Taylor Beaton sinks Belconnen
Nice one Taylor, make that two!
Central Coast Mariners defeated Belconnen tonight in front of a very healthy crowd. But the A-League stars needed local Belconnen United boy Taylor Beaton to give them the win.
Beaton who plays his football with Belconnen was trialling with the Mariners and didn't he do well. He scored both, including one in the 90th minute to seal the win. Rest of report and Mariners views below
Dustin Wells scored for Belconnen in the first half to give the Mariners a rude awakening to their two game Canberra trip. Next game Friday 7pm Deakin Oval. Mariners v ACT Rockets with ACTAS v Rockets Youth at 5pm.
Full report from Russ Gibbs to come. Mariners views below.
How the Mariners saw it..below
Central Coast Mariners Football Manager Lawrie McKinna reviews the Mariners’ 2-1 triumph over ACT Premier League heavyweights Belconnen United at the Belconnen Soccer Centre this evening.
Two goals from 17-year-old triallist Taylor Beaton secured the Mariners their hard fought win.
With barely a starting eleven of contracted senior players available for selection, the Mariners were forced to wait until the final minute to secure their fourth win of their pre-season trial match program – Canberran starlet Beaton delivering the telling blows against his current club.
Beaton, having played the first half with Belconnen, traded sky blue for yellow and navy in the second stanza and first drew the Mariners level shortly after the hour mark before netting the match winner with the final kick of the game.
Earlier, Dustin Wells had given Belconnen the advantage – one that the home side, who currently sit second in the ACT Premier League, thoroughly deserved and held onto until the second half intervention from regular team-mate Beaton.
Most positively, midfield ace Matthew Osman completed his 15-minute cameo towards the end of the match without any complications in what was his first contribution to a competitive or non-competitive match since October 2007.
The Mariners’ pre-season trial match program continues in the nation’s capital in two days time with a match against local representative outfit the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre on Friday, 27 June. Kick off is at 7pm.
And from Alex Wilkinson:
Central Coast Mariners captain Alex Wilkinson reviews the Mariners’ 2-1 triumph over ACT Premier League heavyweights Belconnen United at the Belconnen Soccer Centre this evening.
It was the Mariners’ most experimental line up of the pre-season trial match program to date that made hard work of proceedings early on, if not for the stern challenge offered by Belconnen than because of the unfamiliar weather conditions that plummeted to 3° by kick off.
The visitors were dealt a blow at training yesterday, with Paul O’Grady and Bradley Porter both ruled out of the fixture with slight injury concerns – further depleting the Mariners’ already threadbare playing stocks.
Indeed, the only 2007/08 regulars to feature in the starting side for the yellow and navy were Andrew Clark, Dean Heffernan, John Hutchinson, Sasho Petrovski and Wilkinson, all of whom, bar Heffernan, have featured prominently in the lead up to season four.
Former New Zealand Knights midfielder Dustin Wells slotted home the opener on 34 minutes and, in truth, it was no less than the home side deserved.
The Blue Devils were good value for their one-goal advantage and were equally deserving of their first half clean sheet, with the Mariners largely frustrated going forward and limited in their chances on goal.
In accordance with Football Manager Lawrie McKinna introducing a further three triallists from the bench as the match wore on, in addition to Matthew Osman’s late inclusion, the Mariners began to assert their authority to greater effect and were justifiably rewarded with two goals.
Standout Taylor Beaton produced two clinical finishes to make sure of the plaudits for the Mariners, who will stay in the capital for another two days – culminating in a fixture against the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre.
The Mariners’ pre-season trial match program continues in the nation’s capital in two days time with a match against local representative outfit the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre on Friday, 27 June. Kick off is at 7pm.
Dustin Wells scored for Belconnen in the first half to give the Mariners a rude awakening to their two game Canberra trip. Next game Friday 7pm Deakin Oval. Mariners v ACT Rockets with ACTAS v Rockets Youth at 5pm.
Full report from Russ Gibbs to come. Mariners views below.
How the Mariners saw it..below
Central Coast Mariners Football Manager Lawrie McKinna reviews the Mariners’ 2-1 triumph over ACT Premier League heavyweights Belconnen United at the Belconnen Soccer Centre this evening.
Two goals from 17-year-old triallist Taylor Beaton secured the Mariners their hard fought win.
With barely a starting eleven of contracted senior players available for selection, the Mariners were forced to wait until the final minute to secure their fourth win of their pre-season trial match program – Canberran starlet Beaton delivering the telling blows against his current club.
Beaton, having played the first half with Belconnen, traded sky blue for yellow and navy in the second stanza and first drew the Mariners level shortly after the hour mark before netting the match winner with the final kick of the game.
Earlier, Dustin Wells had given Belconnen the advantage – one that the home side, who currently sit second in the ACT Premier League, thoroughly deserved and held onto until the second half intervention from regular team-mate Beaton.
Most positively, midfield ace Matthew Osman completed his 15-minute cameo towards the end of the match without any complications in what was his first contribution to a competitive or non-competitive match since October 2007.
The Mariners’ pre-season trial match program continues in the nation’s capital in two days time with a match against local representative outfit the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre on Friday, 27 June. Kick off is at 7pm.
And from Alex Wilkinson:
Central Coast Mariners captain Alex Wilkinson reviews the Mariners’ 2-1 triumph over ACT Premier League heavyweights Belconnen United at the Belconnen Soccer Centre this evening.
It was the Mariners’ most experimental line up of the pre-season trial match program to date that made hard work of proceedings early on, if not for the stern challenge offered by Belconnen than because of the unfamiliar weather conditions that plummeted to 3° by kick off.
The visitors were dealt a blow at training yesterday, with Paul O’Grady and Bradley Porter both ruled out of the fixture with slight injury concerns – further depleting the Mariners’ already threadbare playing stocks.
Indeed, the only 2007/08 regulars to feature in the starting side for the yellow and navy were Andrew Clark, Dean Heffernan, John Hutchinson, Sasho Petrovski and Wilkinson, all of whom, bar Heffernan, have featured prominently in the lead up to season four.
Former New Zealand Knights midfielder Dustin Wells slotted home the opener on 34 minutes and, in truth, it was no less than the home side deserved.
The Blue Devils were good value for their one-goal advantage and were equally deserving of their first half clean sheet, with the Mariners largely frustrated going forward and limited in their chances on goal.
In accordance with Football Manager Lawrie McKinna introducing a further three triallists from the bench as the match wore on, in addition to Matthew Osman’s late inclusion, the Mariners began to assert their authority to greater effect and were justifiably rewarded with two goals.
Standout Taylor Beaton produced two clinical finishes to make sure of the plaudits for the Mariners, who will stay in the capital for another two days – culminating in a fixture against the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre.
The Mariners’ pre-season trial match program continues in the nation’s capital in two days time with a match against local representative outfit the ACT Rockets at the Deakin Football Centre on Friday, 27 June. Kick off is at 7pm.
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