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Junior football: Brave Blackstones give the league leaders an almighty scare
UNDER 10: POWERLEAGUE took another step towards the Red Zone title despite being given a scare by Blackstones.
After a shaky start when Powerleague goalkeeper James Hogg was called into action on several occasions, goals for Bradley Simpson, Jamie Clarke and Christian Frank seemed to have put the league leaders in control of the game.
But struggling Blackstones stormed back into contention thanks to goals from Joshua Theodore and Ethan Ellison. For a few minutes Powerleague wobbled before Simpson settled the nerves with his second of the game to make it 4-2 and give his side some breathing space.
Manager Matt Catton said: “We almost got a very nasty surprise against Blackstones and I went up to their manager at the end of the game and said that I thought they deserved something.
“I don’t know why they are bottom of the league if they can play like that but thankfully we got the points. We are now six points clear and I am starting to feel a bit more confident about our chances of going on to win the league.
“The lads showed on Saturday that they can still deliver results when they are not at their best which is always the hallmark of a successful team.”
n PETERBOROUGH Northern Star Black maintained their interest in the Red Zone title race by beating Thorney 2-0.
Goals from Sandi Possiwe and Reece Exton secured the result to keep Star six points behind Powerleague in the table.
n ARSENAL Soccer School moved seven points clear at the top of the White Zone table with a 2-0 win at Deeping thanks to goals by Ben Brittain and Callum Thornalley. That made it 13 wins from 13 games.
n NETHERTON maintained their push for top flight football next season by beating Parkside Yellow 4-1 in the Blue Zone.
Kyle Tyler (2), Evan Walters and Brandon Read were the lads on target for Netherton who remain second in the table behind champions Gunthorpe Navy. But with Deeping and Wasps both picking up wins at the weekend, Netherton boss Tim Walters believes the race for the last remaining promotion spot could go right down to the wire.
He said: “Assuming that one other team will win a place in Division One behind Gunthorpe next season it’s obviously going to be too close to call between the rest of us. Deeping play Wasps this Saturday and if that ends in a draw then we are in pole position but anything could happen.
“All I will say is that whoever gets second will have earned it.”
n PARKSIDE Blue blew away the cobwebs with a 6-0 win against Farcet to maintain their eight-point lead at the top of the Green Zone.
Cameron Long (2), Connor Butterworth, Sandro Serreira and two own goals did the damage against bottom club Farcet.
Parkside boss Steve Long said: “We hadn’t had a game for a while so it was nice to get out and score a few goals. And it was particularly good to see Sandro scoring. A lot of his family were over from Portugal for the game and there was a big celebration when he scored as it was his first goal for the club.”
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