That's more like it

Following Prescot Cables' poor performance on the road at Ossett Albion, we were not sure what to expect entertaining Trafford, who were in third place. Spectators seemed not to be deterred, as we attracted a crowd of 249 on what had threatened to be a wet night, although the rain left off in time for the game. It has been the case for some years that our position in the attendance table is better than that on the field, and this season has been no exception, as we are in sixth in home attendances.

With Lloyd Dean serving a delayed part of a suspension, Dominic Reid and Harry Cain started. The most surprising change saw James Edgar and Chris Almond, who we expect to be be further forward, in the full back positions. Garry Williams told me after the game that this had been something of a gamble. We would soon see if it paid off.

James Edgar

Chris Almond

Dr James and I made our way round to the Gasworks Side. A noisy crowd had gathered behind the visitors' goal, and had fixed their attention on their goalkeeper.

Dominic Marie takes a shot

Plenty thought he should have been relieved from them after 20 minutes, when he brought down the advancing Dominic Reid to concede a penalty, in circumstances many thought was a goal scoring opportunity. The video of the penalty, taken by Dale Wright, can be seen here, and we can hear that confusion between 6 and 8 on our shirts affects our people too. Some people have wondered why there has been a spate of tweets at away games crediting action to "Unknown Player". This comes from the Pitchero video app, which, as well as showing clips, also generates tweets. It happens when the camera operator has uploaded the action without identifying the player. We do not have many on our own feed, which shows how well Glyn has got to grips with the system.

The changes looked to be paying off, with a much better attacking performance.

James Doyle

We had a scare when Marcus Burgess did not spot that one of our players had played the ball that was rolling towards him - I thought as soon as it was played that he was going to pick it up - conceding an indirect free kick 8 yards out. Strength in numbers dealt with the threat.

Our second goal came a few minutes into the second half from Dominic Reid. I do not need to dredge my memory to describe a goal I did not catch, as I can direct readers to the video. Once again I caught the celebrations.

Dominic Reid

We had the better of the half, with noteworthy performances (at least from my side of the pitch) from Dominic Reid earning his Rogues & Rascals Barbershop Man of the Match award, and Harry Cain making a claim for a continued starting place.

Harry Cain

The rest of the pictures from the game can be seen on the club website here, and on Google Photos here.

Final score: Prescot Cables 2 (Wright pen, Reid) Trafford 0.