Forbes Strikes Again Gorleston 0 (0) - 1 (0) Great Yarmouth Town Saturday 19th November 2013 FA Vase - 1st Round Att. 214 An 88th minute winner from Mitch Forbes secured Great Yarmouth Town’s place in the second round of the FA Vase away at local rivals Gorleston. The frontman coolly chipped home from 18 yards after Greens keeper Elliot Pride parried the striker’s original long range effort. The result owed a lot to Bloaters keeper Danny Cable who was called upon to make numerous saves throughout the match, including a reaction stop low to his right to keep Nathan Stone’s pinpoint header out. And it was a man-of-thematch performance that manager Mike Derbyshire believes the stopper can be proud of. “We know how good Danny is. We originally brought him in early last season but he got injured. Since he’s come back he’s been fantastic, he just seems to get stronger with every game. “He had to stay focused for ninety-plus minutes; he did that and add to the bargain he pulled off some tremendous saves. “If you can come away from a game having kept Christy Finch, Nathan Stone and Bradley Hough quiet, or in terms of not letting them score anyway, then you’ve © Gt Yarmouth Town FC
drive from 30 yards that was heading into the top corner on eight minutes after Yarmouth struggled to clear a corner. A good exchange of passes allowed Hough to cross low to Sandford at the near post, but the midfielder poked wide from a yard while a minute later Sandford again tested Cable with a low strike after latching onto Hough’s square ball but the keeper was equal to the effort. Captain Andy Howell had a volley from a corner blocked on the line by Jordan Forbes while at the other end winger Leighton Crux fired over from Callum Jones’ lofted through ball. The hosts thought they had broken the deadlock on 36 minutes as Nathan Stone headed Carl Poppy’s corner into the path of Hough who blasted into the roof of the net from a yard but referee had already blown for a foul.
When Cable was beaten, his defence came to the rescue as Ady Ager cleared Christy Finch’s parried effort while minutes later another low Bloaters Man-Of-The-Match Danny strike from Finch slipped Cabel In Action under Cable towards the goalline, where left-back done your job haven’t you. And Robin Andersen cleared while he’s done his job today. under pressure from Bradley Hough. “I think he can be very, very proud of himself – certainly we’re all Seconds before the half time a proud of him.” good exchange of passes from Callum Jones and Leighton Crux Cable’s acrobatics were first called allowed the latter to find Mitch upon to keep out Chris Sandford’s Page 8