Long Eaton United 1 v 2 Coleshill Town

[Alan Beckett]

Saturday 12th April 2025
Northern Premier League Midland Division
Long Eaton United 1 v 2 Coleshill Town
Scorers:
United: Tristan Thompson-Mathews.
Town: Daniel Gyasi, Taylor Carter-Byrne.
Attendance: 229.


Teams:
Long Eaton: Lewis King, Owen Betts, Ryan Campbell-Gordon, Callum Cocks (Connor Pace), Jayden Cotterill, Gianluca Bucci, James Shaw, Andrew Wright, Tristan Thompson Matthews (Dexter Walters), Liam Loughlan, James Taylor. Subs not used: Jamie Hanson, Aaron Cole, Evan Garnett.


Coleshill: Tyrese Warmington, Dan Brookes, Gio Dainty, Harry Sweeney, Harry Craven, Taylor Carter-Byrne, Ben Usher-Shipway, Sam Tye, Daniel Gyasi (Alex McSkeane), Jack Concannon (Shaquille Leachman-Whittingham), Bassit Mandey (Ross Evans). Subs not used: Michael Taylor, Jack Hallahan.


MATCH REPORT
Taken from Long Eaton's Web Site
Long Eaton United suffered defeat at the Family Only Stadium as Daniel Gyasi and Taylor Carter-Byrne gave Coleshill Town all three points.

The Blues have now endured back-to-back defeats for the second time this season with the first time being at the beginning of the season against Worcester City and Corby Town.
We took the lead against the run of play, but from there, it was mostly all downhill.
Tristan Thompson Matthews gave us the lead before the half hour mark, and we entered the break 1-0 up.
But that break gave the Colemen time to recoup as they came out and scored two goals ten minutes after the restart.
Just like Racing Club Warwick, it was a second half full of us pressing heavily for an equaliser whilst defending the long balls over the top.

The game started quickly for the visitors as a relapse in concentration saw Bucci give the ball away to Sam Tye in the seventh minute. However, fortunately for Bucci, King saved him from embarrassment as he done what he does best and stayed big to deny the forward.
There was not much action in the first half as we had half chances throughout and Coleshill were pumping the ball forward hoping to catch out backline out.
We did eventually take the lead in the 26th minute though. Campbell-Gordon crossed the ball into the box and it was met by Thompson Matthews who took a shot but watched it be blocked. He followed the ball as it trickled closer to the goal and he took his chance once again as this time the shot rolled under the goalkeeper and found the net.
We went into the break 1-0 up and we looked in a good position, but upon reentering the pitch from the break, it was clear the visitors were not leaving empty handed.
Just three minutes after the restart, a long throw from the left side of the pitch entered our box and bounced around off of the players until it arrived at Coleshill’s Gyasi’s feet who poked it past King from close range.
Having just equalized, the visitors were full of confidence, and it showed as in the 53rd minute they had the lead with another long throw. A ball in from the right side this time found the head of Carter-Byrne and it flew towards the far post. King could not react quickly enough as it sat in the inside netting.
35 minutes of heavy press from us followed but our opposition did not give in as they defended well and only attacked us through long balls and stray passes.
We had a great chance in the 64th minute as Campbell-Gordon’s long throw found Wright at the back post. He was denied by Tyrese Warmington with the ball falling to Loughlan at the edge of the box, he hit it also, but it flew over the bar.
Our final chance of the game came in the dying minutes with a shot flying just wide of the post following a corner into the box. It just was not meant to be.