Toolstation NCEL Division One
Selby Town 5-1 East Yorkshire Carnegie
Sam Cable and Carl Stewart were key protagonists in Selby’s second half onslaught against East Yorkshire Carnegie. Picture: Dave Haddock
Sam Cable and Carl Stewart scored twice as Selby Town produced a marvellous spectacle of football to defeat former manager Leon Sewell’s East Yorkshire Carnegie.
Fireworks were going off right, left and centre as jubilant Selby fans left the ground. However, earlier, their heroes had been showcasing their football equivalent of Catherine Wheels.
For the hour though it was close encounter and Carnegie found themselves unlucky to be behind. It was only then when Selby mounted an unstoppable and brutal onslaught.
Sewell’s troops had silenced the noisy home support in the eighth-minute after Lewis Sarel’s stunning 25-yard strike.
Sewell, the ex-Westella boss who was in charge of Selby for nine games in 2011, then watched his side hold their own for the next 20 minutes when the game dramatically swung the Robins’ way.
Firstly Jordan Snodin played a wonderful, defence splitting, pass into the path of the onrushing Cable. He didn’t need asking twice to fire the ball past the goalkeeper.
Almost immediately Chris Bilton’s legs were taken away from him. The only issue was, whether he was in the box, and the referee had no hesitation in giving a spot kick. For the second time this week, Stewart stepped up, and calmly waited till the goalkeeper committed, before placing the ball into the opposite side of the net.
Stewart should have then made it and the miss gave Carnegie hope and for the opening 20 minutes of the second half, Pete Lawrie kept Selby ahead after making several brilliant saves.
The Robins rode the storm and helped by the fact Carnegie fell apart at the back, Selby blew their visitors away. A rampage is one way of putting it.
Magic man Joe Dale was a key protagonist in the onslaught. He and others had the pace, power and skill to bulldoze Carnegie’s defence and ultimately deliver three more goals.
Dale’s corner led to Ryan Gothard scoring with a booming header for the third. Dale then dazzled Carnegie’s defence with great trickery before a playing a killer pass to Stewart, who scored with ease.
Stewart soon turned provider as he presented Cable with a chance that he was never going to waste.
Selby had more chances and more goals could have easily been scored, but six or seven would have been harsh on Carnegie.