Football: Late goals keep North Force alive

North Force had a win over Warkworth over the weekend.

Two Keegan Baddeley goals in the last three minutes helped flatter North Force in their 3-0 away win over Warkworth, after being nil-all at halftime.

Described by their coach as a potential banana skin team, North Force managed to get the three points which boosts them into third on the NRFL Division two table.

For coach Russell Baddeley it was a nervous first half.

Luckily for Baddeley Jeremy Rintoul eased his nerves soon after the halftime break, scoring from a free kick.

"It was a tough game, 3-0 sounds like it was easy but it sure wasn't," Baddeley chuckled.

"The score is a little bit flattering, I think we deserved to win - we defended well and had another clean sheet."

Described as a scruffy game on a wobbly pitch, Baddeley noted the performances of Nathan Steel and Joseph Luiten in the midfield.

He added that while strikers Steve Schimmel and Keegan Baddeley were not feeling 100 per cent they did enough to help their team over the line.

Now North Force are sitting in a promotion spot, Baddeley said the hunger to stay there and move back into the first division was building each week.

"From my point of view the boys are doing everything I ask, we're in one of those promotion spots and we want to hang on."

The next task for North Force would be a home game against Albany, who sit six places behind the Northlanders, with the team looking to draw another big crowd.

"Of all the teams we've played we easily have the best supporters so looking forward to coming home next week."

Scorers

North Force 3 (Jeremy Rintoul, Keegan Baddeley 2) Warkworth 0