COLTS WIN LYFDA LEAGUE

MOTHERWELL COLTS LIFT LEAGUE TITLE


The Colts lift the Lanarkshire Youth Development League title for the first time.

Motherwell went into the final two games of the season knowing EK Wanderers were chasing them for the league title.

The Colts travelled to EK Burgh United and despite dominating the first half fell a goal down when United hit them on the break early in the second half.

With ten minutes left it looked as though the title may be slipping when Martin McIntyre hit a stunning free kick from outside the box into the top right hand corner of the united net.

The Colts went all out for the victory and in the final minutes Sean McEnroe broke clear from the EK Burgh defence to slip the ball under the advancing united goalkeeper and win all three points for Motherwell.

FINAL RESULT:- EK BURGH 1 v MOTHERWELL COLTS 2

Despite not knowing how the other results had gone the Colts knew that they would lift the league title with a home win against a strong Wishaw Colts side who had held them to a draw a couple of weeks earlier.

Motherwell attacked Wishaw right from kick off playing a high tempo passing game. By half time Motherwell had raced into a three goal lead including one of the goals of the season when Mathew Lafferty collected the ball in his own half and after playing a serious of one-two's lifted the ball over the advancing Wishaw goalkeeper.

Wishaw hit back immediately after half time with two quick goals. Nerves began to show in Motherwells play and before long Wishaw had pulled the score back to 3-3.

The Colts now began to push hard for the winning goal and Mathew Lafferty completed his hat trick when he collected the ball on the edge of the Wishaw box and drove it into the bottom right hand corner of the net leaving the keeper with no chance.

The celebrations were now in full flow as the Colts lifted the Lanarkshire Youth Football Development League Title by an impressive eight points and in doing so ensured a place at the National Finals.

FINAL RESULT:- MOTHERWELL COLTS 4 v WISHAW COLTS 3