Patience pays off for ladies while the men

BOTH AEHC Ladies and Mens 1st XIs faced off against opposition from Sheffield Hallam at the weekend.

The Ladies 1s entertained Sheffield Hallam at the Edge on Saturday and duly dispatched them back over the Pennines 0-4 losers. After a frustrating first half in which Edge had all the play but were repeatedly thwarted by Hallam’s goalkeeper, they kept their cool and their sustained pressure paid off in the second half.

Issy Reynolds-Duffy set the ball rolling after the break with a sneaky rebound off the keeper. This set the mood for the rest of the half and Edge were unstoppable, playing with a level of pressure and intensity that Sheffield simply couldn’t match. Their next goals came from player of the match Liv Moores and Amanda Bennison, who both scored from spectacular dive deflections, Bennison flooring Hallam’s keeper in the process. Edge’s final goal came from Caitlin Polley who fired the ball into the corner of Sheffield’s goal from the top of the D following a great period of open play.

The Ladies head to Neston next weekend, hoping to make it three wins in a row in the North Premier League.

Hallam got their revenge the following day as their Mens 1st XII narrowly beating Edge’s Men 2-1 in their closelyfought North Conference match.

Edge started strongly with a good attempt on goal from McCormick saved by the Sheffield keeper before another excellent attack down the left by Billy Hedley led to a cross being put away neatly on the far post by Ben Gregory after six minutes.

Another slick attack from Edge should have put them two up but