Non-League: Radcliffe Borough 4, Cammell Laird 1

Sep 17 2007 by Paul McLoughlin, Liverpool Daily Post

CAMMELL LAIRD returned down the M62 licking their wounds after being turfed out of the FA Cup by UniBond Premier basement club Radcliffe Borough.

The home side who, due to lack of players could only name two substitutes instead of the permitted five, threw the form book out of the window by storming to a three-goal lead after just 20 minutes.

Andy Wayne nodded in a cross which just eluded Lairds’ custodian Leon Bimpson after six minutes and doubled his tally with a simple tap-in 10 minutes later.

Lairds woe was compounded three minutes later when Scott Wilson curved the ball under Bimpson.

The Birkenhead men’s hopes were raised just before the break when Boro keeper Tim Dittmer saw red for bringing down Alex Hay who was clear on goal. Joey Gibiliru was alert to slot in the parried Anthony Sheehan penalty.

The second half saw Lairds throw everything at Boro. Chances came and went for Derek Ward, Hay, Ian Cooke and the busy Chris Nezianya, but the brick wall that Boro put up was too strong for Lairds.

The twist of the knife came when Michael Oates broke away for 10-man Boro and struck a fine shot into the top corner, leaving Lairds, as the cliche goes, to concentrate on promotion matters.

LAIRD: Bimpson, Sheehan, Lynch (c), Gibiliru, S. Jones, Collins (Nezianya), Jebb, G.Jones (Ward), Cooke, Hay, Adamson (Corrigan)