Newton Aycliffe Sports Club FC opened the 2017/18 season with an emphatic 8-6 win over local rivals Shildon 3 Tons in the Wear Valley Sunday League – Division 2. With all of the Sports Clubs games being reversed to allow only away fixtures during the month of August (due to an unplayable pitch at Moore Lane Park), the season kicked off away at Jubilee Fields in Shildon. The Aycliffe side got off to a flyer with the first of Kyle Allen’s 6 goals coming in the 8th minute with a cheeky lob from outside of the box beating the home keeper to make it 1-0. The 2nd goal came on 15 minutes with the home side putting through their own net and a 3rd quickly followed when Jimmy Cameron broke free and slotted home.
It was soon 4-0 to the visitors with Kyle Allen getting his second after rounding the keeper on 22 minutes to make it look like it was going to be a comfortable afternoon for the Sports Club. However, complacency kicked in and a few mistakes helped the home side back into the game and it was 4-2 as half time approached. The sports club made sure there was still a comfortable gap going into the break though, with Kyle Allen grabbing his hatrick just before the half time whistle. A strike from outside the box for the home side managed to get past Goalkeeper Andy Hartley to make it 5-3, but again the Sports Club stepped up a gear and made it 6-3 shortly after.
The 3 Tons then started to apply some much needed pressure and quickly managed to get back into the game, clawing it back to 6-5 by the 70 minute mark. Last Season’s Player of the Year and Top Goal scorer, Kyle Allen, grabbed his 5th of the game to make it 7-5 but a quick return from the Tons made it 7-6 with 10 minutes remaining. To cap off a Man of the Match performance however, Kyle Allen quickly gave the Aycliffe side the two goal cushion again to make it 8-6 and that’s how the game eventually finished. Next Week sees the team away to Darlington RA. Team Ratings:- A Hartley (7), J Clegg (6), R Durr (6), D Griffiths (7), G Boyes (6), J Cameron (7), R Whitworth (6), C McMullen (7), A Campbell (6) D Teder (7), K Allen (9-MOM). Subs Used: D Farnworth (6), O Gell (6), A Gittins (6), S McKerr (5) NASC FC would also like to take this opportunity to thank Home kit Sponsor for 2017/18 – TR Fastenings.
