Saturday March 2 2024 · Division One
It had been two weeks since Gedling had last played after postponements and faced St Andrews for the first time this season.
It was the visitors who started brighter as on 8 minutes Josh Mitchell made a smart save following some neat build up play from Leicester St Andrews and Gedling didn’t really create much in a scrappy first 45 with their best chance coming on 34 minutes when Muta Eisa picked out Jack Vipond on the edge of the box but his effort was straight at the visitors keeper.
On 38 minutes Mitchell again was called into action after the visitors captain Tom Hill hit a free kick from 20 yards that looked to be in the top corner but Mitchell produced a cracking save to keep the score 0-0 heading into half time.
Gedling came out much the better of the two sides in the second half and on 52 minutes they took the lead with a superb team goal, Buba Ceesay won back possession in his own half and he picked out Eisa who dropped it back to Josh Thornton who then played a cracking lofted pass into Kieran Harrison who rounded the keeper and at a angle put it into the bottom right corner for his 28th of the season.
The Miners were controlling the second half with them looking threating going forward and on 72 minutes they doubled their lead, Harrison and Eisa combined down the right and it fell to Gian Ciaurro who cut inside of his man and whipped a left footed effort into the bottom left corner from 18 yards for his 7th of the season.
However, the visitors were looking to salvage something and on 84 minutes they almost had one back as it fell to Brandon Hands who was only 4 yards out but Ceesay produced a heroic block and Gedling then cleared their lines.
Man of the Match Mitchell ensured he got the clean sheet he deserved with a cracking low save in stoppage time and the Miners ran out 2-0 winners
Gedling Team: Josh Mitchell, Ferdinand Bartley (Solomon Godwin 58’), Buba Ceesay, Ross McCaughey, Steven Brett (Semilore Kassim 82’), Daniel Momah, Felix Hogg (Gian Ciaurro 67’), Josh Thornton ©, Muta Eisa (Josh Lawe 74’), Kieran Harrison, Jack Vipond (Jack Jepson 74’)
Gedling MOM: Josh Mitchell
