NPR go down 4-0 to Gisborne
Peggy Gordon’s New Plymouth Rangers suffered their second defeat in the Central Federation League, losing 4-0 to Gisborne Thistle on Saturday.
Jarom Brouwer put Gisborne into the lead after 30 minutes, before a controversial penalty was given against Devan Leggett when video evidence clearly showed he won the ball and had not fouled his opponent.
Tomek Frooms slotted home the resulting penalty to give the visitors a 2-0 halftime lead.
Further goals from Jimmy Somerton and Sam Patterson sealed the victory.
Rangers coach Andy Hamilton was disappointed with the team giving away too much possession in all areas of the pitch which resulted in a lack of opportunities in the attacking third.
‘‘I’ll look at the option of some positional changes for the next game during this week’s training,’’ Hamilton said.
The club also hopes to bring in a new striker to bolster their ranks.
Rangers are away to Havelock North Wanderers this Saturday.
In the Taranaki premier league, Moturoa continued their winning start to the season against NP Rangers at Merrilands Domain with a 5-0 victory.
Despite the scoreline it took
Moturoa until 70 minutes to break down a stubborn Rangers defence through Hayden Murray, but a burst of four further goals in the last 12 minutes confined a fatiguing Rangers side to defeat.
Connor Hay, Aiden Smith, Taylor Bignell and Oliver Hill completed the scoring.
Rangers will rue missed chances in the first half but both goalkeepers, Sam Westlake
(Moturoa) and 16-year-old Ryan Bain (NPR), excelled for their teams.
Sam Sutton starred for Moturoa while Lucasz Zielinski continued to impress for Rangers.
The more experienced Moturoa team proved they will be hard to beat this season.
Fellow favourites FC Western also continued their 10 per cent start to the season with a 4-0 win at Inglewood.
Goals from Simon Gibson (3 mins) and Jordi Fettis (8 mins) gave the visitors an early lead.
Further goals from Connor Oliver-Rose and a second from Gibson sealed a comfortable victory.
New Plymouth Boys’ High School (NPBHS) made heavy weather in overcoming Waitara
3-2.
Zack Young proved to be the difference, scoring all three NPBHS goals, with the winner arriving in the 57th minute.
Steve Kibby and Jonny Kennedy had pulled back a 0-2 deficit before halftime.
Callum Parsons received a late red card for his second reckless foul of the match.
Kaitake got their first win in the Premier League with a fine
3-1 over Peringa United. Kaitake got off to a slow start and Stephen Allardice gave the home team a
1-0 halftime lead.
Kaitake came out stronger in the second half and scored through Brazilian Renan Faria Dos Anjos Bra, Aidy Wright and James Bevington to complete a satisfactory day.
Eltham narrowly defeated Woodleigh by 1-0. Isaac Smith scored the game’s only goal in the
80th minute.