A youthful Farsley Celtic side suffered a 6-0 home defeat against playoff hopefuls Kidderminster Harriers.
The Celts, who have not played a game in Farsley this season due to delayed work installing a new 4G pitch, again saw nine young players from its emerging talent squad (ETS) in yesterday’s match day squad, which had an average age of just 19.
The game was again played at Buxton FC’s Silverlands stadium and it was the full-time outfit which took the game by the scruff of the neck.
Braces from Amari Morgan-Smith and Ashley Hemmings, plus goals from Reiss McNally and Kamran Kandola ensured the full time professional visitors a comfortable victory.
It took the Harriers only three minutes to open the scoring as McNally was allowed a free header to score the opener from an early corner.
Their lead was doubled on six minutes as Morgan-Smith was played in to slot home past Nottingham Forest loanee Will Brook in the Farsley goal.
Phil Brown’s side grabbed their third on 17 minutes as Max Kouhyar delivered the ball in and Hemmings applied the finishing touch.
Kiddy had further chances to extend their lead with Kouhyar’s shot hitting the post, before Morgan-Smith was denied on the follow-up by Brook.
Harriers did add a fourth as Kouhyar slipped the ball to Morgan-Smith who dinked his shot over Brook to send them into the break well ahead.
Celts boss David Stockdale made a triple sub at the break but Kidderminster pressed home their dominance as they netted a fifth as Hemmings squeezed home a fifth from a narrow angle on 47 minutes.
Farsley looked more structured for most of the second half and limited the amount of chances afforded to the visitors but Kidderminster added their sixth and final goal on 75 minutes as sub Kondola swept home from the edge of the area.
The defeat is the cash-strapped Celts’ eighth in a row, and they have failed to score in the last five games. They remain without a win in 2025 and have launched a crowdfunding campaign which has so far raised more than £13,000 towards operating costs to help them reach the end of the season.
Farsley return to action on Saturday when they host South Shields (at Buxton).
Line up
Farsley Celtic: Brook, Bumhira, Janneh (Newsome 46), Abankwah, Sheridan, Morrisey, Priestley-Standing (Monteiro 46), Mampala (Edmondson 83), Kondolo, Iwobi (Youmbi 46) Krubally (Ameho 69).
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