TWO NEW TEAMS IN THE WAKEFIELD & DISTRICT SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE LOCKED HORNS IN THE "CHAMPIONSHIP ONE LEAGUE CUP FINAL" WITH MOUNT PLEASANT COMING OUT ON TOP AGAINST A GALLANT FLOCKTON FC OUTFIT

Wakefield & District Sunday Football League - Sunday 26th March 2023

Flockton FC ................................................... 0
Mount Pleasant FC .........................................7

Striker Abdullah Mayat hit a fine hat-trick in Mount Pleasant's 7-0 success over Flockton FC which saw his side lift the Championship One League Cup in the afternoon final played at the home of Nostell MW.

A huge crowd saw seven goals and a display of contrasting styles of football in this one-sided affair which saw Flockton battle right to the end of this final.

The Batley-based side opened their scoring trail in the 11th minute when play-maker Shuaib Patel found Yasen Katharada who applied a clinical finish. Four minutes later, clever link-up play between Katharada and Abdullah Mayat saw the latter notch his first goal in his hat-trick steering his chance home from close-range to make it 2-0.

Flockton fought back gamely and saw Charlie Manby's surging run and shot force an excellent stop from keeper Faizal Goolab at the expense of a corner. In the 24th minute, a good set-piece move by Flockton ended with winger Thomas Smith shooting straight at the goalkeeper for an easy save before both Josh Hollings and Ben Brook both gallantly failed to find target in their period of a purple patch.

Mount Pleasant made it 3-0 two minutes into the second-half with an attacking break which saw Yasen Katharada play a teasing ball across the face of the Flockton danger zone and found Abdullah Mayat whose effort was parried by keeper Sam Jones onto the foot of the post before Abdullah reacted swiftly to steer. the ball home from close-range.

Flockton saw Charlie Manby dispossess a Mount Pleasant defender but saw his effort cleared off the line. Their comeback task become more difficult when a counter-break on the hour mark ended with Ismail Loonat scoring the goal of the game with an exquisite chip over the stranded goalkeeper.

Never say die attitude of the Flockton outfit kept battling against the tide and in an isolated chance saw Ethan Shilito force an agile save before Abdullah went to complete his hat-trick with his spot-kick on target with a late strike from substitute Abdul Rehman concluded their scoring spree.

The man of the match award went to Mount Pleasant's hat-trick hero of the hour, Abdullah Mayat.