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Thursday, 01 May 2008

HUCKNALL EDGE POLICE TO WIN CUP

The blue shirts of Hucknall Rolls Leisure came out on top after a marathon rain soaked FA Intermediate cup final at Hucknall town tonight. With the un beaten NSL division one champions coming up against Dave Raynor’s strong Police Senior league side it promised to be unpredictable.

Rolls came out looking the brighter and took the lead with only 3 minutes on the clock through John Greeley. With Police forward Gary Mercer leaving the field with a nasty gash to the head, rolls piled on the pressure. Rolls’ number 8 Jonathan Wass came close to making it two. With a patched up Mercer back on as the number 12 the police came close with two free kicks, but Rolls who mastered the half countered with a second on 25 minutes from number 10 Ash Marshall. Half time 2-0 with the police looking dejected.

Raynor’s half time team talk did the trick for the black and whites as they came out hungry for a goal. Within a couple of minutes their pressure paid off with a well taken strike from number 9 Lee Collopy. Game on the police meant business.

Then came the rain and boy did it come. The police came close yet again, and then rolls countered only to see the ball skim the crossbar. The bleeding and rain soaked Mercer had to leave the field. He was subbed by number 16 Jamie Walker, and what an inspired substitution? Within 3 minutes Walker hammered the ball past keeper Waters. 2-2 and the rain came down in buckets. The game swung from end to end with the Hucknall crowd cheering on the blues. Players aquaplaned across inches of rain soaked pitch like bowling balls. Full time brought a stalemate.

Extra time went by mostly uneventful, with the rain forcing both sides to tip toe around just to stay upright. Then came the dreaded penalties. With the police missing two early on, Jez Corthorn’s Rolls side came away 5-2 victors. With the NSL division 1 title impressively already in the trophy cabinet, Rolls have had a season to remember and now know they can hold their own in the Senior League next season.
Man of the match was: Ashley Marshall HRLFC

Rolls: Waters, Sheriff, Lancaster, P Hulme, S Hulme, Harrison, Lee, Greeley, Wass, Potter, Shaw, Ashurst, Marlow, Marshall, Hodgson, Lockwood

Police: Parlatt, Bainbridge, S Ward, Broadhead, G Mercer, C Mercer, T Ward, McDonagh, Beech, Collopy, Holloway, Taylor, Fenton, Walker, Young, Griffin, Dosanjh
Officials: Stuart Richardson, Colin White, Andrew Rolph & Thomas Knight