Delta Colts 2 - AFC Waverton 5
A five star comeback at Central Park saw Waverton storm into the final of the President's Cup by beating Delta Colts for the second time in less than a week.
The game kicked off late due to the late arrival of the referee, so it was nearly 7:20 when captain Elia kicked off. As was the case last Saturday, we went down to six players to be fair to the Colts who only had six fit players. Kiera and Emma volunteered to start off on the bench.
For the first 10 minutes it was mainly Waverton with Elia, Hollie and Lily putting pressure on the home goal. After that though a fast break from the Colts put them into the lead as they outnumbered the defence.
Kiera and Emma came on and it was Kiera who got the equaliser when a long range shot decieved the keeper. On a Colts break forward a strong tackle from Ellie injured one of the home players and after the restart it was Ellie herself who stormed forward down the left and then turned towards goal and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the net. Hollie complained that her shin pads were too itchy which at least meant she stopped moaning about being cold!
In the second half Waverton were kicking up hill and into the setting sun. Meg took over from Lucie in goal with Lucie dropping into defence alongside Hollie. A great piece of persistence from Birthday Girl Elia down the right led to her winning the ball, taking it forward and putting in a great low cross which Lily smashed into the back of the net. Keira increased the lead with a low shot. Colts got a goal back and were really determined to stay in the competition but Lily sealed the win for Waverton with a shot from just outside of the box.
Waverton now go into their first ever Cup Final where they will be play Irby Colts.
Team : Lucie, Hollie, Kiera, Lily, Emma, Ellie, Meg, Elia.
MOM for Waverton - Kiera Berry, for Delta Colts - Sophie Harding
Referee: John Williams
Next game - Tuesday 6pm at Waverton v Delta Rangers in the League. No game Saturday.
