Nirankari Cup Bandwagon Rolls On

In the only game played over the past three Sundays, Unity Nirankari made it through to the next round of the Herts Senior Cup on Sunday, writes Darren “Statto” Jones.

In a game played on a “3G” (3rd generation synthetic) pitch at Knights Templar School in Baldock, Unity started brightly and created some good chances. However it was to be a freak goal which gave them the lead when goalkeeper Jarell Stratton scored from his own area. The ball flew into the net as the bounce deceived his opposite number. They allowed Welwyn Peartree back into the game from a set piece, the comeback was to be short lived as the ‘home’ side upped the pace, Leon Palma split the defence and picked out Luke Croll with a pin-point crossfield pass, Croll controlled and finished well leaving the ‘keeper with no chance for a 2-1 half-time lead. They continued to apply sustained pressure during the second-half and killed the game off in the 75th minute when Palma went on a mazy run into the box, cutting the ball back to Andrew Iweduino, who finished with a low drive into the bottom corner.

They’re due to play in the National Cup this Sunday, before picking up with the County Cup again.

This is the usual time of the year when games are called off, cup games are already behind schedule, it could get worse.

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