Five minutes later Nathan Charles broke away from the Newlands defence and was closing down on goal when Alastair MacArthur made a superb tackle to clear the danger. Connor Mollon then went on another fantastic run however James Johnston made an excellent defending tackle to take the ball off him. A few minutes later and some slack defending by Pumpherston gifted Mollon his second of the day when he fired the ball into the net from close range.
From the kick off Nathan Charles ran through the Newlands defence and when Turnbull came off his line Johnston prodded the ball under him and into the net to pull one back. Five minutes later and Newlands threatened again and when Pumpherston didn’t deal with the danger the ball fell at the feet of Fraser Fairfield who slipped the ball into the net.
Just before half time Pumpherston pulled another back when Kye Batten hit a cracking shot into the top corner. Newlands went in at half time as deserved leaders leading 3-2.
The second half started much like the first when Newlands played in a corner Pumpherston could not clear their lines and this gifted a goal to Fairfield who had the easy job of heading the ball into the back of the empty net.
James Johnston made a good run into Newlands’s box and hit a shot that was saved well by Turnbull but the rebound was picked up by Johnston and this time he put the ball into the net. Pumpherston then stepped up a gear and applied a lot of pressure on Newlands, but Newlands were dealing with the pressure well. Turnbull pulled of a magnificent save when a shot was hit by Angus Nisbet from 20 yards out.
Turnbull again came to Newlands’s rescue when he was quick of his line to clear the danger when Pumpherston went on the attack. In the 55th minute John Flynn went through and was bearing down on goal when Turnbull came to clear, however when he smashed the ball off Flynn the striker managed to keep his composure and scored to level the game.
Five minutes from the end Pumpherston took the lead when Newlands failed to clear their lines, Nisbet hit a shot that was saved well by Turnbull but Nisbet got to the rebound first and scored. In injury time Pumpherston sealed victory when John Flynn eased his way through and put the ball past the keeper just before the final whistle.
Thanks to Thomas Brown of
www.thomasbrownphotography.co.uk
for his match report and excellent photgraphs.
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