SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025
NORTHERN CUP
SECOND ROUND

COLLEGIATE
1
MERSEY VALLEY
9

MATCH REPORT
Mersey Valley opened up 2025 with an impressive all-round performance against Liverpool side Collegiate in the Second Round of the Northern Cup.
Mersey Valley started the game well and took the lead after 10 minutes – Dylan Fraine with a great turn and finish past the keeper.
The second soon followed, and it was a brilliant team goal. Skelton, Riley, and Fraine combined and the ball was fed out to Goldrick, whose cross was brilliantly flicked home by Sam Deering.
Goldrick went close with a free kick before Deering played a quick one-two with Dylan Fraine and fired home to make it 3-0.
It was 4-0 when Goldrick pounced on a defensive error to fire home and just before half time it was 5-0, Woolley creating the opportunity for Deering to complete his hat-trick with a great turn and finish.
HT: Collegiate 0 Mersey Valley 5
The visitors flew out of the blocks. Deering went close, and Riley should have scored after a great run. Fraine then bagged his second of the game, Riley with a great free kick that was headed back across goal by Owen Adams and Fraine was on hand to head home.
Riley made it seven with a smart finish and Fraine completed his hat-trick with a lovely finish.
Arguably the goal of the game came from the home side, after Cooke had made a superb save the corner that followed saw a brilliant overhead kick fly past the keeper.
The final act was a great moment for James Acton who scored his first goal for Mersey Valley to round off a great start to 2025.
FT: Collegiate 1 Mersey Valley 9
MATCH STATS
COLLEGIATE 1
MERSEY VALLEY 9
MVFC: Cooke, Renshaw, Woolley, Skelton (Chaddock), Greenwood, A Howarth, Deering, Adams, Fraine (Downey), Riley, Goldrick (Acton)
Goals: Fraine 10, 50, 80, Deering 16, 25,42, Goldrick 38, Riley 55, Acton 84
MAN OF THE MATCH
PETE GREENWOOD

Another Man of the Match Award for Greenwood after an impressive performance at the heart of the Mersey Valley defence. It was a fantastic team performance with everyone playing well but Greenwood was on top form, winning every challenge and not giving the Collegiate strikers a chance.
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