Ashwell in last gasp win
Ashwell Academicals Under-nines 1 Baldock Town Knights 0 ASHWELL Academicals entertained local rivals Baldock Town Knights at Smallgains on a drizzly morning on Saturday. With expectations high on both sides, the game started with early chances being
Ashwell Academicals Under-nines 1 Baldock Town Knights 0
ASHWELL Academicals entertained local rivals Baldock Town Knights at Smallgains on a drizzly morning on Saturday.
With expectations high on both sides, the game started with early chances being created at both ends.
The score remained level at the break after a lively and closely contested half.
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In a tense second half, both teams pressed forward to find a winner.
Ashwell were denied by resolute defending and some inspired form from Baldock's keeper, but with a minute left on the clock and the game heading for a stalemate, Ben Reed found space in a crowded area to fire a low shot through a forest of legs to clinch a hard-fought victory.
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Baldock's Lancers gained revenge in the second match when they also claimed a last gasp winner to defeat their hosts by a goal to nil.
