FT RACA 0 JARROW 2 Attendance 301

RACA’s mini slump continued as they were comprehensively outplayed by a strong Jarrow side, Lutfur Karim bagging a first half brace in which his side were in complete control. Albion put up a much better fight in the second half but never looked really like recovering the situation, and have now gone three games without scoring.

RACA– Corkhill, Skivington, Dart, Salkeld, Driver, Hayton, Groves-Forbes, Anderson, Calvert, Bisset, Johnston. Substitutes- Whittaker, Craggs, Dodds, Emmerson

MATCH SUMMARY

On a glorious autumn afternoon RACA faced in form Jarrow watched by 301 spectators at a sun- kissed Oldhaulage Stadium, hoping to end the blip in form that has seen the goals dry up following the fine run that started in early September. Jarrow were on a fine run themselves, not losing a game in all competitions since August so this was always going to be a tough ask.

Defences and assistant referee’s offside flags scuppered any chances on goal in the opening minutes and it was RACA who created the first half chance when keeper Callum Corkhill launched a kick upfield on 15 minutes, the ball bouncing over the defence where Louis Calvert nipped past them but Jarrow keeper Jak Wells just beat him to the ball, punching it out but only as far as Joe Groves-Forbes who struck his shot cleanly but it met the head of Jarrow defender Luke Hudson & away the ball went to safety. Jarrow really should have scored on 18 minutes when a cross fell to the feet of Jay Barber but from three yards out he managed to blast his shot high over the bar. Albion responded on 20 minutes when Declan Bisset curled a dangerous looking free kick into the Jarrow box, but as has been frequently been the case of late, no-one was able to get a telling touch on the ball which ran out for a goal kick. The visitors showed how it should be done a minute later when a Barber corner was floated to the far post where Lutfur Karim outjumped everyone to head home and deservedly put his side ahead. Jarrow continued to press & on 31 minutes, Joe Bates found Kieron Beattie who broke away down the left before cutting in & trying to chip Corkhill but the Ryton keeper plucked the ball from out of the air. Beattie was instrumental in Jarrow’s second goal on 33 minutes when he laid the ball to Karim who cleverly side footed the ball past two defenders & out of the reach of Corkhill to make it 2-0. It was role reversal minutes later when Karim found Beattie totally unmarked, & he bore down on goal but his shot while beating Corkhill this time crashed off the post. The 38^th minute saw another half chance for RACA when Callum Johnston laid off Louis Anderson whose shot while slightly off balance wasn’t too far wide. Corkhill was on hand to prevent a third Jarrpow goal with his defence left trailing the visiting forwards again, blocking a Bates shot with his legs to ensure the deficit remained at two goals,

HT RACA 0 Jarrow 2

After Albion being decidedly second best in the first half, the second half was a much more even affair, although Corkhill had to block another shot from Beattie in the 51^st minute with his feet when the Jarrow player had his customary run down the left flank & cut in, Overall the second period turned out to be a stalemate which obviously suited Jarrow more & while Ryton created a few chances, keeper Wells was to have an easy afternoon in the sun as the home strikers didn’t greatly trouble him. Jarrow weren’t offering much themselves either, Hogan tried to catch Corkhill out when he fired a 44^th minute free kick in his own half while everyone else was still taking up their positions but the Albion keeper was able to shepherd the ball wide. He was called into action again in stoppage time, this time denying Bates with his legs after the Jarrow number 9 took advantage of the Albion defence’s high line as they pushed up for a consolation goal. While not conceding any more goals after the interval, Ryton didn’t really look like scoring which will have the RACA management somewhat concerned. Jarrow meanwhile go 11 games without defeat in all competitions, a perfect preparation for their Vase tie at Ramsbottom United.

FT RACA 0 JARROW 2

Albion drop down to 9^th place and a glance at the records reveals haven’t picked up a single point against the sides in the top 7 places. Fortunately the next game is against a team in the lower reaches of the table against whom RACA have, not surprisingly, significantly better form, in the shape of Northern League newcomers Durham United currently sitting in 18^th place.

Saturday’s Other Division 2 Results

Billingham Synthonia 2 (Irvine, Healy) Yarm & Eaglescliffe 3 (Stewart-Titchiner, Atkinson, Williams)
Billingham Town 1 (Stares) Alnwick Town 4 (Clark 2, Hoggins 2)
Boldon CA 2 (Appleby, Gateshill ) Darlington Town 3 (MacMahon, Beauchamp 2)
Esh Winning 1 (Salim) Chester-le-Street Town 3 (Nelson, Munro, Robson)
FC Hartlepool 3 (Smith, Mcgee 2) Prudhoe YC Seniors 1 (Bickerton)
Newcastle University 1 (Redford) Park View 1 (Siyanbola)
Redcar Town 2 (Taylor, Garbutt) AFC Newbiggin 1 (Cooper)
Seaham Red Star 1 (Weirs) Durham United 2 (Kay 2)
Sunderland RCA 3 (Lukeman, Stanton, Thompson) Grangetown Boys Club 1 (Dixon)
Sunderland West End 2 (Hunter, Barker) Tow Law Town 1 (Adams)