Our 14's posted their first win of the season today with an excellent performance against Wistaston Wanderers. Tigers went a goal down in the first minute, as the ref allowed kick off despite one of our players being not ready to commence. The ball was played down the left wing, and the cross found an excellent touch from Blakemore who slotted the ball home.
Tigers battled back and were level on 15 minutes - excellent through ball from Conor found Luke Williams who slotted home from 10 yards.
Wistaston regained the lead on 21 minutes with a freak goal - Blakemore again found space, this time on the right wing, and swung a cross over which looped over Mike Reece's head and into the top left hand corner of the goal. However Tigers levelled just before the break with Pendergast latching on to a clearance and slotting the ball home. 2-2 half time.
Tigers made a number of changes for the second half to give everyone a game, and the fresh legs proved useful as they piled the pressure on the Wanderers goal. On 51 minutes Tigers made the breakthrough - a shot from Conor was half cleared and Pendergast let fly from 18 yards, finding the bottom corner of the net. Tigers failed to kill the game off, but excellent defensive play in the last 15 minutes kept Wanderers at bay, to provide Tigers with a deserved first win of the season. The win moved Tigers to joint 8th in the table, level on points with Crewe Shooters and ahead of both Wistaston Wanderers and WWS Wanderers in the table. Man of the Match was Simon Denney thanks to his second half clean sheet, but everyone played well and all deserve praise for their attitude and commitment.
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