Willington Quay Saints vs Bedlington FC
4 - 7
09 May 2018 · Northern Football Alliance League sponsored by The Reeves Group<br>Reeves Independant 1st Division
Home league match played on 09 May 2018.
Kicked off at 6:30 PM
4-7
vs Bedlington FC
Home league match
4-3 up with 6 minutes remaining the Quay capitulated to a 7-4 defeat to the disbelief of everyone involved with the club.
Joe Connor had fired the Saints infront early doors running on to a fabulous ball from Micky Young to slide the ball home with the outside of his right foot from 18 yards.
Bedlington fought back with a great goal of their own as Andrew McClenan headed home a brilliant right wing cross from 12 yards out to make it 1-1
Gareth Pugh grabbed his first goal of the season to put the Quay ahead as he was first to react to Andy Breheny's cross being missed by the Bedlington keeper to tap home from 2 yards.
With 30 seconds until half time the visitors levelled again centre half Jordan Cuthbertson rose highest at the back post from a set piece to head the sides level at the break.
The referee had to leave at half time due to a family illness so up stepped Ian "Beast" McCartney to ref the second half.
Bedlington took the lead for the first time in the game as Saints keeper Ellis Burns dropped an inswinging corner allowing Michael Sim to tap home the loose ball from 2 yards.
The Saints levelled up the game on the hour as the mercurial Connor ran from the half way line before firing a strike from 25 yards that took a huge deflection and looped over the goalkeeper for his second of the game.
His third goal followed a minute later as he ran down the left wing before cutting inside his marker to curl the ball home from just inside the box for his second hat-trick of the season.
20 minutes went by without incident and the Quay 6 minutes away from a brilliant win over a top side however it was all to change.
Saints defender Leon Elgie bundled over the Beldington winger in the box and Beasty had no choice but to point to the spot. Joe Moscrop stepped up to smash the penalty straight into the top corner to make the score 4-4.
A minute later Moscrop made it 5-4!! A cross from the right was deflected onto the underside of the bar and Moscrop reacted quickest to smash the ball home from 6 yards.
Darren Percy made it 6-4 to the visitors with 2 minutes to go as once again he reacted quickest after a high ball had came back off the crossbar he tapped home from a yard out.
Moscrop sealed his hat-trick and compounded the Saints misery as he tapped home a quality right wing cross from just yards out as the shell shocked saints defence wondered what had just happened.