Goals and cards at the Magnus
This week saw Newark start at the top of the table, Newark wanted to keep it this way against a Ramgarhia Derby team which the previous week beaten Leicester Panthers allowing Newark to go top. The game did not start how Newark wanted it to with Ramgarhia going 1-0 up within the first few minutes from a well thrown ariel which Ben Eagles missed trapped and allowed the panthers strikers to break away and find an unmarked player on the penalty spot who fired the ball past the diving James Wakeland. This woke Newark up who started to now move the ball well around the back and through the midfield but could not harm Ramgarhia’s defense for long periods of the half but a through ball from Kieran Meppem found the on rushing Ryan Foster who rounded the keeper and fired the ball into the back of the net making it 1-1 at the break.
The start of the Second half started well for Newark as they pressed Ramgarhia back into their own half and after a few minutes got their reward when Ryan Foster found himself in front of goal again and fired the ball into the back if the net putting Newark 2-1 up, this then sent the game into a well battled game in the midfield for long periods but a poor tackle from Keiran Meppem saw him pick up a green card and leave the field for 2 minutes. That spurred Ramgarhia on and they pressed more and more and eventually found the second they had been looking for, the Ramgarhia player rounding James Wakeland who thought he had pushed him wide enough but the Ramgarhia player fired the ball high into the roof of net making it 2-2, a few minutes later Newark went back down to 10 men with Alex Davies questioning the umpire one to many times and picking up a yellow card and leaving the field for the next 5 minutes, Newark held out for this period of time with standing the Ramgarhia pressure and with the return of Davies they were back up to full strength and pressed Ramgarhia back and finally found the breakthrough when Smith found Davies in the area who fired the ball past the keeper into the bottom corner of the goal putting Newark 3-2 up, Newark did not let the pressure and a few moments later found themselves 4-2 up with a great team move involving Tom Roper, Tom Smith, Sam Smith, Jack Mcmunn and Alex Davies. The move started with a quick sideline at the halfway line and a few one touch passing took the Ramgarhia defense apart and found Mcmunn on the penalty spot who slipped the ball to the on Rushing Davies who had an empty goal to put the ball into. The action then turned to the sideline where Coach Halfpenny picked up a yellow card after exchanging a few choice words with a Ramgarhia player and causing Davies to leave the field again and Newark down to ten again but this was only for a minute as the full time whistle went leaving Newark 4-2 winners. Man of the match: Ryan Foster Goals: Alex Davies x 2 Ryan Foster x2
