The Mavericks progressed through to the Quarter Finals of the Cup with an outstanding team performance against Nostell Juniors. The first half was dominated by a gale force wind against the Mavericks but the whole team stuck together and battled superbly. The Mavericks defense of Jamie Shirtliff, Thomas Gibson, Nathan Kay and Scott Briscoe were outstanding in preventing Nostell attacking the Mavericks goal. After ten minutes only a superb save from Jack Unsworth prevented Nostell from opening the scoring. The Mavericks broke the dead lock on 13 minutes when a Rikki Paylor free kick caused chaos in the Nostell penalty area and Cristo Cicero scrambled home from close range. The Mavericks continued to hold Nostell in the strong wind with the Mavericks midfield of Rikki Paylor, Cristo Cicero and man of the match Joe Powell tackling like tigers. Then in the closing minutes of the first half a pass from Matthew Hilton sent Jamie Sutton towards goal and a fine run and shot gave the keeper no chance.
The Mavericks dominated the second half and gave Nostell little chance to get back into the game. Jake Blackburn, Liam Kenny and Levi Szucs all came close to scoring but Jake Frid put the game beyond doubt when he headed home a Scott Briscoe throw in to give the Mavericks a well deserved 3-0 victory.
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