Manurewa mayhem

againstaManukauUnitedteamwhichwasbeaten4 1byAucklandCityonMonday.

Melville were in trouble from the moment Connor Probert struck with a sweet free kick from distance, and for the second time over the weekend a penalty was conceded. A further goal in the first minute of the second half guaranteed the win for Manurewa, who went on to net twice more, including one in the 94th (a time when Melvillehaveprovedvulnerablesofarthisseason).

Melville were without both Aaron Scott and Liam Hayes, meaning captaincy for the daywenttoSeanLiddicoat.

Campbell Brown was the pick of the Melville players on a day when his teammates were generally well upstaged by their opponents. Ethan Richards worked hard, while George Brown came on for the injured John Oakman at the start of the second half andgaveareasonableaccountofhimself

Dylan Williams led the front line in his first start of the season. There were few chancesonofferbuthedidoffermobility AlecBowdenmadehisdebutoffthebench lateinthesecondhalf.

It was Melville’s first loss to Manurewa since a 0-2 away loss on April 14 2012 and the biggest loss to them on record. However this was possibly Manurewa’s best team sincethedayswhentheircoachPaulMarshallwasplayingfortheminthemid-80s

Melville United: 1-Max Tommy, 4-Braedan Quilter-Phipps (16-Alec Bowden 86'), 5Cambell Brown, 6-Ethan Richards, 7-Ry McLeod, 11-Quinton Kipara (9-Jack Connor 61'), 13-Dylan Williams, 14-Sean Liddicoat (c), 15-Erik Panzer (10-Lucca Lim 77'), 17KeaganThompson(12-JakobEngland77'),18-JohnOakman(3-GeorgeBrown46')