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Match Details: Saturday 10th February 2001 Northern Premier League Premier Division
Attendance: 307 Hyde United: Kurt Edgington, John Foster (Steve Tobin), Paul Robertson, Mark Beeston, Steve Rimmer, Phil Trainer, Matty Taylor, Neil Hall, Simon Yeo (Peter Band), Jody Banim, Anthony Charles. Subs not used: Carl Laurie. Gateshead: Adrian Swan, Richie Watson, Paul Talbot, Simon Bates, David Kitchen, Rob Bowman, Gareth McAlindon, Paul Thompson, Steve Preen, Wayne Edgcumbe, Kenny Cramman. Subs: Paul Dalton, Phil Ross, Paul Proudlock. In the end Hyde won this game quite comfortably but only after Gateshead had got themselves in a winning position. On 5 minutes Steve Preen was felled for the visitors but Gareth McAlindon fired over the free kick from a promising position. It was McAlindon's set piece on 10 minutes that led to the opening goal. He swung the ball in from the left and David Kitchen was able to steer the ball into the goal unopposed at the far post. Not until Gateshead went in front did Hyde start to look a threat, Anthony Charles had their first chance of the game when his header was cleared off the line following a corner. It was all level on 25 minutes when Paul Robertson took on Paul Talbot several times before eventually swinging in a cross that Simon Yeo rose to head home just as Gateshead goalkeeper Adrian Swan was about to collect. On 30 minutes the home side were in front, Robertson swung in a corner and giant defender Steve Rimmer, making his home debut, steamed in to head past stranded Swan. The big Gateshead keeper made amends with two good saves either side of the break, firstly denying Yeo his second when through on goal then he swept up an effort from Jody Banim to keep the visitors in the game. Hyde goalkeeper Kurt Edgington proved his worth when Preen got through on goal on the hour by tipping his close range shot around the post when it could easily have been the equaliser. On 67 minutes it could have been all over when Phil Trainer played through Matty Taylor but Swan raced to save at the wingers feet. Two minutes later the home side wrapped it up when a Robertson corner, his third assist of the game, was headed home at the front post by Jody Banim, Hyde's third headed goal of the game. |