He was denied thrice in the first half, one from a last-ditch block by Jack Steventon, who had recovered well from misjudging a high ball, by VCD stopper Tony Coxall, who blocked from the number 10 with his legs after Carlos Canha did well to tee him up, then again by Coxall as he got down to parry a free-kick towards the bottom corner, with Tom Strawbridge heading over the resulting delivery.Ī good move down the right nearly saw Fazakerley net inside 20 minutes as Liam Mahon ran onto a ball down the line by Frank Tobin and picked him out at the near post, but the number nine could only fire wide off balance. Ross Allen didn’t get on the scoresheet on this occasion but his link-up play throughout the game was excellent.
The Green Lions played with purpose going forward, setting their radar early on with efforts from Liam Mahon and Harry Tobin from outside the area that were both off target.Ĭallum Stanton was stood up to the challenge when called upon in the first half, standing his ground to block with his legs as Oriondo Ogboe beat the offside trap on the quarter-hour, then blocking from Ogboe and Alexander Gaggin near the end of the half. The penalty to halve the deficit may have undone the defence in the past, but they remained resilient to the end, when the game got fiery and two dismissals saw it finish 10 against 10.
Jamie Dodd’s first-half headed opener was added to by two counter-attack goals after the break from Liam Mahon and Will Fazakerley either side of a Charlie MacDonald penalty. Guernsey kept up the momentum built up away from home with an accomplished performance in front of their own fans to see off VCD Athletic in their first home game of the season.
Goals: Dodd 32’ L Mahon 57’ Fazakerley 90+5’ - MacDonald (pen) 82’.