Birkdale Diamonds v Athletico Girls
January 6th, 2010 by NoelWarham| Date: | Sunday 15th November 2009 |
| Location: | Bedford Park, Birkdale |
| Result: | Birkdale Diamonds (2) Athletico Girls (0) |
This wasour first home league game v Athletico but the second game running after last week’s Cup win against the same team. We knew it was going to be a very hard game but from the start Birkdale pushed forward testing Athletico`s defence on a number of occasions. Birkdale were keeping their shape a lot better this week and it paid off when Elliott again as last week took a few players on and stabbed the ball into the bottom corner to make it 1-0 .Birkdale dominated the half and kept Athletico to one very well-hit long range shot but Harrison in goal made a very good save.
The second half was as the first with Birkdale dominating the game but the Athletico keeper and defence worked very hard and kept Birkdale at bay until some great work from Hubbard winning the ball and then some great team passing, which at the end found Core at the far post to finish the move making it 2-0 Birkdale. Athletico came back late on winning a penalty from a corner but it was hit wide. The final score could have been more but credit has to be given to Athleticos defence and keeper who played very well. Well done to the Diamonds today and it was good to see every player having a good run out - well done girls!
