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First defeat of the season in the PDFL Prem

First defeat of the season in the PDFL Prem

Martin Hair2 Oct 2017 - 13:24
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Leverington 3 vs 2 Netherton

The city side were missing Chris Hansford, Zack Fisher, Ondre Odain, Ryan Wood, Micheal Fox and Chris Brown for the tough trip to face Leverington. That was still no excuse for the manner in which they lost this game, leading 2-1 going into the last 5 minutes and losing the game didn't sit well with manager Jon Harrison, he blamed the defeat on poor game management and lack of concentration for the defeat.

He said "yes we were under strength, yes we weren't great but we battled to put ourselves in a winning position, then to throw it away like we did was just unacceptable, not if want to win leagues and cups."

He added "Players have reacted in the right way words were said after the game but they stick together and attitude is we move on to the next game and don't let this happen again"

Netherton despite being poor still had the better chances in the first half and went ahead 5 minutes before half time, some good work down the left from Tommy Randall and a fine cross resulted in a Leverington defender putting the ball into his own net. The home side then equalised a minute before half time after some poor defending.

H/T 1-1

Second half was different Netherton controlled the game but were so wasteful infront of goal, and didn't look like scoring until the returning Mark Baines popped up on the edge of the box to strike a unstoppable shot to make it 2-1. The game was drawing to a conclusion Netherton just having to see the game out, but they couldn't. With 5 minutes to go goal keeper Aaron Kier found himself in no mans land when a leverington player struck the ball from 40yards to make it 2-2. Netherton then pushed forward to try and get a winner and got caught on the break for Leverington to get the winner.

Netherton United
Kier, Fountain, McDonough, Daly, Madigan, Panting, Jackson, Baines, Makate, Rankin (munyari), Randall.

MOM: Baines

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