Story courtesy of Northern NSW Football, photo courtesy of Dave Quick.
Adamstown 2 (Lauren Allan, Elodie Dagg) defeated Wallsend 0 at The Gardens on Sunday.
Half-time: Adamstown led 2-0.
Adamstown scored the bragging rights this time with their third win of the season, defeating a disappointed Wallsend side 2-0.
Wallsend had a tough time with injuries, losing Laura Hall, Georgia Minors and Jess Evans before full time.
Returning strike weapon Lauren Allan wasted no time finding the back of the net, scoring in the 38th minute and creating plenty of headaches for Wallsend’s defence.
Four minutes later, Elodie Dagg capitalised on a mistake from Devil’s defender Brooke Summers and struck from the top of the 18-yard box to score.
In the second half, it was to and fro with both sides having chances but unable to execute.
Adamstown’s usual brick wall defence was exceptional and fill in goalkeeper Natalie Wiseman put in a superb performance to earn Buds player of the match.
Adamstown coach Paul Devitis said the overall work ethic of his side was near perfect.
“Our defence was probably the biggest winning factor,” Devitis said.
“We didn’t give them a sniff of creating anything in the second half and our defence was compact.
“We managed to create many ‘two on one’ defensive tackles and it was the first time we have put in a 90 minute performance.”
“The girls have played some great football and have battled so hard for no reward, but today they earned their reward.”
Wallsend coach Marc Hingston described the match as “one of those days where nothing went right.”
“We had a lot of positional changes due to injuries which meant a below-par performance,” Hingston said.
“Credit to Adamstown who were more desperate but we’ve put a line through today and moved on.”
U20’s, 17’s, 14’s Results:
20s: Wallsend 3 beat Adamstown 2.
17s: Wallsend 5 beat Adamstown 2.
14s: Wallsend 2 drew Adamstown 2.