Kent St. delivers two Thursday classics

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East Marsh Inter

 Everglaze  East 3 Marsh Inter 6  Toll Bar 4 Humberstone 4 (Friendly)  

Had this been just a league game there looked little to play for, East marsh had won league and Everglaze looked save on paper for second position.  The fact that it doubled as a Cuo qualifier added spice.

The full forty minutes was brilliantly contested by both teams. Every element of the game was contested, hard but fairly, only occasionally, and not unexpected in such a game did a player briefly over step the mark.

Inter looked frail in the opening minutes, poor defending gifted Everglaze a goal, this was compounded when Charlie Jillings called a substitution that was badly timed and cost a second goal (0-2).

A gaol retrieved and two hit posts gave Inter a boost, 2-2, and then 2-3 down as the half time whistle blew.

The game changed dramatically in the second period , Inter levelled and then led. Everglaze threw everything at them, but could not score. As so often happens Inter opened up a 2-0 lead off a counter attack.  Five minutes left, Everglaze just could not get the break they needed and Inter scored off the last kick. Dan Payne will be ruing his Ever’ team mates as he several times had engineered tap in goal positions, but the final killer pass did not arrive.

Game a credit to both teams.

 

Toll Bar (u/16) was relieved of playing older teams with a friendly against Humbertsone (u/14)

Humberstone was a surprise package, always behind they  battled to a fully deserved draw.

Most impressive was their futsal knowledge, they had not played for months, arrived with a large squad and played better than most, if not all men’s teams I have seen starting from a similar position.

For someone so young team manager Bradely Milne has to be commended.