Clayton Village S&S Res 1 vs 4 AFC Titans IDLE

<p style="text-align: center;">Clayton Village S&S res 1-4 AFC Titans

<p>AFC Titans confirmed a 3rd place spot in Divison 2A with a convincing win away at Clayton Village S&S Res.

<p>The 3G plastic pitch proved no problem as The Titans dominated from the off. An innocuous foul on the edge of the box gifted The Home side with a direct free kick after only 8 minutes. Up stepped The Clayton striker to curl a fluky shot over stand in keeper Bob Smith to put The Reds 1 up against the run of play.

<p>This was probably the only time the Home side ventured anywhere near The Titans goal for the majority of the half as The Visitors took control.

<p>25 Minutes and the mounting pressure from AFC Titans finally paid off after a neat cross ball to the far post found the head of Top Goals scorer Mick Dougan who duly found the back of the net to bring the score level.

<p>More pressure on The Home side&rsquo;s goal had Captain Anthony Preston jinx his way through a stagnant Village defense only to be up ended in the area.

<p>Mick Dougan buried the spot kick on the stroke of half time to go into the break 2-1 up.

<p>HT:1-2

<p>More of the same as the 2nd half got under way, Titans dominating from the off.

<p>Some solid defensive work from Bam Bam Thornton and Ben Meehan along with Danny Wells kept The Home side at Bay.

<p>Mark Lajca & Danny price worked well down the flanks as The Titans pressured to put the game out of reach.

<p>Danny Price came close with mean header from one of many corners as the half progressed. Not to be out done Gareth Dorber & Danny wells also came close as The Blues search for a third.

<p>10 Minutes into the half Anthony Preston picked up a pass on the edge of the opponents box after some good supportive work by Mick Dougan , and rifled a shot into the top corner and the game out of reach for Clayton.

<p>As the game came to a close pressure again from Anthony Preston proved fruitful as he nicked the ball off the defender to slot home his 2nd and Titans 4th.

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<p>3 valuable points as The Titans moved into 3rd place in Division 2A.