Ayla Novak 12', Lorcan Hask 14', Bex Sarkis 70', Tobias Cray 90'Wren Okonkwo 9'
Kingsreach come from behind to beat Blackmere 4–1
Kingsreach Athletic ran riot against Blackmere United 4–1 at Crown Ground in front of 58,680. Goals from Ayla Novak (12), Lorcan Hask (14), Bex Sarkis (70), Tobias Cray (90) did the damage, with Wren Okonkwo (9) replying for Blackmere.
Kingsreach had 11 attempts (8 on target) to Blackmere's 4 (3).
Tobias Cray was named player of the match for Kingsreach, rated 8.6.
Gideon Marsh: "The players were immense."
★ Player of the match: Tobias Cray
As it happened
- FT FULL-TIME: KGR 4–1 BLK.
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90+4'
Wren Okonkwo through on goal... Oskar Lark stands tall and smothers it. Big moment.
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90+1'
Tobias Cray lets fly — Ivo Baptiste gets down well.
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90'
GOAL! TOBIAS CRAY rises highest and powers the header in from Lorcan Hask's delivery. KGR 4–1 BLK.4–1
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86'
Kingsreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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79'
Blackmere keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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74'
Kingsreach substitution: Malik Lund on for Vida Nakamura.
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72'
Blackmere substitution: Finn Ravenscroft on for Magnus Halloran.
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70'
GOAL! BEX SARKIS! Tobias Cray with the assist. KGR 3–1 BLK.3–1
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68'
Bex Sarkis drags it wide from the edge of the box.
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64'
Kingsreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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59'
Change for Blackmere. Dmitri Hendrix makes way, Magnus Halloran comes on.
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58'
Oskar Lark again! Wren Okonkwo cannot believe it.
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56'
Change for Kingsreach. Ayla Novak makes way, Vida Nakamura comes on.
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52'
Bex Sarkis from range. Never troubling anyone.
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50'
Kingsreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
- 46' Back underway for the second half. KGR 2–1 BLK.
- HT HALF-TIME: KGR 2–1 BLK.
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43'
Ravi Redfern slides it to Lorcan Hask, low shot, Ivo Baptiste equal to it.
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38'
Ayla Novak from range. Never troubling anyone.
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35'
The Kingsreach fans want more urgency. Gideon Marsh is on the edge of the technical area.
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29'
Header from Tobias Cray, Ivo Baptiste claws it away. Kingsreach corner.
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23'
Tomas Fenwick beats one, beats two, and fires wide with the third to beat. Heads in hands.
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22'
Ravi Redfern through on goal... Ivo Baptiste stands tall and smothers it. Big moment.
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21'
Blackmere corner cleared at the near post.
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14'
LORCAN HASK SCORES! Crown Ground erupts. KGR 2–1 BLK.2–1
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12'
GOAL! AYLA NOVAK taps in from a yard out after Abel Marr did all the work. Right place, right time. KGR 1–1 BLK.1–1
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9'
WREN OKONKWO SCORES! Crown Ground erupts. KGR 0–1 BLK.0–1
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5'
Dmitri Hendrix tries to switch play. Overhit. Goal kick.
- KO Blackmere get us started. Crown Ground is loud tonight.