S & A Blue hosted Great Mogul at Ainsdale Club on Sunday in the semi final of the Bob Mitchell Shield .
A confident blues started well moving the ball well, but a stubborn Mogul defence stood firm and limited blues to very little in the way of clear cut chances .
On the half hour mark striker Mo Samateh was tripped in the box penalty !!!
Skipper Coates stepped up but saw his kick well saved.
Ht: 0-0
S & A Blues started the second half quickly putting pressure on the Mogul back line.
Samateh a constant treat with full back Tyler Hawkes overlapping to good effect.
On 47 mins Mogul's resistance was broken when Harry Woods combined with Conor Forshaw the later forcing his way through and finishing past Moguls stopper to give the team a 1-0 lead.
Despite almost 40 mins left in the half we had very little in the way of quality football blues having the lions share of possession but with the referees whistle being the constant in the 2nd half.
Late chances for the Connolly brothers but the score was to stay 1-0 for a home win.
S & A Blues INTO THE FINAL
Date and venue to be confirmed
Gary Keane
(Manager)