Westella and AFC Mansfield finally got this game dealt with at the seventh attempt.Rain,snow,frost,
From the
start it looked a tough encounter for AFC and they soon fell behind to a
penalty but continued to battle and were rewarded when Joe Naylor
charged down a clearance and it went into the Westella net to make it
1-1.
The night looked as if it wasn't going to go Mansfields way when Mark
Carter missed an opportunity to put them ahead and Westella went up
field in the next attack and made it 2-1 after a rare mistake from the
bulls goalkeeper.
This was just before the half time whistle and was a
real body blow.
The AFC manager gave the players a stern talk
at half-time and in true Bulls fashion the team came
out a different beast in the second half.
They chased and harried the
opposition and were soon rewarded when Mark Carter put them level at 2-2
after some fine work from Dean Rick.
The Bulls then hit a purple patch
for 15 minutes and Dean Rick put on his shooting boots and soon bagged
yet another hatrick.Matt Draper also volleyed home a goal as AFC
Mansfield ran out 6-2 winners and now face Harworth in the area final on
a date to be confirmed.
The winners of that then play against the
winners of the southern area in the grand final.
This saturday sees AFC travel to Awsworth Villa in the Semi-final of the Notts intermediate cup with a 2.30pm kick-off.
