A second half penalty save by Adam Harrison and a 25 yard thunderbolt from Louis Hamilton separated
Atletico from Chelsmley as AFC continued their unbeaten league start.
After Toby Moore had departed for Carlton Town in the week, Josh Spencer finally had his International
clearance and slotted right into the gap left by Moore. With Ryan Grant suspended, Richard Hanslow
signed from Stapenhill in the week, also made his debut as the lone striker. Surprisingly on a
3G surface the first half was pretty laboured with both teams seemingly cancelling each other out
and few goal chances. And when the goal for Chelmsley finally came in the 41st minute it was due to
poor marking from the AFC defence, as a ball from the right was crossed low, going through
everybody in the area without being cleared to the far post where the unmarked Harry Sweeney
blasted the ball into the net.
Atletico brought on Matt Ancliff at the start of the second half and his left wing runs made an
immediate impact, forcing a corner in the first minute after the restart. Tom Maddison played
the corner central where it dropped nicely at the feet of Spencer finishing from close range,
scoring on debut. Antcliff continued to be the difference in the second half keeping Chelmsley
on the back foot, however just after the hour Chelmsley broke away and were awarded a penalty
after a clumsy late challenge. Chris Gummery stepped up to give his side the lead again, though
Adam Harrison dived to his right and pushed the ball away and was cleared to safety. And from that
clearance AFC broke away down the right and the ball was quickly switched to the left as Antcliff
came running into the area firing at goal, forcing James Kelly into a superb save at his near post,
then made a second excellent save from point blank range as Antcliff followed up. From the resulting
corner Maddison played to the near post but the ball was half cleared only as far Louis Hamilton
standing outside the area who fired the ball from 25 yards out across the goal, the ball curling in
to the top corner off the inside of the post. The first contender for the goal of the season. This
took the wind out of Chelmsley and they didn't threaten really until the final minutes as they
pushed forward and AFC sat deep, though not being able to create any goal chances the match
finished a hard fought away win for Hinckley.
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