Glossop North End 0 AFC Liverpool 0

A crowd of 243 watched a fairly lively but ultimately goal-less encounter at Surrey Street.

With AFC Liverpool rock bottom in the table and without a win so far this season, Glossop looked to get an early breakthrough as they piled forward early on. A low cross from the left byline narrowly missed everyone including the onrushing striker, there was a 1 on 1 with the keeper but the keeper got the block in, and a looping shot from the edge of the box that took a slight deflection landed on the top of the net.

With Glossop unable to make early opportunities pay, AFC Liverpool began to show a little confidence on the ball themselves, and in the 12th minute had their first opportunity, their player found himself in a bit of space on the edge of the box but his high shot flew just over the bar.

Glossop pushed forward again in the 14th minute and a low powerful shot towards the middle of the goal was well saved by the keeper who somehow managed to deflect it upwards and over the bar with his reaction save. From the corner a header to the left corner of the net was blocked by a defender.

In the 19th minute an AFC Liverpool effort from 25 yards out intended for the top right hand corner went just wide. It had been a fairly busy opening to the half that unfortunately didn't last, as for the rest of the half the teams cancelled each other out. Glossop were looking marginally the better side and were getting a lot of crosses in but with little joy. AFC Liverpool could've made something from a 26th minute free kick from just outside the penalty area, but the finish was one that would've been a good rugby conversion - smashed way over the bar. Half time 0-0.

The 2nd half was much more entertaining and chances came right from the start - in the 46th min AFC Liverpool's striker was put through on goal but hit the bar with his effort. Glossop responded with a big chance of their own in the 49th minute, a downward header from a cross was cleared off the line. They had another chance from a header in the penalty area in the 57th minute but this was put over the bar and wasted.

AFC Liverpool fans and players wanted a penalty in the 60th minute as their player took the ball past the keeper and fell over the keeper. The ball was on it's way out for a goal kick though so the shouts were ignored.

Glossop had a spell of dominance for the following 15 minutes, starting with in the 61st minute a low shot towards the left corner was saved. A minute later from a looping cross from the right a header came back off the bar.

Next in the 67th minute a Glossop shot from the edge of a crowded penalty area deflected off one of the bodies, the deflection sending it over the bar. And then in the 72nd minute, one of their subs was set up on the edge of the 6 yard, a massive chance from close range but his shot was weak and saved. He tried to make amends a minute later by this time turning provider for a similar chance, but the player he set up was under pressure from a defender and as a result could only scuff his effort and the keeper gathered.

AFC Liverpool hadn't given up getting a goal themselves though, and having weathered that spell of pressure they had a 75th minute header towards the left corner cleared for a corner by a defender. From this corner the ball pinballed around before being struck from the edge of the penalty area but sailing over the bar.

In the 80th minute a Glossop player got the ball and cut inside from the left edge of the penalty area, then he attempted to curl it into the top right corner but sent it wide instead.

With both teams now attempting to get a late winner, AFC Liverpool almost did just that in the 88th minute, a cross from the left was well headed towards the top right corner, and only a brilliant reaction save from Glossop's keeper stopped this from going in.

Glossop had a couple of late corners in time added on, and in the 92nd minute from one of these they had a close range header... over the bar. 0-0 it was but an end to end finish, and aside from the last 20 minutes of the first half this was a pretty entertaining match that deserved a few goals really. Glossop fans seemed fairly disappointed, this result sees them slip down the table to 7th, whilst AFC Liverpool fans applauded their team off - they're still winless and bottom of the table, but maybe not for long on this evidence.