PROMOTION CHALLENGE GATHERS PACE

The two Ahmets in action v Daventry Drayton Grange

Daventry Drayton Grange 2 Punjab United 3
HT 0-3 Michael Chong (2)

Hassan Mumin

Punjab made four changes to the line up which saw Gary Park,Simon Kent,Gary Wilson and Duncan Homer make way for Chris Bright,Jaspal Saini,Ahmet Aksu, and Garinder Birk.

2 goal Hitman Michael Chong

Punjab picked up 3 priceless points aginst D.D.G. to keep there promotion challenge alive.

Jaspal Saini in action

Michael Chong opened the scoring within 40 seconds from a neat cut back by Andrew Cox.

Punjab celebrate the opener inside 40 seconds by Michael Chong

Chong then made it two after brillant work by Pitra,Saini and Aksu that teed up Chong to finish.

The contest looked more a less over when Hassan Mumin powered home a header from a well executed Jaspal Saini corner.

Despite the three goals in the first half the visitors could not add any further goals with DDG getting two consolations.

Punjab picked up the points that sees them move into third place in the table.

Team:- Bhandal, Birk,Huseyin,Hetherington(p) (c), Saini, Aksu, Bright, Pitra, Cox, Mumin, Chong (subs:- Hetherington (s) for Birk 65 mins), (Park for Aksu 80 mins) subs not used Kent, Singh, Caka.

Man Of The Match:- Claudio Pitra - Showed all the leadership and kept the team together in the late DDG pressure.