by John Hopkins
THE curtain came down on Warrington Rylands’ season with a narrow 1-0 play-off defeat at Marine.
After a goaless first-half the home side broke the deadlock through Sol Soloman and held on to the final whistle despite plenty of endeavour from the visitors infront of a 1,778 crowd, with the travelling fans remaining vocal after the final whistle.
The first half was an end to end affair with Marine having more of the possession but unable to penetrate The Blue’s solid defence.
Warrington Rylands had their chances but too many miss-passes kept the score at 0-0 when the referee blew for half time.
Warrington came back out full of energy making two shots at goal in the first few minutes, but then the home side took the ball to the other end of the pitch, pulled the ball back from the goal line where Sol Solomon tapped it in for a 39th minute goal.
Marine began putting on the pressure and the away side could only make wild clearances.
With just 15 minutes on the clock the supporters accused Clive Smith of time wasting when he removed his vest before taking a throw; now it was the home side who took every opportunity to run the clock down.
Warrington Rylands still made chances but just failed at the final hurdle.
The final will now take place at Macclesfield on Bank Holiday Monday. Macclesfield beat Worksop 3-1 and take the home advantage.
Picture John Hopkins
FULL TIME MARINE 1-0 WARRINGTON RYLANDS
But what a season it was and what a set of fans that turned up to the Marine Arena, who haven’t stopped singing since the final whistle ⚽️🔵#CommunityClub #WeAreRylands #OneClub #OneCommunity pic.twitter.com/pVWNYHRvQQ
— Warrington Rylands FC (@RylandsFC) April 30, 2024
‘Today’s a sad day but it’s an absolute positive to have been here’
The Directors of Warrington Rylands give the fans a message after our defeat to Marine in the Play Off Semi Final.
Full Interview on our Youtube 👉 https://t.co/79TF2aSZs6 pic.twitter.com/6VAlNwuIvb
— Warrington Rylands FC (@RylandsFC) April 30, 2024
