It was a wretched day on Saturday at Scroggy Rd. The wind howled and the rain lashed down.The two goalmouths were brown as Blain Morrison's sun tan melted into the puddles.
Dergview took the lead making the best of the poor conditions.. Sproule scored with a fine header in the 10th minute. From this point on the game was one way traffic with the young Dergview side on the backfoot for long periods.
Martin Harkin equalised for Newtowne in the 12th minute. In the ensuing minutes Newtowne missed a string of chances. Loughery and O'Brien missed two gilt edged chances.
Home nerves were settled through the last of the mohicans Mickey Walsh. He scrambled home a Harkin cross.
Newtowne played good football in the first half. Corner backs Mark Magee and Rory O' Reilly were exceptional. Harkin was involved in most good Newtowne work as was Walsh.
Conor O'Hara finished well to make it 3-1. Loughery scored a great goal to make it 4-1, a powerful drive from well outside the box. The siege on the Dergview continued despite a torrential downpour. Mickey Walsh scored his second after rounding Christopher Barclay in the Dergview goal.
| HT Newtowne 5 - 1 Dergview Res |
Newtowne took their collective feet off the pedal in the second period and failed to match their performance level of the first half.
A number of chances went a begging but only one was converted. Harkin sent in a cross which Alan Nicholl managed to force over the line. This goal was Newtowne's 80th goal in all competitions this season.
Mark Magee was unlucky not to mark a fine performance with a goal, he was denied by Barclay . Dixon saw his shot just miss the post. The young corner back looked lively on his arrival.
Dergview created a few opportunities near the end but O'Reilly and Norris dealt with both.
Overall Newtowne Newtowne dealt comfortably with a very young Dergview side. In the first half the passing was very good and a string of scoring chances were fashioned. The second half was not as good but the home side were always in control.
Referee, Mark Millar, from Belfast was excellent.
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