Leek fall to a strong Stafford Side

Leek men’s 3s faced a strong Stafford side on the second weekend of the season. Last season both sides won their home fixture respectively.

Leek started the stronger side applying pressure on the Stafford defense. The pressure was eventually too much for the home side when Ptolemy Edge found himself wide in the d and he managed to flick the ball into the goal on the near post, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead. Stafford had a series of short corners which eventually led to their first of the game with a nice flick into the left hand side netting. The home side managed to grab a second goal of the game from another short corner, after a few deflections the ball fell under the Leek goalkeeper and was bundled into the goal.

Stafford went into half time 3-1 up after another short corner was flicked into the right hand side netting.

The second half saw Leek grow into the game and have a few more chances, however they were not able to apply the finishing touch. The game finished 3-1 to Stafford.

Leek’s man of the match went to Ptolemy Edge, who scored Leeks only goal of the match. He also made numerous good runs into space down the line and drew opposition defenders out of position.