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| Douglas Valley 1 Blackbrook 6 | |||||
| For a team aspiring to their eighth consecutive win Blackbrook looked unusually lethargic in the opening half hour. Before their first chance on 10m, when Adam Gilchrist just chipped the ball over the bar, Blackbrook custodian Sean Milligan had already made two decent saves. Then on the quarter hour the ball from a Douglas Valley corner went straight into the net whilst the entire Blackbrook defence observed its' progress. | |||||
| Blackbrook's next chance was on 30m when Gareth Thomas hit the post from a good Liam Philpott cross. On 34m Adam Gilchrist shot wide after an excellent passage of play involving several players. Blackbrook were coming to life and equalised on 35m from Liam Philpott, followed by a second in added time to make it 1-2 at half time. In between the goals DouglasValley spurned an excellent scoring opportunity. | |||||
| The second period saw Blackbrook back to their usual form with plenty of good passing. On 47m a great Phil Eden run ended with his shot being well saved and two minutes later it became 1-3 when delectable passing between Liam Philpott, John McGowan and Adam Gilchrist ended with the latter scoring. | |||||
| Carl McConville then narrowly missed after a good run out of defence. On 51m Liam Philpott bludgeoned a shot into the net from 25 metres out to make it 1-4 and five minutes later his fourth goal made it 1-5. Carl McConville was unlucky again just afterwards when his excellent shot was diverted for a corner. On the hour another fine run by Phil Eden resulted in his final pass finding Gareth Thomas who made no mistake in scoring to make it 1-6. | |||||
| On 65m he was really unfortunate when he won the ball in a good midfield tackle and beat two opponents before his chip-shot was saved spectacularly by the DouglasValley 'keeper. Blackbrook then had a goal disallowed on 79m following a midfield infringement. | |||||
| So at Christmas Blackbrook top the league for the first time. To stay there will require the squad to show alot of skill, dedication and effort in the New Year. | |||||