Sun Sports "A" 3 Holywell 1                      1969/70                      Watford Senior Benevolent Cup

Two men booked as Holywell fall to Sun

Two goals in two minutes immediately prior to the interval virtually clinched the Watford Senior Benevolent Cup for Sun Sports at Bellmountwood Avenue on Saturday.
The game itself had little to recommend it as a final.
It was marred by rather too much petty fouling and at times threatened to become a brawl.
Sun Sports had Phil Killer and Graham Seabrook booked for trivial offences, compared with some of the chopping tackles and bodily contacts by both side, which referee Soppitt allowed to go without so much as a wag of his finger.
The first 15 minutes found both sides ill at ease with a troublesome cross-wind.
Holywell were first to show, as Bob Langdale and Micky Sharp both had shots just off target.
Just when it appeared that Holywell were running into form, Sun unexpectedly took the lead.
The goal came through the opportunism of Killer.
The ball was flashed along the wind to put Stickland in the clear.
He floated it over to find goalkeeper Dick Thurston and Seabrook in combat for the ball, which ran loose for Killer to dart in and shoot into the net.
This brought Sun under pressure for the first time as Langdale had his first shot saved at the foot of the post and his second, from another corner, hit the far post via the head of Stuart Mitchell.
Despite this spell of Holywell pressure, Sun were now looking more compact themselves and produced and aggressiveness which got them two goals in the 42nd and 44th minutes.
The first came from a free kick from skipper Chris Hows, who floated the ball to Seabrook.
The latter pushed it through to Paul Rogers, who volleyed it into the net.
Two minutes later, good midfield play by Rogers directed the ball to Stickland who scored the winner.