Both Cliffe teams were in action this Saturday and after being featured live on Viking FM as the Team of the Week both Cliffe team clinched victories on the same day for the first time this season.
View 1st XI’s match report here
HT: 2-1
FT: 4-3 W
Cliffe 2nd XI gained revenge for a defeat earlier in the season with this hard fought league victory at Cliffe Park which included two genuine contenders for goal of the season.
Gary Wilson writes…
The game started evenly with both sides unable to get on top until Cliffe were awarded a penalty in the 14th minute for hand-ball. Richard Taylor stepped up and smashed it into the roof of the net to make it 1-0.
Only three minutes later Cliffe doubled their lead when Mark Buck headed a corner onto the crossbar, and Matt Birch followed up to poke home the rebound.
The lead was almost increased again within minutes as Marcus Ford saw his far-post header acrobatically saved by the visiting keeper.
Skirlaugh then got themselves back into the game as Nathan Summers conceded a penalty, which was converted.
Following the break, the visitors equalised from a free-kick when the Cliffe defence allowed 3 opponents to drift away from their markers and the ball was eventually poked home.
On 63 minutes Nelly Lambert intercepted a pass on the half-way line and played a neat one-two with Birch before sending a 35 yard thunderbolt into the corner of the net.
The game then became a little disjointed as both teams failed to make an impact until the ball fell to substitute Daz Batey who turned and hit the ball first-time from 30 yards into the top left corner of the net.
Skirlaugh then pressed for a goal to get back into this game and were rewarded on 89 minutes when Summers turned the ball into his own goal.
However, this was too little too late for the visitors and the final whistle sounded soon afterwards to give Cliffe a 4-3 victory.
Cliffe Team:
Brown, Hawksworth, Buck (C), Ford, Summers, Lonsdale, M. Birch, Lambert, Ellwood (Batey), Taylor, Worrillow (Lees).
Sub (Not Used): Gary Wilson.
Cliffe Scorers:
Taylor (Pen), M. Birch, Lambert, Batey.
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