Allenton United today did something that took 15 attempts last season and recorded a great win on day one of life in Division 3B.
On a bright sunny afternoon in Belcamp Park, Allenton faced Green Bay Celtic who had a respectable finish in Division 3b last season. Injuries had taken their toll on the squad already wit Lee, Mark and Spike all absent due to numerous injuries, hopefully all none too serious.
Things started well when Mick opened the scoring after a nice flick from Marc and could have gotten much better when Mick was brought down in the area - but Andre put his spot kick narrowly wide. This was the start of a difficult spell which contained Thomas having his game cut short with a hamstring injury and followed by a harsh penalty given against Paul. Green Bay slotted home the pen and looked threating for quite a spell.
Just on half-time a contested free-kick resulted in a scuffle and the referee sent Billy off, only minutes before he was to be replaced due to injury. A bad end to the game for Bill who had pressed so hard in the first half So at the break it was one-one and Allenton were down to 10 men.
Richie replaced Thomas and slotted in nicely on the right and Allenton's pushing reaped its rewards. Mick added another to his tally and Marc scored 3, including an Henryesque back heel from 6 yards out. Andrew replaced Fran who had a great chance to score but shot over the bar. Andrew worked well on the left in tandem with Barry who puts in everything week in week out.Kevin in the Allenton net touched the ball twice in the second half as Allenton ran out worthy winners.
Roll on Monday against Riverside in Brickfields, maybe we can bag another win and keep the train rolling.
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