Athletico Phoenix 4
van Persie 17p
Bendtner 19
Lindegaard [c]
Neville [c]
Mega Buck Bandits 0
(no cleans cancelled)
Athletico Phoenix: Lindegaard; Neville, Mertersacker, Gallas, Williams; Morrison, Rosicky, Gomez, Romeu; van Persie, Bendtner Subs: Friedel; Knight; Dunn; Klasnic
Mega Buck Bandits: Kuszczak; Santos, Martin, Ward, R.Taylor; Richardson, Jarvis, Valencia, Adam; S.Fletcher, Morison Subs: Ruddy; Monk; Vukcevic; Dobbie
St. James' Park hosted the WSFFL's first Charity Shield Final and 51,060 turned out to see the game between one of the best teams of 2011 in Athletico Phoenix and one of the... less good in Mega Buck Bandits.
A lot of Brian's success in the league this year has been through Robin van Persie so it was no surprise to see the Dutchman open the scoring on 17 minutes. The goal came from a penalty after a handball in the Mega Bucks box with the striker making no mistake. It took only two minutes for the Phoenix lead to be doubled. Nicklas Bendtner hasn't always seen eye to eye with his manager but he headed home from a corner to make sure he's on Brian's Christmas card list.
The next significant action came after half-time. Dave had got into his under-performing side in the interval and six minutes later they were thrown a lifeline when they were awarded a penalty. Charlie Adam has been Dave's deadball expert but struck his spot-kick too close to the keeper and the chance to get back into the game was gone. This warning to the Phoenix led them to tighten up and retain the ball and make sure the clock wound down without further alarm. A couple of cleans put a gloss on the result and confirmed that a first trophy would be heading to Kingham Park.
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