Josh Greening celebrates his goal for Tadcaster at Athersley. Picture: Ian Parker
Tadcaster Albion got back to winning ways in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division in style with an outstanding 5-0 victory away at Athersley Recreation.
Josh Greening opened the scoring after just five minutes and the first half was drawn to a close with an incredible goal by George Conway. Taddy grew even stronger in the second half and made it five for the night thanks to goals from Liam Ormsby, Adam Baker and Nick Black.
Boss Billy Miller named an unchanged starting eleven to the side that won at Hebburn Town in the FA Cup, although Baker and Danny Stimpson returned to the bench and were also joined by new signing Dan Clayton.
It was a miserable rainy night in Barnsley however it didn’t take long for Taddy to be celebrating, just five minutes in to be precise. A ball into the box was aimed at Black who got something on it with his inhumane abilities to get as high in the air as he does and in the end it dropped nicely to Greening who stroked the ball past the goalkeeper with ease.
It could have easily been 2-0 a couple minutes later as the Scarborough lads combined; Jimmy Beadle played a clever ball in behind for Greening to latch onto however his shot went over the mark.
The away side were completely dominating the match; the back four never looked like being in any sort of danger with the communication and leadership of Andy Milne and Matt Heath, the midfield were controlling the encounter with Ormsby always available in the center receiving it and popping it off calmly and patiently to then find the creators and let them do their thing which they were doing and Black, Greening, Barrett and Conway looked ever so strong in the final third.
When Athersley did get the slight bit of room to get a shot away Andy Milne was there in time to put in a terrific block tackle.
The home side were battling well to hold on to just the one goal conceded but the Brewers came close again in the 42nd minute as Beadle drove up the pitch, played a one-two with Black and fired one of his trademark long range strikes however this time it was right at the goalkeeper so was comfortably beaten away.
However, Taddy did double their lead right on the stroke of half-time and what an incredible goal it was.
A ball in behind the Recreation defence looked like it was going to cause no danger whatsoever until Nick Black turned on the turbo and bust a gut to make it and as the goalkeeper came out of his area hoping the ball would trickle into the area before Black reached it, this didn’t happen and it wasn’t going to make it.
Therefore the Athersley goalkeeper Richard Watson had to hurry his clearance which only managed to reach Conway who from 40+ yards out struck it on the half volley with his laces into the back of the net with the keeper not making it back in time.
Into the second half and you could only see one outcome happening, more goals were going to come for the Brewers and they certainly did.
They came close to netting a third thirteen minutes into the half as Paddy Miller’s whipped free-kick was fired into the perfect area of uncertainty and an Athersley defender swung a leg at it and sliced it a matter of inches over the crossbar.
The rain started to heavily come down and the opportunities for the away side were flooding through.
With 16 minutes left on the clock Taddy did get their third and it was from the penalty spot once again. Beadle’s stinging shot was too powerful to handle and Black pounced on the loose ball and was incidentally brought down by the Athersley stopper.
Ormsby stepped up and scored his fourth penalty in four games.
Just four minutes later came goal number four as Black who impressed once again burst down the left hand side, checked back, picked his head up and intelligently rolled the ball back to substitute Baker who was waiting on the edge of the box and confidently side footed the ball into the top corner.
The match was obviously over now and massive gaps started to appear in the Athersley back-line with more men pushing forward and this lead to Taddy scoring their fifth and final goal of the evening.
Baker then turned provider as his beautifully weighted pass saw Black spring the offside trap and race clean through on goal and he never looked like missing as the striker calmly rolled the ball round the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to round off a fabulous night for Tadcaster.
Tadcaster Albion: Stevens, Armstrong, Miller, Milne, Heath (captain), Ormsby, Barrett (Baker 69), Conway, Black, Beadle (Claisse 79), Greening (Clayton 77). Subs unused: Stimpson, Bissett.
Thanks to Jay Taylor from Tadcaster for this report.