Monkseaton 1 vs 2 Heddon St Andrews

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<p class="p3">Heddon made it through to the quarter finals of the minor cup with a battling 2-1 victory over Monkseaton.

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<p class="p3">With several players missing a change of formation was needed and Dave Green lined up with what some thought may be similar to a Mike Bassett Christmas pudding.

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<p class="p3">On a poor playing surface the words spoken in 'captains corner' were correct as the game proved a difficult encounter for Heddon from the kick off.

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<p class="p3">Monkseaton took the lead after Bull failed to claim a cross that seemed to hang in the air for an eternity.

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<p class="p3">In a game full of meaty challenges Heddon equalised late into the first half a Hownam corner nodded towards goal by Scoob was shanked by Ross only for their defender to save his blushes putting ball into his own net 1-1.

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<p class="p3">The second half followed a similar pattern to the first half a lot of possession from Heddon but lacking that killer instinct.

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<p class="p3">It took a massive stroke of luck to put Heddon 2-1 up.Cross Bailey shanked another one wrong footing the goalkeeper.

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<p class="p3">There was time for another Sean Hownam dive, a GeordieJox dubious off side call and a Jurgen Green embrace with MOTM Cross Bailey.

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<p class="p3">Dave 'Mam' Green even resisted the temptation to utilise former Northern League player come CB Phil Edmondson who offered to go in at CB and sure things up.

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<p class="p3">Back to league action next week as Hexham Hearts visit the least productive building site in the North East and a certain striker is praying for rain.

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<p class="p3">This weeks match report was sponsored by Elliot Prices Instagram account - elliotP11 firmly in the O'Donnel w*** book.

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<p class="p3">Howay the Heed.

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<p class="p3">n.b. the formation we played didnt even exist in the list of options on this site! Keiran and Greeny are the Houllier/Evans tandum of the Hexham district league!

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<p class="p3">From a managers perspective, every single player put in a shift today and it was only the quality of the pitch today that stopped us winning by more. I like how we dominated posession against a good team and liked how we killed the game off. We looked solid as a team and attacked looking dangerous, especially when space opened up in the second half! Well done!