POSTED: March 06 2019 08:27:38. By Colin Duff - MOORSIDE BLUE V BEECHY



A superb team performance saw Beechfield United Under 11's Tornadoes (9v9) edge a great Supplementary Cup tie with Moorside Rangers Blue following a dramatic penalty-shoot-out. Playing against a steep slope in the first half Beechy competed magnificently and some brilliant defending from Aiden Lawton, Charlie Chute, Ashley Tonge and goalkeeper Freddie Wardle plus the rest of the team allowed Beechy to go into the interval only one goal behind. The Tornadoes first half goal arrived through a superb breakaway from captain Joel Thorndyke who raced from the halfway line and hit a low cross shot into the far corner of the net. In the second half Beechy were more offensive regularly pushing Rangers back into their penalty area and Beechy were rewarded with an equaliser courtesy of Oliver Percival who produced some individual skill in the six yard box before he steered the ball home through a mass of defenders. But Rangers came roaring back and for the third time took the lead forcing the Tornadoes to dig deep to save this cup tie. Joel Thorndyke came to the forefront and running onto a through ball rounded the keeper and fired a shot from an acute angle to level the scores. A couple of minutes later the referee blew for full time forcing the teams to get ready for a penalty shoot-out. Five confident penalty takers volunteered but only four were needed and Aiden Lawton, Owen Hogben, Joel Thorndyke and Edward Hughes all scored with well taken spot-kicks. Beechy keeper Freddie Wardle played his part with one great penalty save while another Rangers players effort hit the crossbar and that resulted in the Tornadoes winning the shoot-out and booking their place in the next round of the competition. This was an enjoyable cup tie played by two closely matched teams and Tornadoes Man of the Match could have been awarded to any one of the twelve players involved but Freddie Wardle's overall game plus the penalty save saw him carry off the trophy.

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