Colwyn Bay miss chances in 1-1 draw

COLWYN BAY failed to capitalise on their second half chances after wrestling the initiative away from Woodley Sports on banj holiday Monday, and had to settle for a 1-1 scoreline in a second drawn game over the bank holiday weekend.
The Stockport side were much sharper in midfield in the first half and took the lead on 40 minutes when they broke free down on the right, and Gavin Salmon scored with a crisp finish after Danny Queeley had his shot blocked.
Colwyn Bay missed the industry and guile up front of Dean Canning, whose wife went into labour overnight, and from the only openings they created Matty Wood and Andy Moran finished poorly and Rob Hopley volleyed narrowly over the bar.
Colwyn Bay were better in the second half and were level after 53 minutes when Scott Lycett put in a strong run on the left and cut in along the by-line before pulling the ball back for Hopley to fire past Woodley keeper Ben Connett.
The Seagulls should have gone go on to win from there as Woodley hardly created a threat, but Andy Moran had a header cleared off the line, Tim Brandreth volleyed over the bar from six yards from a Steve Aspinall free kick, Aspinall had a shot tipped over the bar by Connett and Moran was put clear by Aspinall's pass only for Connett to save at his near post.
Woodley Sports conceded a flurry of free kicks around the edge of their area and had defender Clive Brown sent off for two yellow cards for fouls as the game went into added time, but Colwyn Bay couldn't make anything of the opportunities.
And in the end it needed an excellent point blank save by Matt Parry in the closing seconds to prevent Salmon stealing the points for the visitors.
Colwyn Bay remain unbeaten after three games, but assistant manager Paul Ogden was unhappy with the performance.
"We struggled to cope with their diamond formation in the first half and changed things at half-time, but after getting the goal back we didn't take the game on as we should have done.
" Playing a second game in three days, with a number of the players suffering from blisters after playing on Durham's artificial pitch last Saturday, clearly didn't help us, but we shouldn't use that as an excuse. The game was there to be won today and we didn't play well enough to take the opportunity, which was disappointing."
Colwyn Bay: Parry, Roberts, Lycett. Coverley, Brandreth, Aspinall, Frost (Hughes 74mins), Williams, Hopley, Moran (MacIntosh 77mins), Wood (Brown 50mins). Subs not used: O'Mahoney, Colulo.Attendance: 357.