{"id":2277,"date":"2019-03-27T20:24:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T20:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2019-03-27T20:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T20:24:39","slug":"wadadah-faulkland-into-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2277","title":{"rendered":"Wadadah, Faulkland into semis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Noelita Lawrence<\/strong> – Staff Repporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Substitute Shannoy\nAnderson nicked in a late winner, cancelling out two spectacular super strikes,\nas overwhelming favourites, Faulkland, and title holders Wadadah, punched their\ntickets to the semi-finals of the JFF Charley\u2019s JB Rum Western CONFED Super\nLeague with wins in Sunday\u2019s round of games.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Wespow, Faulkland survived a late surge to snatch a\nsensational 2-1 victory over Hopewell, while Wadadah clipped Lucea 1-0 at UDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Tucker, Anderson tapped in a loose ball at the back post\nfive minutes from time, mere minutes after being introduced to the contest as\nFaulkland maintained their string of success, carving out a League-high 11th<\/sup>\nvictory of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what can be described as one of the best games to date in\nthe League, slick, snappy, one-touch passes played at a very high tempo on a\nwell-grassed field delighted the fans who braved the rain as both teams,\nproducing high quality football, delighted the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contest was duly rewarded with two spectacular goals\nwhich had the teams\u2019 level  before\nAnderson snatched all points for the Kenneth Watsoncoached unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faulkland went ahead in sensational fashion when Marvin Sangster\nuncorked a peach 30 yard strike on the run which rocketed into the top corner\nof the net, in off the outstretched fingertips of the flying Hopewell\ngoalkeeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike came in the 54th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as the game went on, Hopewell, having the better of\nthe chances rang in the changes, and found themselves back on level terms with\nan equally sensational strike from the laces of Shirvnarine Brown, who curled a\nbeauty, midway up the post into the back of the net, past a diving Faulkland\ngoalkeeper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown benefited from an explosive run down the flank by the\nenergetic Kenroy Campbell, who tormented and teased defenders for the entire\naffair with his runs and skills with the ball at his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defeat halted the push of the Hopewell team, but they\nremain in third position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATERY AFFAIR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, defending champions Wadadah, behind a tap-in from\na saved penalty kick from the returning Matthew Thorpe, sealed their spot as\nthey cannot finish lower than third, thanks to a 1-0 win over Lucea in their\nlate-starting battle played in heavy rain and slippery underfoot conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wadadah, the reigning mid-season champion, were awarded the\npenalty after Oshane Hunter was wiped out inside the penalty area attempting a\nshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thorpe failed on his first attempt, but recovered to tap in\nthe rebound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, four teams including Falmouth remain in the\nrunning for a semi-final slot, despite failing to get maximum points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falmouth, with their legion of young stars, had to settle\nfor a 1-1 draw with a resurgent Sandals South Coast who sit outside the\nplayoffs spot in sixth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a brisk early going without any success, Sandals South\nCoast went ahead in the 43rd<\/sup> minute when veteran striker, Ron Daley,\nnetted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falmouth, in-front of their home crowd, replied almost\ninstantaneously through Ricardo James, 60 seconds later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheldon Smith and Carlington Johnson both scored for their\nteams in either halves as Grand Palladium and Harmony also shared points in a\n1-1 draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAIDEN WIN <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promoted Somerton needed a 14th<\/sup> match to break\ntheir winless jinx, as they clipped Delveland Police Youth Club by the odd goal\nin three (2-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First half goals by Kaywana Harvey and Hakeem Graham in the\n21st<\/sup> and 43rd<\/sup> minutes did the business for the Somerton\nteam, pressing for the last four outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delveland got what turned out to be a consolation, and\nforced a tense end to the clash when they converted a penalty in the 73rd<\/sup>\nminute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIX THE HARD WAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The round belonged to former champions Granville who hit six\npast the hapless, relegated Reggae Youths in the lone Saturday game played at\nUDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davian Thelwell and Romaine Reid each with a brace (4th<\/sup>\nand 73rd<\/sup>) (22nd<\/sup> and 36th<\/sup>) respectively; Corey\nMatthews and an own-goal, proved enough for the late-blooming Granville team,\nalmost certain to miss out on qualification to the knockout phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville, who held a comfortable 3-0 lead at the halftime\ninterval, dominated from start to finish and should have won by a wider margin,\nbut, as has been customary this season, they have been wasteful in front of\ngoal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oshane Thompson found the lone strike for the Reggae Youths\nteam after 68 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Substitute Shannoy Anderson nicked in a late winner, cancelling out two spectacular super strikes, as overwhelming favourites, Faulkland, and title holders Wadadah, punched their tickets to the semi-finals of the JFF Charley\u2019s JB Rum Western CONFED Super League with wins in Sunday\u2019s round of games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[597],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-faulkland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}