KELLOE 4 v 1 HETTON LYONS CC
A large crowd gathered at Ferens Park for the first of the Swinburne Maddison Durham Sunday Football League 2012 cup finals. Hetton start the game strongly creating three good opportunities in the first ten minutes, Lee Harrison has a long range effort that sails over the top of the bar, two minutes later Joseph Walton warms the palms of Kelloe keeper Carl Morris with a fierce shot that rebounds to safety, veteran Jason Ainsley comes closest to opening the scoring with a lob over the advancing keeper that falls onto the top of the net. Kellloe defend well and rebuke Hettons pressure and mid way through the half start to gain foothold in the game. A poor clearance by the Hetton keeper is latched onto on the edge of the box by Kieran Megran however keeper Ben Escritt redeems himself with a brave save. Minutes later Kelloe should of took the lead, an accurate Neil Charlton cross finds Hal Graham free in the box his powerful header beats keeper Ben Escritt but skims off the top of the bar. Both teams continue to create chances, mostly from well outside the penalty area, but the finishing does not match up to the approach play and the first half ends 0-0.
Kelloe announce their intentions for the second half with the introduction of forward Jake Johnson who almost breaks the deadlock with his first touch heading narrowly wide a great Graham Irving cross. Kelloes press hard and on the fifty third minute mark take the lead, a powerful Kieran Megran run down the right finishes with a wonderful pull back cross from the goal line into the path of Gavin Barton who scores with an accurate header. Kelloe make it two nil seven minutes later, Gary Turton’s corner kick finds Gavin Barton free in the box and again he powerfully heads home. Kelloe are in full flow and confidently press forward and are fortuitously awarded a penalty, Gavin Barton hammers the resultant spot kick home to complete his hat-trick. Hetton to their credit keep player attractive football in search of a lifeline however the result is put beyond doubt when a Kieran Megran corner is sliced into his own net by a Hetton defender. In the final moments of the game Michael Canavan scores Hettons consolation goal to make the final score 4 – 1.
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