Owls XI held at Alfreton

A second string Wednesday line-up was held 1-1 at the Impact Arena against non-league outfit Alfreton Town. Notable inclusions in the line-up were young midfielder Lewis McMahon, rested towards the end of the game, striker Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu and out of favour midfielders Paul Smith and Craig Armstrong.

The match was a good opportunity for some of Wednesday's Academy players to show Assistant Manager Colin West what they were capable of. Young striker Andrew Talbot did just that in the 9th minute when he gave the Owls the lead.

Rob Poulter's 65th minute error was punished as home side's Mick Godber pounced to level the scores.

West was left satisfied with the effort put in by the players, even if the result wasn't as favourable.

Half-time: Alfreton 0-1 Owls

Colin West's post match comments...
"It wasn't a great performance but we were resilient. It was a battle when the game turned more physical in the second half as we had only three players with first team experience. It was a good ball into the box from Lewis McMahon which Andrew Talbot headed in for the goal. We were quite comfortable in the first half when they had no real shots on target."

"Alfreton changed their formation at half-time and bombarded us with balls into the box as we did with them in the first 20 minutes. I was disappointed with their equalising goal which put their tails up and Rob Poulter had to make two good saves afterwards, before the game petered out a bit."