Early lead becomes 4-1 win for Roslyn

Roslyn Wakari took the ascendancy early and went on to claim a 4-1 victory over University in the latest round of the southern premier football league.

It was awarded a penalty following a raised boot on Tennessee Kinghorn that was too high. Kinghorn duly dispatched the penalty past University goalkeeper Thomas Grey.

University soon equalised when a defence-splitting pass straight down the middle exposed Roslyn.

Despite the best efforts of Kristian Gibson on the goal line, the ball went in off the inside of the post.

Nick Treadwell ensured Roslyn went into the break ahead when he volleyed home following a scramble in the box.

Grey was having a stellar match in goal for University and proved this when he pulled off an outstanding save on a rocket of a shot from Kinghorn to keep University in the match. Roslyn’s custodian, Tom Stevens, was also kept busy and he pulled off a classy save to deny Truth Toheriri.

Roslyn coach Colin Thom rang the changes and when Cam Anderson was brought down in the box, Kinghorn stepped up to drive the second penalty straight down the middle for a 3-1 lead.

Treadwell — who has been scoring goals for fun lately — duly dispatched his second, and Roslyn’s fourth, in an entertaining victory.

Queenstown beat Northern 1-0 when the two teams at opposite ends of the table clashed at Forrester Park.

Northern made life difficult for Queenstown with a gritty performance that belied its lowly position. Possibly, having to travel to four consecutive away matches had left Queenstown lethargic and struggling for rhythm.

But a well-taken volleyed goal on 35 minutes from Carlos Herrmann ensured Queenstown still took all three points.

Scoring only one goal meant  it was knocked off top spot by Dunedin Technical. Coached by Tony Martin, it continues to impress.

Technical beat Green Island 3-1, edging in front of Queenstown, with which it is tied on 13 points atop the league table. Both have plus 10 goals but Tech goes top courtesy of having scored one more goal. Caversham looked to get back into its stride against Mosgiel, which was forced to start Ayman Ali at goalkeeper due to a shortage in the position.

When Caversham scored twice in the first half, through Conor Neil and Tim Horner, it looked like Caversham would win. In the second half, Ali grew in confidence and Mosgiel absorbed the pressure. It struck on the counterattack and when Regan Coldicott whipped in a free kick, Riley Anderton reduced the deficit to one. Caversham won a penalty after Andrew Ridden was fouled by Morgan Day.  Ridden himself stepped up to take it, but his shot was superbly saved by Ali. Ridden’s tough day was compounded when he received his marching orders and Caversham was down to 10 men.

Mosgiel repeated its dosage when Coldicott took another free kick. This time, Dan Gruppelaar was on hand to score the equaliser in a 2-2 draw.

- Neville Watson

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