North Village 1

Somerset Eagles 2

Showing some of the sparkle that got them off to a splendid start to the season, Somerset Eagles have to believe that hope has been restored in their ranks after this superb Premier Division result at Bernard Park yesterday in a contest that saw both teams finish with 10 players.

The winning goal came from Darren Dowling, the hard-working striker scoring on a counter-attack after the ten-man Village at the time had forced a spirited goalscoring threat at the opposite end of the park.

Earlier Village took the lead on a penalty by skipper Sammy DeGraff only to see Eagles respond with the equaliser through Aquino Grant.

Village were forced to play majority of the game with 10 men after goalkeepr Zane Hendrickson was sent off by referee Tracy Adams after 21 minutes for viciously pulling down Grant – denying the speedy forward of a goal-scoring opportunity.

With Village holding their own they were awarded a penalty when defender Anthony Rocker, who was ejected for a second bookable offence two minutes from the end, pulled DeGraff by the shirt and the Village skipper made his spot kick good.

Eagles fought back immediately with Dowling turning quickly to smash a thunderbolt of a shot just wide from 16 yards.

The inevitable goal came two minutes later when Shakir Smith, always a threat dribbling down the left flank crossed for Grant to tap home.

Three minutes later, after a Village assault on goal, Dowling scored the go-ahead goal during a quick counter attack.

North Village: Z.Hendrickson, Zaniko Hendrickson (J.Jennings, 74), K.Dill, R.Wilson, D.Tankard; J.Briers, S.DeGraff, J.Boyles, S.Goater (J.Williams, 23), P.Smith, R.Bean.

Substitutes not used: M.Swan, T.Watson, V.Tankard.

Goals: S.DeGraff, 32

Red card: Zane Hendrickson.

Yellow card: J.Briers.

Eagles: M.Dill; A.Rocker, D.Seymour, T.Fubler, A.Lambert, T.Davies, R.Lee, K.Bean; A.Grant (J.Bean, 74), D.Dowling, S.Smith (T.Tucker, 88).

Substitutes not used: J.Davies, C.Medeiros, K.Brown, P.Russell, M.Lowe.

Goals: A.Grant, 41, D.Dowling, 65

Red card: A.Rocker.

Yellow cards: D.Dowling, K.Bean, A.Rocker.

Referee: Tracy Adams

Man of the match: D.Seymour (Eagles)

YMSC 0

S. David's 3

St.David's netted three times against YMSC to keep pace with the top teams in the league.

They got goals from Dominique Lambert, Frique Crockwell and Shawn Boddington at Bernard Park.

St. George's Colts 2

Ireland Rangers 0

Goal machine Jahron Dickinson was again on target for host St. George's as they ran out winners over Ireland Rangers at Wellington Oval.

David Signor scored the other goal.

Wolves 2

X'Road's 4

Braces from Ricky Saltus and Eugene Calder guided X'Roads to a win over Wolves at Devonshire Rec.

The hosts got goals from Derrick Brangman and Ryan Nesbitt.

Paget Lions 0

Prospect United 1

Kentoine Jennings stepped up to score his side's winning goal as they held off Paget 1-0 at White Hill Field.

Robin Hood 5

BAA 0

A hat-trick from Keenan Robinson ensured Robin Hood go into the Christmas break on top of the charts as they hammered BAA on Saturday night.

Assisting Robinson in the goalscoring department were Teddy Terceira and former MLS pro Keith Beach.