Spirited comeback earns
College victory
The Congleton
College’s Football Academy moved to third in the English Colleges Football
Association league on Wednesday after a spirited comeback against Wellacre
Academy.
The newly formed college has only been
offering the BTEC Level Three diploma in Performance and Exercise course since
September and they showed great character recovering from a goal inside the
first minute to take a hard-fought three points.
Congleton could be forgiven for thinking
it was not going to be their afternoon when Wellacre took the lead after just
forty seconds with a long range effort, but there was still a lot of football
to be played in what turned out to be an entertaining affair.
Adam McHale drew the visitors level with
a low driven shot and either
side could have taken the spoils in an end-to-end game that saw both teams
thwarted on several occasions by the woodwork. Daniel Needham saw his volley
ricochet off the crossbar, while, Congleton goalkeeper, Hallam Carslake had to be
on top form to deny Wellacre retaking the lead.
Congleton’s
determination was rewarded, however, when George Hooper clinically steered his
left footed shot past the Wellacre goalkeeper at the back post. The win moves the
College into third in the league with one league game left in what has been an extremely
encouraging debut season.
Manager Mr
Donnelly commented: “I was really pleased
with the players' efforts and I think it is probably our best performance of
the season. The players showed great commitment and stayed very disciplined, maintaining the team’s shape.”
Congleton
College: Carslake, Buckley, Laird, Guillon, Lynn, Hooper, Archer, Reed,
Needham, Meeten, McHale.
Written by Adam Bailey
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