St Michaels F C 3 AFC Northeath 2 Game played on 3/11/13
St Michaels went into this game trying to show that Northeath’s 1st Division title last year should have been theirs. After 8 minutes however a breakaway saw Northeath take the lead. 6 minutes later Dan Regan received a yellow card and a great save a minute later by Harry Graham kept the score at 0 – 1. The game was switching from end to end and 2 minutes later a great shot from Dan Tarrant levelled the scores. St Michaels were starting to get on top and a minute later a great shot from Jack Jolly saw the Northeath keeper pull off an equally great save. On 29 minutes a good pass from Adam Fahy saw Jack Jolly scoring to take the lead. The score at Half Time was 2 – 1.
On 62 minutes Northeath levelled from the spot after Dan Regan had pushed a player in the box. On 68 minutes Jack Jolly saw his shot hit the bar. Ben Baptiste replaced Tom Pexton on 71 minutes and 3 minutes later James Mckerrell replaced Adam Fahy.
The game continued at a fast pace with both teams trying to get the winner. With 2 minutes to go a long throw from Connor Reardon found Jack Jolly who tucked in the winner for St Michaels 3 – 2.
A very good performance by St Michaels with good performances from Harry Graham, Ryan Nibbs and Jack Jolly but Man of the Match this week goes to Connor Reardon for a tireless performance at the heart of the defence against a good Northeath forward line.
