The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Tydd St Mary continued their fine form with a good 3-1 win against a strong Netherton United Reserves side in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday.
Playing away at the Netherton’s Grange 3G pitch in blustery conditions, the Saints made hard work of it in the first half.
After weathering some good early Netherton pressure against the wind, it was Tydd who finally made the breakthrough on 27 minutes. Some good build up play found Jake Clitheroe on the edge of the box and, using his strength, he found some space and smashed home.
However, Netherton didn’t take this lying down and hit Tydd on the counter attack just five minutes later to level the match.
The Saints came out for the second half with the wind behind them but struggled for the first 15 minutes. A formation change to a 5-3-2 then changed the game.
Tydd were now competing more in the middle and they were rewarded with some good football in the 73rd minute when Stu Easey spotted the run of Tim Lowe and dinked a great ball in for Lowe to perfectly head across the goalkeeper.
Now on top, Tydd hit the bar and the post but still couldn’t find that elusive third goal. It eventually came when Lowe turned provider in the 80th minute when his cross picked out Clitheroe to nod home his 29th of the season.
The Saints are away this Saturday at Boston League side Old Doningtonians (1.30pm) as they begin the defence of the Spalding Inter Services Trophy, which they have won for the past two seasons.
Tydd: Cooper, Ainslie, Burch, Burrell, Easey, Kirkham, Lowe, Piccaver, Slator, Smith, J Clitheroe. Subs used: Bradshaw, Walklin.
