ALAN PARKINSONS STUNNING LATE STRIKE GAVE WESTBURY
CELTIC THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON IN A 2-1 VICTORY
OVER POWICK IN THIS WORCESTER PREM GAME....THE HOME SIDE
WERE DEPLETED THROUGH INJURIES AND WERE WITHOUT TEN
REGULARS AS DAL SOHAL AND PHIL PRICE WERE HANDED THEIR
DEBUTS AS OLD FAVOURITES OLLY O'DONNELL AND DERICK ADAMS
RETURNED TO THE SQUAD AS CELTIC FIELDED THREE 16 YEAR
OLDS.
BUT AFTER LAST WEEKS
DISAPPOINTMENT, WESTBURY WERE DESPERATE TO PUT THINGS
RIGHT DESPITE FALLING BEHIND TO STUART HARTS EARLY
DEFLECTED OPENER FOR THE VISITORS IN THEIR ONLY FIRST
HALF EFFORT ON GOAL AS CELTIC BOSSED THE REMAINDER OF
THE FIRST PERIOD AS POWICK KEEPER DEAN DRINKWATER DENIED
PARKINSON AND ELLIS WITH SUPERB SAVES WHILST BOWMAN AND
ADAMS BOTH MISSED FROM CLOSE RANGE.
IT WAS MUCH THE SAME STORY IN THE
SECOND HALF AS CELTIC DROVE ON FOR AN EQUALISER WITH THE
EXPERIENCED ADAMS AND TENACIOUS SCOTSMAN MACABE WINNING
THE MIDFIELD BATTLE IT WAS POWICK KEEPER DRINKWATER WHO
KEPT THEM AT BAY WITH SUPER SAVES FROM PARKINSON AND
O'DONNELL AS THE VISITORS RARELY THREATENED A WESTBURY
DEFENCE IN WHICH BOWMAN, TREDWELL, SPINK AND MAYCROFT
WERE SUPERB AND FINALLY WITH FIVE MINUTES REMAINING THE
BREAKTHROUGH CAME AS ALEX GILL CLOSED DOWN DRINKWATERS
CLEARANCE AS THE BALL FELL TO ADAM ELLIS WHO DROVE HOME
TO THE DELIGHT OF THE HOME CROWD...BUT WESTBURY WERE NOT
CONTENT WITH THIS AND WITH SECONDS ON THE CLOCK
PARKINSON BROKE AWAY AND CHIPPED THE KEEPER FROM 25
YARDS FOR A SPECTACULAR WINNER TO CUE MORE WILD
CELEBRATIONS ......FULL CREDIT TO THE PLAYERS FOR NEVER
GIVING UP IN A WHAT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT AND UNLUCKY START
TO THE SEASON AND TODAY THEY GOT THEIR REWARDS. THE
LUCKY WOOLY HAT WAS BACK AND SO WAS THE SMILE.....UNTIL
SOME KILL JOY REMINDED US WE WERE STILL ON 0 POINTS
NOW!!
AND ANOTHER GOOD SIGN THAT
THE EXCELLENT WESTBURY YOUTH SET UP IS WORKING WELL WITH
SEVERAL PLAYERS COMING THROUGH THE RANKS AND
ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES WELL IN THE THREE ADULT
TEAMS...THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT..
NO GAME THIS WEEK - UNBEATEN IN TWO WEEKS
??.... OH YES!! .....I'M OFF TO SEE MORRISSEY... '
Heaven knows I'm miserable now' ?? NEVER!!....
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!
AND TO ALL YOU SAD VILLA FANS...YOU'VE
HAD YOUR CUP FINAL NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
