It was third time lucky for our United U12 boys as they avenged two defeats by VPR Eagles with a 6-1 victory.
With a skeleton squad of only nine players and no subs, Wellington knew they had a tough game ahead.
They went down a goal in the first two minutes, which sounded alarm bells to the management team, but only a minute later Wellington equalised when an interception was sneakily put away by Blake Mead.
The first half was pretty even until the last five minutes when Wellington really upped the pressure and made some crucial moves forward.
After 29 minutes, Harry Newstead found the back of the net assisted by Zach Wright, and the first half ended at 2-1 to Wellington.
The second half started with United playing some lovely attacking football resulting in Harry finding his second with a little chip over the host’s keeper on 33 minutes, assisted by Caleb Jackman-Hughes.
With the pressure really being applied and United’s forwards linking up well, Blake once again made a key interception and found the back of the net after 34 minutes.
The hosts tried to apply more pressure but United’s defence held firm. Leo Upham made some vital runs but they were unable to capitalise despite his persistence on the right wing
After 52 minutes, Blake completed his hat-trick, assisted by Caleb Jackman-Hughes, and then, in the dying minutes, a lovely break forward saw Jack Farrington make a lovely pass to Blake, who secured his fourth goal of the day with a beautiful lob over the keeper.
Manager Steve Newstead said: “All the boys really upped their game. I’m so proud of today’s result – well done to the whole team.”
Coach Richard Upham added: “All the boys deserved man-of-the-match – everyone really ran their socks off.”
Well done to Blake Mead for being named man-of-the-match.
