League: Sunday League

Sunday leagues

SK Dons vs Stockport Eagles

Apart from the McMuffin Men, who look to be a level above, the rest of Sunday’s League Two looks nice and competitive, and either of these two teams could be making a push from promotion towards the end of this campaign despite both teams getting off to a stuttering start.

This one was pretty tight throughout, and it was an own goal that gave the Eagles the lead on 8 minutes, before Alex Patterson got their second 4 minutes later to see them take control. It looked like they might see this lead through to the break, but Jack Shariff made up for the own goal by pulling one back for the Dons a minute before the interval.

As the second half dragged on, it looked more and more likely that the first half goals were going to be how the game finished up. As we went into the final 10 minutes the Dons stepped up the pressure, and that pressure paid off when Kyle Norris drew them level with 6 minutes to play. There was no winning goal from either side though, and both teams shared the points.

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El Caliente vs Step Brothers

Two teams who seem to have little to play for other than Premiership survival went up against each other, both looking to bounce back from heavy defeats to the top two last week.

After a tight opening 10 minutes it looked like being another fruitless night for Step Brothers as goals from Matty Aked, Fidelis Eberegbe, Nathaniel Odysseus-Kingsley and Michael Jennison gave Caliente a 4 goal half time lead.

Step Brothers needed to be the first on the score sheet in the second half, and they were as Josh Armitage tapped home from a couple of yards three minutes after the interval, and despite creating chances it was Ryan McAndrew who looked to have sealed the win for Caliente half way through the period. Armitage got his second with 9 minutes remaining but it looked unlikely to make any difference to the full time result. When he got his third two minutes from time, and Tom Cioffi also got on the score sheet a minute later, there was an outside chance they might have nicked something from this, but Caliente held on for the win that actually puts them level on points with Insole in third place. They couldn’t possibly put up a title fight in the last few weeks could they……?

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The Veterans vs Team Tom

Last season these two teams campaigns couldn’t have been any more opposite. Team Tom started well and dropped away, while The Veterans looked doomed at one point before rising from the dead in the final few weeks. Skip forward a season and it looks like the opposite could happen again as Team Tom had a nightmare start but have recently picked up, while The Veterans were surprise promotion contenders a few weeks ago but have dropped away.

In the early stages it looked like The Veterans might have been on their way to a much needed victory as Simon Grainger and the returning Andy ‘Egg’ Carrington gave them a two goal lead. Ashley Ellis-Quirke pulled on back on 18 minutes, but a minute later Egg restored the Veterans two goal lead. We were level at the break as Rob Jordan and James MacDonald scored for Team Tom in the final 5 minutes of the half and it was all to play for in the second period.

It was Team Tom who started the second period the stronger, and it was their turn to lead by two when Ellis-Quirke and Jordan both claimed their second goals to make it 5-3. It looked like the game might drift towards a Team Tom win as we entered the last 5 minutes, but Dean Minshull’s goal three minutes from time gave us a potential grandstand finish. Team Tom held on though, and at this rate they could well survive another season in the second tier.

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Deportivo Lack Of Talent vs FC AOTS

Having proclaimed that if I was a betting man I’d be putting my money on an AOTS victory this week against struggling Deportivo, we would soon find out if I don’t actually know what I am talking about…..

Having picked up their first win of the season last week, Deportivo got off the mark in the first minute here as Brad Peet put them in front. FC AOTS turned it in their favour before we’d reached the 10 minute mark as Adam Duty scored twice, and they were two up when Charlie Hutchinson scored on 14 minutes. Rob Parker pulled one back for Deportivo two minutes later, and we went into the break all square when Rhys Moult got on the score sheet a minute before the half time whistle.

The game turned back in Deportivo’s favour when Peet and Parker scored within three minutes of each other early in the second period, and it looked like this was going to be the decisive moment of the game as we edged towards the full time whistle with the score at 5-3. When Duty got his third two minutes from time we looked set for a big finish, but Deportivo held on for a second straight win to leapfrog AOTS and go into third place. Who’s struggling……?

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Exeter Gently vs Kipsta Cobras

Intriguing looking game this one, as Kipsta looked to bounce back from their first defeat of the season last week against an Exeter Gently team who are more than capable of giving decent teams a game with their full team.

It didn’t look like it was going to be too tough this week when Jack Horgan, Matt Toft and Matthew Sheehan scored in 4 first half minutes to put them three up half way through the period. Exeter hit back through two in a minute themselves as Mike Belshaw and and own goal reduced the deficit to two 9 minutes before half time. That 9 minutes was enough for Kipsta to add three more goals to give them a comfortable half time lead, Bobby Hirst, James Birchall and Horgan with the goals.

When Sheehan added his second of the game 8 minutes into the half it looked like job done for Kipsta as they look set for a return to the top flight, but a burst of 4 goals in 8 minutes half way through the period meant it was going to be a long last 8 minutes for the leaders. Alex Brady got the first of them 15 minutes from time, which at the time looked like being a consolation, but when Maison Owen got two and Belshaw his second it was game on again. That was the end of the scoring as Kipsta saw the game out, and they stay two points clear at the top.

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Inter Your Sister vs Under Rated FC

At the half way point of the Sunday league season, it was top versus bottom before these two kicked off.

It was essentially the Under Rated show throughout as they kicked off the goal scoring in the 2nd minute of the game. Steven Batho then doubled his tally and their lead in the game 7 minutes later. The first half was rounded off with a goal from Colin Stelfox and a first half hat trick from Stuart Carter. At 6-0 going into the break, Inter Your Sister had a lot of catching up to do.

Unfortunately, the second half didn’t bring a change of fortune for Inter Your Sister, Batho got his 4h of the game in the second half after James McIver had got himself on the score sheet after the restart. Final score 8-0 to top of the table Underrated.

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