Match Report

DFC welcomed Newington YC to an amazing looking Planters Park where once again the playing surface was acknowledged by everyone.

It was the home team who opened strongly with Scott Adams and Andy McMath both having chances that were well dealt with by the away keeper and both teams went into the interval all square in what was a very entertaining first half.

Then the game turned on 50 minutes when the referee somehow to amazement of everyone adjudged that Nathan McConnell had impeded the Newington winger and very harshly awarded a penalty that was duly converted.

Then on the hour mark as DFC were still very much in the game the normally reliable keeper stephen Croft dropped a cross from the left when under no pressure and the winger walked the ball gleefully into the empty net.

This really hurt the home team but minutes later they were undone by another strange referee decision as Newington broke away the linesman signaled off side but the striker went on to score and the referee over ruled his linesman to allow the goal to stand.

Adams and Stephen Jones were then replaced by David Gray and Marc Davidson as DFC kept plugging away and McMath was denied by a superb stop by the impressive away keeper.

However Gray pulled one back on 85 minutes and McMath fired over the top in the final minutes but all the talk was about the decisions today rather than a highly entertaining competitive game of football.

DFC would like to thank our sponsors Matec Plant from England and Alan Crawford from Lisburn for supporting our club

Squad

Croft, Redpath, Walker, Moffett, McConnell, Gourley, Hand, Richmond, Jones (Davidson), McMath, Adams (Gray).

Subs: Robinson, Davidson, Coleman, Lavery, Gray.

Goal: Gray