Play-Off Delight for STM!

League Play-off Eliminator, Holly Lane, Tuesday 13th June

Paget 3 – 3 St Thomas More
St Thomas More win 3-2 on penalties

St Thomas More booked their berth at next week’s play-off finals in dramatic fashion defeating Paget 3-2 on penalties after a tumultuous 30 minutes of all-action football at a sun-soaked Holly Lane. Six goals were shared and it was a shame there had to be a loser but STM prevailed and Paget bow-out.

Tommy More’s started the game brightest and took an early lead but Paget stayed cool and were soon into their stride and evidenced that with two quick-fire strikes and they took that lead into the break. But like the first half, Tommy’s soon regained the ascendency and not only levelled but then re-took the lead with a superb top-corner strike from the edge of the area. Paget refused to lie down and undaunted they kept on plugging away in search of an equaliser and they found one, two minutes from time. In a rip-roaring finish, both sides could have snatched the win but it wasn’t to be and so penalties were required to decide the fates of both of these gallant sides. In a tense, dramatic and unpredictable shoot-out, it was STM who nicked it, 3-2, and they march on to the play-off finals at Castle Vale Stadium a week on Wednesday.