Keswick 3 Goals from 5 attacks – Blackpool 2 Goals from numerous attacks

Blackpool Men’s 2s	2-3	Keswick West Cumbria Men’s 2s
by Peter Latimer

With the two first choice strikers unavailable, the fixture against Suprise league leaders Keswick was not going to be easy, With Martin Hayes at a New York Training Camp, and League leading scorer Alex Diver ruled out through injury, Blackpool failed to convert their plethora of chances and fell out of the Promotion hunt with a 3-2 defeat.

Although Blackpool played the best hockey against a Poor Keswick side, the inability to convert chances and Penalty Corners meant that Keswicks ability to hit blackpool on the counter attack left Blackpool a mountain to climb, as the hosts found themselves 2-0 down at the 20 minuite mark. Both Keswick goals scored due to poor defending from the midfield, allowing Kesick to attack with pace, against a labouring defence. Blackpool got back into the game before half time with a goal from the evergreen Steven Whitley.

The Second half saw much of the same, and when Keswick scored a dubious third, Blackpool piled on the pressure however could only score one more in reply, that coming from Vetran Andy Mortimer.

Some Stats Keswick attacks – 5, Shots 5, Goals 3 Blackpool attacks – 71, Shots 7, Goals 2

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