North Ferriby FC 0-1 Bottesford Town: Villagers Frustrated in a Game of Few Chances

North Ferriby FC fell to defeat against Bottesford Town at the Dransfield Stadium in a game that saw few chances and plenty of action on the pitch.

Bottesford shaded the first half with the scores locked at 0-0, but an early goal in the second half from Ryan Hollinsworth saw Bottesford just look to defend their lead. Bottesford were lucky to stay with eleven men on the field after a late tackle from Kadey Phillips that only saw yellow, but tempers flared at the end as Levi Tarbotton was sent off for an alleged stamp before the referee blew the whistle to condemn Ferriby to their first preseason defeat.

As the game got underway in the blistering heat, Bottesford winger Dayle Hutson almost opened the scoring in the first minute. He cut inside from the left wing but saw his curled effort smack back off the crossbar. After this, North Ferriby got hold of the ball and were able to settle things down in the opening five minutes. Hutson again was the dangerman for Bottesford after eight minutes, cutting the ball back across the area only for Ferriby to clear at the second time of asking.

Tom Corner had a chance to open the scoring on 13 minutes, but his effort was blocked after good play from Ben Leyland and Danny East. Lewis Kirk and Kieran McCaffrey were controlling the midfield well, but there were no real chances to speak of in the opening 15 minutes. Minutes later, Hutson again tried the shot from the edge of the area for Bottesford but goalkeeper Jordan Douglas was more than equal to it. Bottesford’s game plan was clearly to get Hutson in the game as much as possible and look to cut in from the left. Corner had a half chance for Ferriby but Dec Jordan in the Bottesford goal saved well.