Aycliffe’s hopes of improving on their 3rd place position were knocked back with a 4-3 defeat at home to Penrith. Aycliffe started brightly & went ahead after 4 minutes through a Dennis Knight shot from outside the area. They were unlucky not to extend their lead when they hit the bar on 11 minutes. Dennis Knight bettered his earlier goal with a 25 yard screamer to make it 2-0 on the half hour. Penrith came back into the game and Martyn Coleman pulled on back to make it 2-1 at half time. Penrith came out strongly in the second half and added 2 goals in the first 7 minutes through Andrew Murray-Jones and Richard Faustino, the latter being another long distance screamer. Aycliffe got back to 3-3 through John Campbell, before Coleman got his second to put Penrith back in the lead at 4-3. Aycliffe pressed but couldn’t get the equaliser, despite Penrith losing Samuel Bell to a second yellow card. Penrith goalkeeper Josh Richardson pulled off a great save at the end to ensure that Penrith took all 3 points. Aycliffe are now in a run of five consecutive games at Moore Lane. They face West Allotment Celtic on Tuesday 20th September, followed by Marske Utd on Saturday 24th.
Aycliffe Edged Out in Seven Goal Thriller
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