| Keeper conundrum for Bala boss Caton |
| Thursday 26 January 2012 |
 BALA Town are hoping to solve a goalkeeping conundrum ahead of this Saturday’s Welsh Cup fourth round tie at Buckley Town. Regular gloveman Terry McCormick is suspended and substitute keeper Mark Pullman is unavailable due to injury. Pullman suffered a head injury during the early stages of last weekend’s League Cup loss at Airbus UK Broughton, while his replacement McCormick was red-carded less than 10 minutes later and is now banned for three games. "Mark’s okay, but obviously he was knocked out and we won’t be able to play his for 10-to-14 days,” said team boss Colin Caton to the Denbighshire Free Press. "Plan C is we’re trying to get a keeper in, We are hoping we will have someone before five o’clock on Friday. "We have got a reserve goalie we wouldn’t mind putting in if we want to. To add to Caton's problems, Ben Collins, Ian Sheridan and Mike Sharples are all cup-tied on Saturday, while wingman Steven Brown is also sidelined. But, despite these big absentees, Caton still believes that Bala are favourites to progress. "I think we are still the higher placed team and it’s a squad game," he added. "But it’s going to be difficult." Photo: Mark Connolly took over the goalkeeping duties at Airbus on Friday night. |