top right to stop a curling shot that was finding the goal.
Scunthorpe, however, got ahead in the 41st minute as Danny Elliot made a great run behind the Trinity defence, made one touch then the finish into the bottom corner, Cowan couldn’t do anything about it. Then only 3 minutes later, Andy Butler ended the first half with a goal for the away side to put them 3-1 up.
Half time: GTFC 1 - 3 SUFC.
The second half began and the experienced Scunthorpe side reacted almost immediately, a cross into the area found Elliott but he was denied his hat trick by the crossbar and Archie Oliver-Townrow was able to clear the ball away from danger.
Again, Scunthorpe dominated in the second half. Holding the ball up well and creating chances, the away side looked the better side. Only 15 minutes into the second half, they won a penalty after Cameron Wilson was brought down in the penalty area after Ethan Cowan, arguably MOTM, attempted to collect the ball. Wilson won the penalty, then converted it past Cowan to make it 4-1.
Not long after, Danny Elliot found his hat trick after an easy tap in to make it 5-1. Cowan then made another amazing save, even after conceding five, he was still one of the star players on the pitch.
The Blues then had a spell of chances, Kyle Simpson was denied by Maison Campbell first, then he was denied a goal after a block from Max Kouogun. Simpson was finally rewarded with a goal just 3 minutes later as he made his run through the Scunthorpe defence to slot it past Campbell and bring the margin back to 3.
Nevertheless, the courageous efforts of Trinity was unfortunately underwhelmed after Scunthorpe got their sixth of the night. Danny Elliott was blessed with his fourth of the night, you can’t say he didn’t deserve it as his class up front paid off in goals.
The Young Blues did not give up their, they had performed so well all game against such an experienced side and the scoreline does not show the true performance on the pitch for the home side. Multiple blocks later on reduced the potential scoreline and some great defending by the young captain, Reuben Brewin-Hawkins.
Scunthorpe got their 7th and final goal of the night through ex-trinity man, Harrison Poulter, who hit it past Cowan in the closing minutes of the game.
Then, of course, one final beautiful save from Cowan with his feet came before the final whistle was blown by the referee.
The Blues exit the cup in the quarter final and they got nothing but praise as they went up against such an experienced side in the league above them. A scoreline that did not tell the full story of the game and a young team that should only be proud of their performances on the pitch.
Brad Wright led a team that definitely have a bright future ahead of them. A performance from Ethan Cowan that will definitely move him closer to that first team start, it’s almost never heard that the keeper is the stand out performer in a 7-2 loss but he played so well and showed so much resilience all game.
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