Play in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA’s) Stag Revival Cup quarterfinal matches continued over the weekend as the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) hammered Western Tigers 4 – 0, and GT Panthers got past Beacon United in a dreaded penalty shootout.
This double-header showdown took place at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, where, in the first match, the home side and Tigers duked it out to a goalless first half, before a Joel Humphrey goal in the 53rd minute broke the deadlock for GFC.
Moments later, in the 60th minute, LaVanghn Enniss doubled the GFC lead when he found the back of the Tigers’ net. He then completed his brace in the 79th
Lavanghn Enniss, Joel Humphrey and Edmonds Rockford
minute, before Rockford Edmonds put the Tigers’ ambition to rest with a goal in the 90th minute, seconds before referee Deon Feassal brought the game to an end.
The following match was a thriller between Beacon and GT Panthers. With the score being identical at 3 – 3 after extra-time, there was just not enough evidence to predict a victor.
Beacon were ahead by two goals with 21 minutes on the clock, but the never-say-die GT Panthers capitalised on a goalkeeping error in the 23rd minute to bring themselves back into the game, until the arrival of the Beacon soldier Keifer Brandt, whose 62nd minute goal made it a two-possession game once more.
It was Panthers all the way after that, as the momentum shifted; and it became a one-goal game three minutes later when Panthers’ soldier Elroy Parks buried a free-kick, which paved the way for yet another Panthers soldier in G. Singh to equalise in the 70th minute.
With scores now tied at 3-3 and neither side being able to go ahead in extra-time, GT Panthers held their nerves in the ensuing penalty shootout to book a spot in the semifinal.
