Trafford 3-2 Dunston
Northern Premier League Division 1- North West
Saturday 28th September 2019
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester
formed in 1974. The borough covers 41 square miles covering the areas of Old
Trafford, Stretford, Urmston, Altrincham, Partington and Sale. The River Mersey
flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and
the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. (population of around
235,500) Trafford FC play in the village of Flixton, which is part of the
Urmston area, found 6 miles southwest of Manchester city centre.
The club formed as North Trafford in 1990, joining the
Mid-Cheshire League Division Two and winning promotion to Division One in their
debut season. The club adopting their current name in 1994.
Mid Cheshire League 1990-1992.
North West Counties League 1992-1997, 2003-2008
Division 2 runners-up 1993-94
Division 1 champions 1996-97, 2007-08
Northern Premier League D1 1997-2003 2008-present
The North played two seasons at Step 3 in the NPL
Premier Division after winning the Division 1 North play-offs in 2012-13
Home Estates Shawe View
Pennybridge Lane
Flixton
Manchester
M41 5DL
Current NPL grounds visited 39/62 Div 1 NW 14/20
The ground has a seated stand on each side. The main
stand has a built in press box with the changing rooms at the back. On the
opposite side, the stand has three rows of seats with standing room at the
rear. There is a covered enclosure behind one of the goals with the rest of the
ground open with grass banking areas.
Trafford(14th) 3 (O"Brien 14 Salmon 78,81pen) Red
card:Schofield 75
Dunston(17th) 2(Heslop 43 Halliday 57) Red card: Hall
75
Bet Victor Northern Premier League - Div.1 North West
Division MD 9v6
Att.223
Admission £8
Pin badge £3.50
Coffee £1
Steak pie £2
Trafford came from behind to claim the points with just over ten minutes remaining. They took an early lead when Keil O'Brien poked
home from close range, but Dunston drew level when an Elliott corner was headed
home by Heslop at the far post just before the interval.
The visitors took the lead when the home defence
failed to clear their lines with Daniel Halliday taking advantage to make it
1-2. The match turned after a double sending off in the 75th minute with a
straight red for a late tackle by Trafford's Tom Schofield and a dismissal for
Dunston's Tom Hall for his angry reaction.
The home team seemed to cope better with the
ten-a-side with Lewis Salmon getting on the end of a lovely left wing cross to
equalise, then moments later he was shoved over in the box before getting up
and slotting home his second from the penalty spot, to give his team the 3-2
win.
Departed on players/committee/supporters coach from
UTS Stadium at 0930. Stopped off at Hartshead Moor services for 45 minutes then
after negotiating the heavy traffic on the M60 we arrived at Shawe View at
1.40pm. The later than planned arrival didn't stop my Urmston pub crawl,
supping in the Tim Bobbins JDW and the GBG listed Lord Nelson, Prairie Schooner
and keeping the nearby Flixton Conservative Club for after the game.
It was good to travel away with Dunston again,
promotion to the Northern Premier League means I can get to some new grounds
instead of having to rely on the FA Vase for a tick. So apart from the result
it was a good day out at a very friendly football club.
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