PORT Macquarie’s Football Mid North Coast Premier League teams had a mixed bag of results on Saturday.
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Saints had a 2-1 victory over Old Bar Barbarians while United drew with Tuncurry Forster Tigers 1-1 and FC went down to Wallis Lake 1-0.
Aaron Oppedisano and Augie Fordjour found the net for Saints in their win at Old Bar.
Saints went up 2-0 but a goal from the Barbarians kept the team in it until the end.
Oppedisano flicked on a corner to score, before Fordjour cleaned up the crumbs after Anthony Jamieson hit the post.
Saints, who are the highest placed of the Port teams, had “about a thousand” shots in the second half, according to manager Mark Rogers.
The keeper made some great saves, but Saints didn’t work him enough.
“Some of them went over the bar and some were straight at him,” Rogers said.
“It made for a nervy last 15 minutes.”
United did well to grab a share of the points, considering the Green Bloods’ slim numbers before kick off.
A number of first graders had to play injured. Lucas Heagney and Matt Broderick battled through ankle injuries, while Andy Collins took to the park with a hamstring problem.
Joe McKeon had a groin strain.
Jake Avery had a hand in United’s goal. He made a good run into the box before the ball was deflected from a Tiger and into the net for an own goal.
That was the only goal of the first half. The Tigers equalised early in the second before putting United under the pump as they went looking to go ahead.
Brock Longworth made some fantastic saves and Brad Spokes and McKeon had great games in the backs.
Port FC coach Tony Wilson said his team played its best football of the season so far, but couldn’t get over the line against Wallis Lake.
FC lost 1-0 at Boronia Park.
Lance Dekker had a couple of chances to score, but was denied by the woodwork.
Wilson had plenty of praise for the Lake keeper, who somehow kept a couple of FC shots out.
He was less impressed with some of the tackles from the match.
“It was shocking,” Wilson said.