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| Lowton 2 Blackbrook 8 | |||||
| Thanks to Referee Dave Renshaw for attending this fixture. He had been assigned to an U18 game in Skelmersdale which was not played and diverted to Lowton to officiate in this game. | |||||
| Blackbrook found it hard to play their normal passing game on a meadow more suited to dairy farming than any kind of football. Nevertheless they were always dominant, although there was a loss of concentration in the second half. Referee Dave Renshaw controlled the game well. | |||||
| Blackbrook had a dream start, John McGowan touching in a Liam Philpott cross after only 2 minutes. Play was then quite even until in the 15th 17th minutes Liam Philpott hammered the ball just wide from astute passes by Danny Walsh Adam Gilchrist respectively. The pressure continued on 19m Liam Philpott made it 0-2 with a header on 25m an incisive Adam Gilchrist pass found Liam Philpott who made no mistake to make it 0-3. A minute later a superb passage of play between Gareth Thomas, Luke Graham & Liam Philpott enabled the latter to complete another hat-trick. | |||||
| Soon afterwards a rare Lowton attack saw the ball hitting the bar before being cleared off the line by the dependable Carl McConville. | |||||
| On 34m Danny Walsh skimmed the post with a powerful shot at the end of a 6-pass movement. The rout continued on 38m when a long excellent run by Gareth Thomas ended in a goal to make the half time score 0-5. | |||||
| Blackbrook then became somewhat complacent in defence and Lowton scored to make it 1-5 on 44m. Three minutes later it became 1-6 when the elegant Adam Gilchrist slotted a Liam Philpott cross home. | |||||
| On 51m the Lowton 'keeper made a miraculous save from Danny Walsh following great interplay between him, Tommy Hughes ; Adam Gilchrist. Blackbrook then had two goals disallowed within two minutes. Lowton went up the field from the resultant free kick to make it 2-6. On 70m Gareth Thomas made it 2-7 after another memorable run in the final minute he also completed a hat-trick stotting home a Liam Philpott pass to make the final score 2-8. | |||||
| Tommy Hughes, Daryl McCartney Carl McConville were solid at the back ; Adam Gilchrist, Danny Walsh & Luke Graham controlled the mid-field. | |||||