Football: Louth Old Boys pip Welton in five-goal thriller

Louth Old Boys Under 13s Blacks, sponsored by Thurlby Motors, shaded a five-goal thriller as they took on newly-promoted Welton Bombers at London Road.
Louth keeper Kelsey Shuard springs into action EMN-161027-145844002Louth keeper Kelsey Shuard springs into action EMN-161027-145844002
Louth keeper Kelsey Shuard springs into action EMN-161027-145844002

With Louth having three players missing because of holidays, the team had to adjust to a slightly different formation than usual.

Nonetheless, Old Boys took an early lead with a great individual goal from Fin Koslow.

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The home side kept the pressure on and within a couple of minutes were 2-0 ahead when Jamie Grant netted his first goal for the team after a goalmouth scramble.

After good play from both teams, Welton pulled a goal back to halve the deficit.

The visitors then had a good 10-minute spell and netted again to go in level at 2-2 at half-time.

Old Boys began to dominate play and kept the pressure on with attack after attack.

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Some superb pinpoint accurate corners from Tom Willson again caused the away team lots of problems.

This eventually led to the match-winning goal for Rob Marsh whose diving header found the bottom corner.

There was great work across the pitch by the Old Boys, and man-of-the-match was Fin Koslow.

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