Bay stay top after Peterlee victory
Whitley Bay had a narrow win against lowly Peterlee and were made to work hard for their victory on Sunday.
The homes side started the brighter of the two and made the breakthrough on 13 minutes, and fittingly on Mother's Day it was the team's only mum that opened the scoring.
Rachel Mellor played a great ball down the left for Sarah Coleman to fire a great cross across the face of goal for Kirsty Hunter to control, turn and shoot into the bottom corner.
Peterlee settled into the game, without really troubling the Bay keeper, but enjoyed some good passages of play and were defending strongly.
On 36 minutes Whitley went 2-0 in the lead as a Janine Fagan free kick found Lisa Coleman who crossed to the far post for Nikki Smith to volley home.
After the interval, Peterlee were even stronger but still couldn't find a finish until the 75 minute when Charlene Cheung struck a great shot into the corner following some prolonged Peterlee pressure.
Whitley eventually weathered the storm and finished the game in the ascendancy with several chances created and missed.
The game ended 2-1 to Whitley and keeps them at the top of the League.
Manager Colin Phillips was pleased with the result and said: "Peterlee certainly belied their League position and played some neat football, we looked comfortable at half time, but were made to work hard for the win."
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Saturday 11 February 2012
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