Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
Durham County Cup semi-final
South Durham Cestria v Peterlee
Today the girls welcomed Peterlee to Darlington to contest the County Cup semi-final. Peterlee are pushing for promotion to the Northern Combination so were sure to be a stern test for a squad containing 9 x u17 players.
On a nice sunny day in Darlo the girls kicked off. The first 20 minutes were very evenly contested with SD&C struggling to get into their stride against opponents who were really taking the game to them. SD&C opened the scoring on 11 mins with a super strike from Beth Hepple after a great cross field ball from Becky Hanratty. Not to be outdone Peterlee soon equalised with a good header from a corner. SD&C were beginning to get a foothold and scored the best goal of the game in the 23rd minute after good work from Meg Lawson down the right resulted in Zoe Ness curling a beauty right into the top corner. Goals arrived before HT from Hanratty, Ness and Stanmore to make it 5-1.
HT SD&C 5-1 Peterlee
The second half kicked off with SD&C looking to build on their lead. Playing good football on a tricky pitch the girls created numerous chances but the second half belonged to Beth Hepple who scored all 3 of SD&C's goals taking her tally to 4 for the game, a great example of attacking midfield play. Peterlee did score a consolation goal after a mistake in defence to make it 8-2.
The girls will play Jarrow in the final which will be a tough encounter against a good side with players we know well.
- comments