Appleton strike makes it 3 wins in a row for Heys in win at Glossop NE

A strike early in the second half from Bryson Appleton was enough to give in form Prestwich Heys a 2-1 win at the Asgard Engineering Stadium home of Glossop North End on Tuesday night.

Heys came into this one looking for a third consecutive league win following a 3-0 at home to South Liverpool on Saturday while Glossop were looking to build on a 2-1 win against Litherland last time out after a poor start to the season.

It was a tight start to the game with Bryson Appleton first to show on twelve minutes shooting from the right but former Heys keeper Harry Allen got down to save.

Heys stated to put the pressure on and were rewarded on sixteen minutes, it was brilliant work by Appleton on the right who trapped and turned on the ball then spraying a pass on the left to Takura Sambizi whose cross from the byline found the in form striker Connor Martin running in at the far post to tap home to put the visitors 1-0 up.

Prestwich had to make an early substitution on twenty nine minutes when full back Joe Camozzi departed with a hamstring injury replaced by Dre Taylor.

Glossop tried to respond as another former Heys player Dylan Fitzgerald fired wide shortly after but it was the visitors with the upper hand winning all the 50/50 challenges with Appleton and Sambizi busy down the flanks knocking crosses in but the home defence were managing to clear.

Sambizi was at it again for Heys driving a shot bottom right saved by Allen and Dre Taylor firing wide of the far post just after.

As dominant as Heys were though it was Glossop who equalised on the stroke of half time a corner on the right was headed back towards goal by Ethan Sutcliffe the ball deflected off a defender and past Heys keeper Austyn Hall for 1-1 which few saw coming.

So, it was all square at the break and one felt if Heys could keep up the pressure more rewards would come and so it did in the forty ninth minute, the move started with goalkeeper Hall with a goal kick finding midfielder Luke Byron who found Appleton on the right who cut inside and fired past Allen from twelve yards to put Heys 2-1 up.

The hosts tried to get back into it on fifty-nine minutes Josh Lowe floated a cross in that was dropped by Heys keeper Hall before it was cleared by the Heys defence.

Prestwich should have been further in front on seventy one minutes substitute Alfie Belcher shooting from eight yards deflected back out to Appleton who's shot was blocked and finally Rob Worrall fired over from twelve yards.

Substitute Mo Doro was getting in on the act firing over the bar and another big chance on eighty four minutes Doro finding Martin who's shot was cleared off the line, a lucky escape for Glossop.

Fitzgerald had a penalty shout for Glossop shortly after but referee Hugh Fish rightly waved play on as the visitors continued to press Doro going clean through in injury time but Allen came out to block and this was the final action of the evening.

Another good win then for Prestwich Heys who were largely in control throughout and had the upper hand against this struggling Glossop side, a third win in a row and an encouraging performance as they push their way up the league table to 15th with ten league games now completed.