PRUDHOE YC 3 RACA 3

Misfiring Albion’s winning run came to an end at Essity Park as Prudhoe and RACA shared the points in a 3-3 draw in front of a record attendance of 410. Ryton’s poorest performance for several games still yielded them a point as they twice came back from being behind with Kristian Sands, Aaron Costello and Michael Baxter getting on the scoresheet to also end the losing run against the Seniors.

In this much awaited local derby it was Albion who came into the game bang in form & playing some eyecatching football to boot, but the stardust was missing at Essity Park as RACA’s passing in particular wasn’t up to recent standards. Prudhoe took advantage of RACA’s sluggish start by taking the lead on 11 minutes, Sam Dibb-Fuller poking home a cross from Darren Graham. It was to get worse for Albion on 34 minutes when Roman Sparks scored his first goal of the season for the Seniors causing some disgruntlement among the Albion fans making up a good proportion of the 410 spectators. Fortunately & a bit out of nowhere, the deficit was halved when Kristian Sands fired home from inside the Prudhoe box in the 38th minute and those of a black and blue persuasion were even more jubilant two minutes later when Aaron Costello equalised, the sides going into the break at 2-2

If the travelling fans were hoping their side would continue the momentum in the second half, they were to be disappointed as again the fluency associated with recent performances just wasn’t there. Prudhoe took advantage of Ryton’s off day on 55 minutes, Sparks finding Matty Law who rounded Albion keeper Brogan Colquhoun to make it 3-2. Ryton had to fight back again & Michael Baxter saw his powerful shot crash against the woodwork in the 70th minute. He had more success three minutes later when his in-swinging corner ended up in the back of the Prudhoe net, possibly taking a deflection on the way in, but the equaliser is credited to Baxter. That was the end of the scoring as the sides shared the points in what was entertaining fayre for the neutral.

FT PRUDHOE YC SENIORS 3 RACA 3 Attendance 410