Report: Hyde United 1-4 Warrington Town

Warrington Town ended their 13-month run without an away league win in emphatic style as they beat Hyde United 4-1.

They got off to a dream start when striker Max Thompson got on the end of Niall Watson’s cross inside two minutes, the first time the Yellows had scored a goal in the first five minutes of a match since August 2024.

It was, however, cancelled out on seven minutes when a tackle by Jack Doyle halted the diagonal run of Jack Redshaw, who was subsequently forced off injured, but the ball fell nicely for Antoine Makoli to clinically steer home a shot from 16 yards.

Ethan Kershaw forced a save from Liam Isherwood, tipping over his crossbar, as Hyde had more of the ball, but the Yellows were still forcing corners at the other end, and they re-took the lead through one.

Jack Doyle’s left-footed delivery from the right was headed past debutant goalkeeper Blake Wolsoncroft by his own man Max Harrop.

Harrop tried to atone for his error, creating space for Makoli to fire over the bar, and then a corner from Harrop was allowed to bounce in the box and Lewis Rawsthorn headed it on to the roof of the net.

A deflected shot by Harrop shortly before half-time wrong-footed Isherwood, who watched it wide.

But the Yellows dealt Hyde a killer blow in first-half injury time, a brilliant run by Watson leaving Will Hall for dead and he surged along the left and then the byline to pull back for Thompson to make it three goals in two games.

The Yellows lost Chris Doyle through injury at half-time, meaning a debut for Harry Flowers at the back, and he was soon in the thick of the action as Hyde came out lively at the start of the second half.

Isherwood made a fine save to tip wide from Jordan Scanlon, before another deflected Harrop’s shot landed just wide.

The ‘keeper was then alert to deny Ben Kershaw’s pull back, but he could do nothing about Rawsthorn’s looping header from Harry Ditchfield’s ball forward, which dropped wide of the post.

Having been on the back foot for much of the second half, the Yellows hit Hyde on the counter-attack on 63 minutes, Reece Daly releasing Watson through the middle and he held off his man and steered the ball home left-footed.

That left too much for the home side to do and the damage could have been worse, when Jayden Lloyd, playing against his brother Kieran, saw a shot come off the outside of the post.

It was the first time the Yellows had tasted victory away from home in a league match since beating Radcliffe 2-1 in October 2024.

Hyde United: Wolsoncroft, Ditchfield (Thompson), Lloyd, Kershaw, McMahon, Hall, Harrop (Duxbury), Fearnley, Rawsthorn, Redshaw (Scanlon), Makoli (Bell). Unused sub: Jones-Griffiths.

Warrington Town: Isherwood, Melhado, J Doyle, Gumbs, C Doyle (Flowers), Vela, Brazier (Gabidon), Harris, Thompson (Waters), Daly (Lloyd), Watson (Isong).

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