This match was played at Lowhills Road as part of the County Cup 2nd Round Prelim.
East Durham Acre Rigg Social and Sunderland Doxford Athletic Youth (Non League) drew 3-3 in a closely contested match that saw the visitors triumph in the penalty shootout, winning 5-4. East Durham Acre Rigg Social benefitted from an impressive performance by Paul Bailey, who was named Player of the Match.
Josh Muir, Paul Bailey, and Kyle Longstaff were the goalscorers for East Durham Acre Rigg Social.
Josh Muir was awarded a yellow card, while Marshall Crinson received a red card.
For East Durham Acre Rigg Social, Josh Muir was replaced by Jaxon Leigh, Jean Jeremie Pearson was replaced by Kane Monaghan, and Tony Banks was replaced by John-Paul Hall.
Pre-Match Prediction Analysis
While I didn’t have a pre-match prediction for this encounter, seeing the final score of 3-3 followed by a penalty shootout victory for Sunderland Doxford Athletic Youth shows that this tie certainly delivered an unexpected turn of events!