Welton Afc secured their place in the second round of the Ron Eaglen cup after a difficult afternoon at Fen Lane. Eventually coming out 3-1 winners.
The day started badly when the Management duo turned up around 10:25am due to Andy's choice of route and oversleeping. This meant the usual preparations were thrown out the window and it became a mad rush to get the team ready in time for kick off. The club have fined Mr Wilkinson heavily and the matter is now closed.
Welton lined up with the same team that finished the excellent win at Anglers two weeks ago with Mayhem in goal, phil, dave and danny forming the back three, midfield five of connor, joel, alex, lee and ross with bow and jason up top. Leaving a strong bench of Ronnie, Andy wilks and meggy.
The early stages show signs that Welton were perhaps still in their beds and could not get up to their usual high standards. The tigers clearly fancied an upset and were attacking Welton at will, their determination paid off after around 35 mins, a long ball caught the Welton defence off guard and the centre forward raced on to a through ball to put the underdogs 1-0 up. The management trio could not help but voice their disappointment and the players started to show glimmers of the attacking prowess they have become well known for in the remaining 10 minutes. The half time whistle blew which signalled the usual Mark Daly expletives, albeit in a controlled manner. With the words of "advice" ringing in their ears, the players set about having to turn around another poor first half in the cup.
On the hour mark a goal mouth scramble fell to team captain Alex munn to slot home to lift the travelling fans, however this seamed to galvanise the tigers and bar some good defending and a couple of good saves from the keeper Welton could of gone 2-1 down. On around 75 mins Ross henderson pick the ball up in his own half and set about taking on the whole tigers team, despite several teammates screaming for the ball the powerful midfielder continued his mazy run and blasted a left foot thunderbolt from 20 yards into the bottom right hand corner to lift the spirits of the Welton faithful.
Welton's tails were now up and started to grow in confidence. The tigers showed good spirit and continued to push forward when with minutes left on the clock a long punt forward from Mayhem was flicked on by Ronnie to allow our pint sized assassin Tom Bowey to apply a finish of the highest quality chipping the ball over the outrushing tigers keeper. The job was now done and the tigers were put back in there cage!.
Welton Afc now await to hear the result of CW Golden Eagle & Nettleham in what promises to be another difficult away day in January. Next week we return to league duty with a home tie versus old rivals Victory Athletic.
Moley's Magicians
Ross ***
Mayhem **
Ronnie *
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