Shawdale 7 - 0 Roe Cross

Durrant Hits Four (4) In First Half Epic….

By no means this was the Durrant show, every single player contributed to an amazing first half of football. This performance will go down as the best first half performance, ever witnessed at Heyside Park, in the short existence of this club. It was astonishing, spectacular, breathtaking, and phenomenal and many more superlatives to describe this performance. Playing up the slope, the home side quickly took control, knowing the visitors were vulnerable on the left flank.

From where Eastmond got the opener, he struck his supposing cross, which hit an air stream and looped over the keepers head., but he said he meant it…!!!!!

The second, went down to Trippiers vision and awareness, to find the metronymic Dawson, who was a handful all morning, who put in a precise cross for Durrant to tap in his first. For the first time this season all the team looked organized and together.

Also, the three musketeers at the back Temple, Allot and Trippier, were monumental to snuff out any rare Visitors attacks, with Ellidge only having to make one save all game.

The third came as Holmes fed a long ball over the top, who found Durrant, with a one on one with the keeper, there was only going to be one outcome, as he left footed it for his brace. The fourth, a free kick was fumbled by the keeper, only for Durrant to pounce for his 18minute hat trick.

On 32 minutes, Holmes collected the ball 40yards out and hit a screamer, like a bullet from a gun, into the bottom left corner. Shawdale playing some majestic football and with ‘The Little Maestro’ Foster in mid field, giving his side a new dimension, with his awareness and trickery. It was his free kick that led to Durrant’s fourth, in a bizzar way. As the cross was looped into the box, it seemed to hit Durrant’s head and fly into the net, but they all count!!!!

On the 42nd minute, Foster again, broke the visitors heart with a mazy run, for Trippier to side foot home for an unbelievable 7 -0 lead at half time.

Now playing with the slope in the second half you would of expected a cricket score…but it never materialized. Not that the intensity dropped, just every shot either went wide or hit the post.

Roe did show character and battled to the end, but were totally out classed on this occasion this morning.

This is just the platform and momentum that Coach Wylie was looking for off his troops. For once he was stuck for words on the first half that would of graced any amateur or even professional game……