Four goals, three sin bins, two penalties scored, but too cold for any partridges
28.12.2020
A game full of incident on Bank Holiday Monday saw both St Dominic & Plymouth Marjon reserves end the game feeling they should have won the match, the visitor’s led twice and for large parts of the game looked like the side that would go on to claim all three points, however a late second penalty sparked the hosts into life and the remaining twenty minutes saw the red & black backline repelling everything thrown at them. There were three penalties during the game, twice the away side were reduced to ten men as players were sin binned for their complaints over the decisions, the last penalty so enraging the Plymouth bench that a red card was shown to one of the coaching staff, Dominic also spent ten minutes with a player less but neither side could make the most of their advantage as the game finally ended in a draw.
Marjon took a tenth minute lead when Ethan Jones was played though the middle and from just outside the box he chipped over home keeper Jamie Blatchford who could only stand and watch as the ball sailed over his head and into the back of the net, from there it was the team in red who looked more likely to score again despite Kieran Ryall netting for the hosts albeit after a raised flag and a piledriver from James Bloomfield that almost threatened to dip under the crossbar. The visitors were made to pay for missed opportunities just four minutes before the interval when a push in the back saw the match official point to the spot from where Ryall restored parity, despite an age to take the spot kick as the strong wind caused havoc keeping the ball on the twelve-yard mark.
Plymouth started the second period on the front foot and the home side were grateful to their keeper for blocking an effort from Jones who broke free just seconds after the restart, moments later the goal scorer again broke through the yellow & black backline and a challenge saw Jones try to continue his run but momentum eventually saw him go over, and again the referee pointed to the spot, Jack Jessep took responsibility for the penalty however Blatchford dived away to his left & pushed away again earning the gratitude of his defence.
But Dominic did not heed the warning and went behind on fifty-seven minutes as another ball played through on goal sent James Greenley away on goal and he calmly tucked past the advancing home custodian, although the ball seemed to take an eternity to roll over the line. Again, the away side seemed more likely to score again but the game turned on its head twenty minutes from time, Ryall attacked down the left and once inside the box a challenge from behind saw him go down and the whistle sounded, much to the disgust of the away side.
Kieran Prescott levelled from the spot and from there the home side dominated and piled on the pressure looking for a winner, however they found Marjon shot stopper Alfie Eccles in inspired form, pulling off three fantastic saves to ensure his side earned a point for all their afternoons hard work. F/T: 2-2
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