Poynton Kings 3 vs 3 Mary Dendy

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Poynton Kings&nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mary Dendy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Tim Morris (yellow and blue) of Mary Dendy tangles with King's Tom Hopkins

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Having shared the spoils last season with one win a piece&nbsp; a both teams were keen to kick the season off with a win&nbsp; but in an exciting game a draw was a fair&nbsp; result with both teams having chances to win late into the second half. Mary Dendy dominated the opening exchanges with Matt Morris opening the scoring after five minutes when King&rsquo;s defence failed to clear a long throw in from Dendy&rsquo;s Matt Martin.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They could&nbsp; and should have increased their lead but as chances went begging Kings hit then on the counter&nbsp; and Scott Wright smashed home an equaliser past stand in keeper Chris Shepherd. Micheal Ritchings&nbsp; made it 2-1 to the visitors on 33 minutes&nbsp; volleying home from 18 yards. Five minutes later Kings were back level, Alastair Breed, clear of the Dendy defence swivelled and fired home an unstoppable&nbsp; shot from&nbsp; the edge of the penalty area.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In the second half with Kings in the ascendancy it was Dendy who took the lead for a third time. Tim Morris sent brother Matt clear down the left wing and his cross found Mike Richings unmarked to score with a spectacular diving header from 12 yards. The scoring wasn&rsquo;t over though as back came Kings again as Kieran Nolan made it 3-3. It made for a frantic finale but when referee Kevin Lofthouse who had a fine match in the middle ,blew for full time both teams breathed a sigh of relief they hadn&rsquo;t lost.