Another top notch performance from Scarborough Athletic FC saw them cruise into the final of the Presidents cup.
A crowd of 441 were inside Queensgate and they were all treated to a highly entertaining performance from Scarborough Athletic, the more I see of 'Premier division' teams the more I fancy our chances of another promotion next season.
It only took 10 minutes for Boro to take the lead, following a free kick from Graham Botham, that man Dave Hartas was in the right place to head home a beauty of an opening goal.
Boro dominated the game, Rangers did create a couple of chances but the Boro defence stood solid and on the odd occassion Rangers actually had a shot on target Aaron Reid in the Boro goal dealt with the situation.
The 2nd Boro goal again came following a Graham Botham free kick, this time it was Craig Hogg who scored the goal after connecting with the free kick.
Half time arrived with the score 2-0.
Craig Hogg grabbed his 2nd of the night to put Boro into a 3-0 lead, but the highlight of the night for me was not one of the goals scored but rather 2 missed attempts from Mark Griffin, Griff' was on fire in the 2nd half, he ran the Rangers defence ragged and put in many good crosses, however he ran onto one through ball and let fly with a volley which would probarbly have ripped the net apart had it been on target, his shot flew across the face of the goal from the right wing and hit the far side crossbar with venom, fans were still talking about the shot as Griff' again ran down the right side and wrong footed the Rangers defender and in full flight he made perfect contact with the ball as he backheeled it and this time it struck the near side crossbar and flew high over the top, 2 pieces of individual magic,
A crowd of 441 were inside Queensgate and they were all treated to a highly entertaining performance from Scarborough Athletic, the more I see of 'Premier division' teams the more I fancy our chances of another promotion next season.
It only took 10 minutes for Boro to take the lead, following a free kick from Graham Botham, that man Dave Hartas was in the right place to head home a beauty of an opening goal.
Boro dominated the game, Rangers did create a couple of chances but the Boro defence stood solid and on the odd occassion Rangers actually had a shot on target Aaron Reid in the Boro goal dealt with the situation.
The 2nd Boro goal again came following a Graham Botham free kick, this time it was Craig Hogg who scored the goal after connecting with the free kick.
Half time arrived with the score 2-0.
Craig Hogg grabbed his 2nd of the night to put Boro into a 3-0 lead, but the highlight of the night for me was not one of the goals scored but rather 2 missed attempts from Mark Griffin, Griff' was on fire in the 2nd half, he ran the Rangers defence ragged and put in many good crosses, however he ran onto one through ball and let fly with a volley which would probarbly have ripped the net apart had it been on target, his shot flew across the face of the goal from the right wing and hit the far side crossbar with venom, fans were still talking about the shot as Griff' again ran down the right side and wrong footed the Rangers defender and in full flight he made perfect contact with the ball as he backheeled it and this time it struck the near side crossbar and flew high over the top, 2 pieces of individual magic,
Brian France need not have worried about his teams motivation before the game having already won the championship, the team played as they always do, displaying attacking football and hungry for goals.The next goal was actually scored by Griff', but Dave Thompson deserves much praise, Thompson who had come as a substitute had a magnificent run down the left side, he avoided tackles, kept going and must have covered 50 yards or more on his run before his cross eventually found the back of the net after hitting Griff' rather than Griff' hitting the ball, but Griff' deserved to be on the scoresheet after a fantastic performance.
Boro's final goal came from the penalty spot, Ryan Blott was fouled in the area and it was Scott Phillips who calmly scored from the resulting penalty kick.
Rangers did get a consolation goal late in the game, but tonight there was only ever going to be one winner.
TONIGHTS TEAM with my marks out of 10.
REID. 8
HOYLE. 8
KEMP. 8
HARTAS. 8
WALTHAM. 8
BOTHAM. 8
GRIFFIN. 9
ELLIS. 8
BLOTT. 8
GRAY. 8
HOGG.8
SUBS.
HEPPLES. 8
THOMPSON. 8
PHILLIPS. 8
Man of the match: Mark Griffin.
At the next league game on Saturday 18th April against Leeds Carnegie, Scarborough Athletic will be presented with the league championship trophy.
