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The Highwaymen had another taste of the awayday blues as they lost 2-1 at Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday evening writes Sam Donovan.
Two goals 7 minutes either side of the hour mark won the game for the Holy Blues. Toby Gould opened the scoring on 53 minutes netting via the aid of the near post. Bradey Grayson doubled the lead on 67 minutes capitalising on an error before Jack Foalle netted an 80th minute consolation.
The first chance of the game arrived on 9 minutes when a free kick was clipped into the penalty area and Callum Morris came close to flicking the ball in but he couldn’t get a telling touch on it and it was smuggled behind.
The home side responded and they had a chance on 22 minutes to open the scoring. A quick free kick released Nyle Blake who cut the ball back to Bradley Grayson but he scuffed his effort and the Highwaymen were able to clear.
Morpeth continued to look the better side and on 34 minutes, Sean Taylor went for a goal of the season contender as he pinged a free kick from a yard inside the Gainsborough half but the backtracking Matt Yates managed to tip it over the bar.
Just prior to the interval, Liam Noble broke clear and delivered a low ball into the area and despite Carl Finnigan busting a gut to make the back post, he wasn’t able to get a touch.
Morpeth began the second half well and fashioned the first opportunity of the half as Morris sends a diving header wide from another Liam Noble set piece.
Trinity responded with their own set piece and Toby Gould glanced a header over the bar from a corner.
Gainsborough took the lead on 53 minutes, a long clearance downfield caught out Morpeth and allowed Blake to gallop clear, his ball inside found Gould who finished via the post from 12 yards.
The lead was doubled on 67 minutes as the Holy Blues took advantage of a defensive error and the ball broke kindly for Bradley Grayson who tapped the ball home.
The Highwaymen were given a lifeline on 80 minutes as Connor Oliver crossed the ball into the area and Jack Foalle on as a substitute, chested the ball down and drilled it into the bottom corner.
Despite pressing for an equaliser in the remaining time, the Highwaymen were unable to fashion a deserved goal. The closes they came was through Noble who fizzed an effort inches wide of the top corner in added time.
Morpeth are back at Craik Park on Saturday when they entertain Witton Albion on Saturday. Tickets are available online and can be bought with cash on the gate.
Gainsborough Trinity: Yates, Wilson, Rice (Butroid, 71’), Cann, Jemson, Minkley (c), Hornshaw, Waldock (Bishop, 79’), Grayson (Wollerton, 67’), Gould, Blake
Subs not Used: Keane, Rangel
Goals: Gould 53’, Grayson 66’
Morpeth Town: Lowson, Donaldson (Walton 80’), Turner, Phillips (c), J. Henderson, Morris, Taylor (Johnson, 85’), Oliver, Finnigan (Foalle, 63’), Noble, Ramsey.
Subs not Used: Sayer, Reid.
Goals: Foalle 80’
