Penistone Church 3-4 Shaw Lane AFC (aet)
Shaw Lane retain the Sheffield Senior Cup in seven goal thriller
Shaw Lane had to come from behind on three occasions before they eventually took and held on to the lead in extra time.
The first chance of the Cup Final fell in Church’s favour. Elliott Firth swung in a free-kick into the box where Brett Lovell flicked it on to Tom Brennan who volleyed over the bar.
Penistone Church shocked the holders as they took the lead. James Young’s corner was powered in at the front post by centre-back Tom Brennan.
Penistone almost gifted their opponents an instant equaliser. Lovell played the ball back to the keeper after taking the ball off Kieran Lugsden. The keeper butchered his first touch and, after pressure from Lugsden, booted the ball straight into the path of Alex Byrne. Byrne took a touch before rifling a shot towards the top corner which was tipped wide of the upright by the Penistone number one who recovered well.
Byrne drew another good save out of the keeper minutes later. Ducks skipper Spencer Harris played a quick free-kick to the left-hand side where Byrne dribbled down the wing before suddenly cutting in and fired towards the bottom left-hand corner but the effort was matched by a good save by the Church shot-stopper who held onto the ball.
Lane equalised just after the half hour mark. Byrne was in acres of space thirty yards out from goal. He thought about a shot before opting to tee up Harris who distributed a thunderous strike, from the edge of the area, into the bottom left corner.
Byrne was proving to be a real handful for the opposition. Byrne latched onto Jake Picton’s ball down the line until he was impeded by Young. Byrne took the set-piece and curled a wonderful cross into the box for Jake Skelton who glanced his header wide of the mark.
A minute later, Church struck the woodwork. James Young delivered another great cross into the box from a free-kick. Andy Ring connected with it but saw his looping header hit the bar and bounce over.
Penistone Church retook the lead on the stroke of half-time. Ash Ellis accurately picked out the run of Keightley and played the forward down the line. Nathan Keightley accelerated away from his marker and headed towards goal. As he entered the box from the left, he used the back post run of Kieran Ryan as a decoy and fooled the keeper by smashing the ball past him to give his side the lead going into the break.
HT: Penistone Church 2-1 Shaw Lane AFC
Nathan Keightley almost bagged his brace just after the break. The hitman played a ‘one-two’ with Kieran Ryan before firing across the face of goal and narrowly wide of the far post.
The Ducks were on even terms in the fifty-third minute. Ben Gordon pulled the ball back from out wide to an unmarked Kieran Lugsden who was on hand to hammer the ball past the keeper.
Three minutes later, Penistone once again went ahead in the final. Young’s deep freekick was nodded
on by Lovell into the path of Ring who superbly placed his volley past Wilczynski.
Just after the hour mark, Jake Picton burst down the right channel and dinked the ball back to Byrne who set himself before volleying the ball goalwards however the keeper made another good save to deny the winger.
Shaw Lane equalised for the third time in the contest with twenty minutes to go. Alex Byrne darted down the left before drilling the ball across goal to Lugsden who took a touch before smashing the ball into the back of the net.
Six minutes later, Penistone almost went back ahead. Kieran Ryan held the ball up on the edge of the box before turning and crossing into the middle for Ring who knocked the ball down to Keightley whose fierce half-volley was parried wide by Wilczynski.
In the dying moments, Penistone almost won the game. Lovell slotted Ring through on goal but as he pulled the trigger, Picton jumped in and stopped the shot. Following the corner, Lovell saw his back post header blocked on the line by Gavin Rothery who denied the centre-back a certain winner.
FT: Penistone Church 3-3 Shaw Lane AFC
For the first time in the tie, Shaw Lane went ahead four minutes into the first period of extra time. Chib Chilaka’s cross from the right was unfortunately converted by Brett Lovell into his own net.
And in the final minute of the first half, Lane thought they had put the game to bed. Chilaka tapped home Gordon’s pass,into the six yard box, but as the substitute got up to celebrate, the linesman flagged for offside.
ET HT: Penistone Church 3-4 Shaw Lane AFC
A minute after the restart, Byrne ran towards the byline and pulled the ball back for Gordon whose first time shot was excellently tipped past the post.
Penistone then had two chances in as many minutes to get back on even terms. Scott Whittington latched on to Howes through-ball and ran through on goal but Wilczynski rushed out and blocked the attempt. Then in a moment of madness, Kieran Ryan saw his shot palmed out by the keeper. The ball came out too quickly for Whittington who miss-kicked his shot into the path of Keightley who teed up for Howes whose strike cannoned of the post and was cleared.
Moments later, Gordon rose highest to flick the ball onto Byrne. The winger tried to place his shot past the keeper but he managed to send the ball wide via an outstretched leg. From the corner, Skelton struck the bar with a strong header.
Shaw Lane had the chance to wrap up the game when they won a penalty in injury time. Lovell was judged to have handled Byrne’s shot in the area. Harris stepped up but saw his spot kick saved by the Church number one.
ET FT: Penistone Church 3-4 Shaw Lane AFC
The Evo-Stik side held on to clinch a second Senior Cup triumph in successive seasons. Commiserations to Penistone Church who never gave up and gave us such a good game to watch. Ian Richards has done a great job whilst in charge of the NCEL Premier side.
Attendance: 671
Goals: Brennan (17’), Keightley (43’), Ring (56’); Harris (33’), Lugsden (53’, 70’), Lovell OG (94’)
PCFC: Chris Smith, Ryan Johnson, James Young, Ash Ellis, Tom Brennan, Brett Lovell, Elliott Firth, Danny Howes, Nathan Keightley, Kieran Ryan, Andy Ring
Subs: Freddy Russell, Robbie Graham, Scott Whittington, Ryan Smith, Duncan Richards
SLAFC: Ed Wilczynski, Jake Picton, Ryan Serrant, Kelvin Lugsden, Jake Skelton, Gavin Rothery, Alex Byrne, Spencer Harris, Kieran Lugsden, Damien Reeves, Ben Gordon
Subs: Matty Davies, Paul Clayton, Chib Chilaka, Myles Wright, Adam Knight
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