Horden reach cup final after edging past Jarrow on penalties
Horden CW 3-3 Jarrow (Horden win 5-3 on penalties)
Horden booked their place in the final of the Ernest Armstrong Cup after beating Jarrow in on penalties in a six-goal-thriller.
Horden opened the scoring in the 25th minute through Philly Angus. Chris Wallace then made it 2-0 after 40 minutes before Taylor Cambell gave Horden a 3-0 lead just two minutes later.
Jarrow pulled one back in the 59th minute through Jack Armstrong. Ryan Hardie got the visitors to within one in the 73rd before James Harper equalised in the last minute.
Horden’s first goal saw Angus played in behind before his shot took a big deflection and looped over the goalkeeper.
The advantage was doubled 15 minutes later after a horrendous mistake from the goalkeeper. With Wallace flicking the long throw in on and the Jarrow keeper pushing it into his own net.
Two minutes later a fast ball near post was flicked on by Cambell to put Horden three to the good.
Sloppy defending from Horden allowed Jarrow back into the game with Armstrong slotting it under the goalkeepers’ legs.
Hardie put Jarrow right back in the game when he rose highest from the corner to head the ball in the bottom corner.
The comeback was miraculously completed after Jarrow’s ball in behind wasn’t cut out by the Horden back line as Harper lofted the goalkeeper to make it 3-3 and take the game to penalties.
Horden’s goalkeeper foster was the hero as Horden won 5-3 in the shootout and qualified for the final.
