All change at Marske

By Mark Hathaway

It has been all change at Marske United since the last edition of Coastal View with manager Curtis Woodhouse relieved of his duties, which saw the return of Carl Jarrett to the dugout alongside Ian Clark, Dave McTiernan and Nick Ward. Woodhouse’s last game as Marske United manager would actually result in an excellent 2-1 away win at Nantwich, one of Marske’s longest journeys of the season, and one they had to make on a Tuesday night, and did so with only two substitutes. Marske took the lead just before the half hour mark thanks to a close range header from Jake Day and doubled their lead on 37 minutes with a fine finish from Donald Chimalilo. The home side got a goal back on 84 minutes thanks to Steven Hewitt, which lead to a nervy last few minutes, but Marske held on for a deserved win. Jarrett’s first game as the returning Marske manager saw Warrington Town visit Mount Pleasant. In front of another healthy 500+ crowd, it was the away side who took the lead on 31 minutes thanks to a strike from the edge of the box from Bohan Dixon, which keeper Oli Swan probably should have kept out. Marske equalised 7 minutes later thanks to talisman striker Adam Boyes and the game looked destined for a draw until

Declan Walker curled home a lovely free kick with 7 minutes remaining. The games were coming thick and fast with Marske making the crosscountry visit to Lancaster City the following Tuesday. Unfortunately, Marske gave themselves a mountain to climb by conceding twice in the opening 25 minutes, thanks to a towering back post header from Rudy Misambo and a simple finish from Niall Cowperthwaite, after Swan dropped a routine free kick. Marske had numerous chances to get back into the game but couldn’t find the net as another game slipped by in the hunt to get out of the bottom four.

March started with League leaders South Shields making the short trip south. After matching them for the opening 30 minutes, Marske went 1-0 down on 34 minutes thanks to a neat finish from Darius Osei. It was 2-0, and pretty much game over, on 42 minutes, when Mackenzie Heaney saw Swan off his line and lifted the ball over him from fully 45 minutes. Marske conceded twice more in the second half as Shields eased to victory and edged closer to a deserved promotion. The following Tuesday saw Morpeth, also struggling at the wrong end of the table, make the visit to Mount Pleasant. Marske led just before half time thanks to a well placed header from Kev Burgess and made it 2-0 just