Match Report: Parkvale 1-3 Seaford Rock United
LSL Saturday Premier 1
Seaford eased to a second consecutive win to consolidate a mid-table position in Premier 1.
The visitors flew out of the traps, and had the match all but won within 25 minutes, ripping through the Parkvale defence with power and pace.
Seaford's first was a rocket of a shot from Piers Shelton, who was alert enough to play the advantage when others stopped following a clear foul on Alex Smirnoff. The Englishman's brilliantly struck 25-yarder was his first Seaford goal in two-and-a-half years.
Sam Browne almost doubled Seaford's lead with another piledriver moments later, which Rory Goodman managed to tip on the bar, but it wasn't long before it was 2-0. This time Shelton was the provider, breaking forward from the edge of his box before releasing Ryan Scollard, who cut inside from the left wing to fire home from the edge of the box.
Mark Sullivan grabbed Seaford's third, slotting home after being put through by Smirnoff's clever disguised pass, and it might well have been more for the visitors, with Scollard heading straight at Goodman from Smirnoff's cross, and Sullivan curling just over after being put through by David Mackey.
At the other end, the closest Parkvale came was when Stephen Murphy's inswinging corner was headed off the goalline by Matty Sheehan, before Niall O'Mahony whipped a shot just wide from a short-corner routine.
The second half was a poor spectacle, as Seaford's intensity dropped markedly, which Parkvale lacked the quality to punish. O'Mahony went close for the home side with another long-ranger, Seaford's substitutes combined well as James Thompson found Brian Mullally with a fine ball, only for Mullally to curl his effort over the top.
The blues pulled one back in stoppage time when Luke McGuinness picked out the top corner with a spectacular free-kick, but even after that Seaford might have restored some gloss to the scoreline when Scollard was put clean through by Mullally, but the striker shot inches wide.
A fourth win in seven lifts Seaford comfortably clear of the relegation zone, but for Parkvale, the search for a first victory goes on..
Seaford: Robbie Moran, David Mackey (Luke O'Sullivan, 61), Matty Sheehan (Darragh Roche, 80), Adam Finnegan, Theo Cullinane, (Ian Nolan, 50), Sam Browne, Piers Shelton , Mark Sullivan (James Thompson, 69), Shane Gilroy, Alex Smirnoff (Brian Mullally, 69), Ryan Scollard.
Parkvale: Rory Goodman, Cian O'Reilly (Luke McGuinness, 44), Chris Cotter, Shaun Gillen (Craig Moran,h/t), Niall O'Mahony, Ryan Gillen (Pauric Dolan, 18), Phil Moore, David Gillen (Shane O'Brien ,h/t), Carl Corbett, Matthew Whelan, Stephen Murphy (Darragh Banville, 70)
Rockbrook Park, 17 November 2018
The visitors flew out of the traps, and had the match all but won within 25 minutes, ripping through the Parkvale defence with power and pace.
Seaford's first was a rocket of a shot from Piers Shelton, who was alert enough to play the advantage when others stopped following a clear foul on Alex Smirnoff. The Englishman's brilliantly struck 25-yarder was his first Seaford goal in two-and-a-half years.
Sam Browne almost doubled Seaford's lead with another piledriver moments later, which Rory Goodman managed to tip on the bar, but it wasn't long before it was 2-0. This time Shelton was the provider, breaking forward from the edge of his box before releasing Ryan Scollard, who cut inside from the left wing to fire home from the edge of the box.
Mark Sullivan grabbed Seaford's third, slotting home after being put through by Smirnoff's clever disguised pass, and it might well have been more for the visitors, with Scollard heading straight at Goodman from Smirnoff's cross, and Sullivan curling just over after being put through by David Mackey.
At the other end, the closest Parkvale came was when Stephen Murphy's inswinging corner was headed off the goalline by Matty Sheehan, before Niall O'Mahony whipped a shot just wide from a short-corner routine.
The second half was a poor spectacle, as Seaford's intensity dropped markedly, which Parkvale lacked the quality to punish. O'Mahony went close for the home side with another long-ranger, Seaford's substitutes combined well as James Thompson found Brian Mullally with a fine ball, only for Mullally to curl his effort over the top.
The blues pulled one back in stoppage time when Luke McGuinness picked out the top corner with a spectacular free-kick, but even after that Seaford might have restored some gloss to the scoreline when Scollard was put clean through by Mullally, but the striker shot inches wide.
A fourth win in seven lifts Seaford comfortably clear of the relegation zone, but for Parkvale, the search for a first victory goes on..
Seaford: Robbie Moran, David Mackey (Luke O'Sullivan, 61), Matty Sheehan (Darragh Roche, 80), Adam Finnegan, Theo Cullinane, (Ian Nolan, 50), Sam Browne, Piers Shelton , Mark Sullivan (James Thompson, 69), Shane Gilroy, Alex Smirnoff (Brian Mullally, 69), Ryan Scollard.
Parkvale: Rory Goodman, Cian O'Reilly (Luke McGuinness, 44), Chris Cotter, Shaun Gillen (Craig Moran,h/t), Niall O'Mahony, Ryan Gillen (Pauric Dolan, 18), Phil Moore, David Gillen (Shane O'Brien ,h/t), Carl Corbett, Matthew Whelan, Stephen Murphy (Darragh Banville, 70)
Rockbrook Park, 17 November 2018