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Two goals from Boarhound’s Dec Fletcher put paid to a battling Mary Dendy display at Windmill Street as for the second time in the league this season they lost to the champions by the odd goal going down 3-2.
With both teams missing key players through injury it was the visitors who started the better and deservedly took the lead on sixteen minutes when Matty Morris scored from the penalty spot , sending keeper Anthony Connolly the wrong way
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| Matty Morris's penalty gives Dendy the lead against Boarhound |
. With a make-shift defence Dendy seemed to be coping well but their luck finally ran out two minutes before the break when Dec Fletcher scored from close rang with all the Dendy players appealing for offside . It was the turning point in the match as two minutes into stoppage time Dave Barratt gave Boarhound the lead making it 2-1 from a similar position with Fletcher again involved and Dendy still unsettled after referee Pete Lloyd’s earlier decision.
On fifty two minutes Fletcher completed his hat-trick as again he outpaced a tiring Dendy side to make it 3-1 and the match began to slip away from the Paul Cronshaws team. Injury to striker Matt Stott meant a rare outing for veteran striker Gary Baker who has been with Dendy for over twenty years , to bolster their attack but despite all his experience Dendy only managed one more goal with Leon White flicking a header home from a corner..
Wilmslow will have to improve in their last game of the season against rivals Club AZ ,if they are to overhaul Dendy in second place after a disappointing 4-2 defeat to Inter-Macc.
Poynton Nomads are really building their momentum however after a 2-1 victory away to Old Alts. They started well and raced into a 2-0 lead with goals from Marc Toomey and Nishal Joshi but following Toomey’s departure with a knee injury Nomads lost direction and were ultimately forced to hang on as Old Alts poured forward in search of a point having pulled a goal back early in the second half.
