Toolstation NCEL Division One
Selby Town 1-2 Yorkshire Amateur
Lewis Pickering gets dived upon after scoring the winning goal for Yorkshire Amateur at Selby Town. Picture: Simon Hall
Seventeen-year-old Lewis Pickering struck a dramatic 94th minute winner for Yorkshire Amateur to deny brave Selby Town a point.
Ever-improving Selby had given everything in the contest and even took the lead through Charlie Clamp’s 80th minute penalty.
However, Danny Naidole equalised pretty much straightaway and ambitious Ammers went onto do what Selby did to Rossington four days earlier.
Although they will be disappointed to lose, Selby have to look on the brighter side of life. Christian Fox is clearly doing a good job, despite taking over in May and having to completely rebuild the whole playing squad.
With signings like goalkeeper Paul Hagreen and young striker Casey Stewart, Selby mean business and the latter hit the crossbar in the first half.
Selby came strong in the last 20 minutes. Clamp hit the crossbar, while Brett Lucas saw his goal-bound header palmed clear.
Clamp provided the breakthrough, but the Ammers staged a dramatic finale to take all three points.
Just shows Ammers are also giving the development youngsters a chance in the first team well done everyone
Very good performance from Selby up until the goal. They lost their heads a little. Not helped by the substitutions, which seemed to take something away from the team. There is plenty to be optimistic about.
At the risk of sounding petty, we cannot hope to progress playing Brett Lucas up front in his present condition. He is practically immobile. It is a daunting challenge for him to get more than three inches in the air when contesting a high ball.
Sadly it takes away from the positivity from the performance.