Kendal H report

A battling performance from an Albion side that looked low in confidence after their recent run of bad results saw them unlucky to come out of this match without any points. They started well and created some good chances before Kendal took the lead with a very fortunate shot/cross which seemed to be going well over the top but somehow dropped into the Albion net.

In spite of this set-back, Albion picked themselves up and continued to play some good football and created more good chances. Some of these seemed to be easier to score than to miss, but miss them the Albion players did and so they went in at the interval a goal down.

The second half carried on in much the same way with Albion desperately trying to find a way back into the game. Twenty minutes from time Kendal were reduced to 10 men when one of their players saw fit to verbally abuse the referee's assistant and was deservedly sent off.

Albion continued to press but were unable to make their advantage pay. As the match neared the end Albion committed more and more players into the attack leaving gaps at the back, and this was exploited when Lee Ashcroft scored a second goal for Kendal. Albion still didn't give up and finally got a last minute consolation goal from Mark Townsend who never stopped running all afternoon. Unfortunately it came too late to make any difference to the result. Good performances for Albion also came from Dominic Riordan, Nick Handley and David Syers.

Team : Clark, Mackay, Wright (S.Hazelden), Senior, Handley, D. Riordan, Townsend, Keir (Kenefick),
Shaw, Syers, Edwards