Town Green v Birkdale N
April 14th, 2009 by NoelWarham| Date: | Sunday 22nd March 2009 |
| Location: | Edge Hill College, Ormskirk |
| Result: | Town Green (6) Birkdale N (2) |
Birkdale made a slow start to this game and allowed Town Green to take an early lead after only a minute from a through ball that caught the Birkdale defence square and flat footed.
The second goal came after 11 minutes from another ball over the top of the defence with the forward taking the ball round the advancing keeper.
Birkdale finally started to string a few passes together and were rewarded with a goal after 13 minutes scored by Rawsthorne.
Two minutes later Birkdale were unlucky not to be on level terms when Regan put the ball into the back of the net only for it to be ruled out for offside.
After 18 minutes Town Green were awarded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area which was fired into the top corner of the net to make the score 3 – 1.
Continued pressure from Town Green saw them grab a fourth goal after 23 minutes.
Birkdale grabbed a second goal on the stroke of half time, scored with a rasping shot by Jackson, to make it 4 – 2 at the interval.
The second half was much tighter although Town Green did have more of the possession.
After 12 minutes, Town Green grabbed a fortunate fifth goal with the referee missing a clear offside decision.
The final goal of the game came after 20 minutes with another poor refereeing decision as the Birkdale keeper pushed the ball out only for the Town Green forward to handle the ball into the back of the net to give a final score of 6 – 2.
This was a poor performance by Birkdale and Town Green definitely deserved to win, but the scoreline flattered the home side.
Man of the Match was awarded to Jackson who caused the Town Green defence problems every time he got the ball.
