Shirebrook hit for six by league leaders
Shirebrook Town slipped to a heavy 6-1 defeat at leaders Retford FC.
And as the game got underway Shirebrook couldn’t have made a worse start as they fell behind in just the 5th minute when Ahmed Taher initial shot was blocked by a combination of Ross Henshaw and Liam Cameron. but the rebound fell to Iren Willson who smashed the ball past Harrison Kissane into the bottom corner.
And no sooner had Retford taken the lead they doubled it in the 13th minute when Iren Willson played through Jacob Priestnall who smashed the ball across Kissane into the corner.
After facing an early onslaught from the home side in the opening 15 minutes Shirebrook began to cause the Retford a few problems as Cole Jarvis saw a shot go wide of the post and Oliver Monington saw a shot saved,
But in the 32nd minute Retford added another goal when Sennett Neilson corner found the head of Liam Bennett who headed into the net.
A minute later things would go from bad to worse for Shirebrook as they were reduced to 10 men when Liam Cameron was given a straight red for a tackle on Jesse Omoregbee and the 10 men of Shirebrook would concede another goal in the 39th minute when Ahmed Taher tapped in from close range to get his second goal of the game and round off a dominate half for the home side.
Shirebrook main objective for the second half was to try and limit any further damage to the score line and if they could try to get a goal back and they made a bright start to the half with Kian Tansley firing over the bar.
Sub Lewis Deavin almost made an instant impact having only been on the pitch a matter of minutes he saw a shot saved by Callum Fielding and the rebound almost fell to Tom McNally, but he was unable to get a foot on the ball as Retford cleared the ball away.
Retford were soon back on top with Harrison Kissane being kept very busy in the Shirebrook goal as Ahmed Taher went close to completing his hattrick while Danny Patterson, Aaron Sennett Neilson and Iren Wilson all had chances for the home side.
Just when it looked like Shirebrook were going to get away with any more damage to the scoreline Retford got their 5th goal of the afternoon in the 80th minute when a cross from the right found Scott Boden who tapped in from close range.
In the first minute of injury time Retford got their 6th goal of the afternoon when the ball was cut back to Rory Coleman on the edge of the box and he fired into the bottom corner.
It would be Shirebrook who had the last word on the game when in the 3rd minute of added time they were awarded a penalty after Tom McNally was brought down Kian Tansley took the penalty and sent Callum Fielding the wrong way to wipe out the Retford clean sheet and give the travelling fans something to cheer.