Alpha continue their `hammering’ with a 4-0 win against Winners

ALPHA `The Hammer’ United continued their `hammering’ of opponents with a 4-0 win against Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA) Winners Connections when the two teams faced off on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground in the feature match of what was to have been a double- header card.
Anthony `Awo’ Abrams opened the scoring for Alpha United in the 27th minute and this was followed by an Andrew Murray 35th minute goal.
Gregory `Jackie Chan’ Richardson followed with a 53rd minute goal while Sheldon Holder sealed the issue with a 70th minute goal.
The win for Alpha United, their seventh from as many matches, takes them to 21 points.
The scheduled opening encounter on Sunday should have been contested between Riddim Squad and BV/Triumph, however this match never materialized due firstly, to faulty lighting which was subsequently rectified and secondly, to an issue over Riddim Squad’s Kester Alleyne.
Chronicle Sport tried to get a comment from GFF officials but this proved futile.
However, in the only game that was played at the venue on Sunday, Abrams opened the scoring for Alpha United after a team build up in Winners Connection’s half of the field, the ball was played into Winners Connections’ 18-yard box and Abrams took control of it and made an individual effort, evading a defender and taking a left foot shot across Winners Connections’ custodian, sending his team into the lead.
Alpha United’s second goal came off an intelligent diagonal pass from Richardson which split Winners Connections’ defence. Murray latched on to it, took on the only defender in the goal mouth, got past him, and scored.
Richardson then made the score line 3-0 from a free kick which he took from approximately 25 yards out and landed on target.
Holder then came into the act after Richardson was brought down in Winners Connection’s 18-yard box; the subsequent penalty saw Holder placing the ball past the opposing goal keeper’s right side.
Alpha United’s next game will be against second placed team, Guyana Defence Force, on December 8th at the GFC ground.
In other results from matches that were played on Sunday, GFA’s BK Western Tigers beat New Amsterdam United 3-1 through a treble off the boot of Hubert Pedro in the 20th, 50th and 76th minute goals.
New Amsterdam United’s solitary goal was scored by Kelvin Joseph.
Meanwhile, Alpha United’s Head Coach, Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover, said his team is fit and ready to take on all comers in the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer 32-team knock-out tournament which got underway on Saturday at the GFC ground.
Alpha United will come up against Grove Hi-Tech in the feature game from 20:00 hrs.
The opening game from 18:00 hrs brings together Santos and Houston Stars.
Dover told Chronicle Sport since the Annual Kashief and Shanghai tournament was called off, the GFA Banks Beer tournament has been the most talked about tournament and his charges are all fired up.
He said he is hopeful for Alpha united to come out on top as it will be a morale booster for the team’s chances of winning the GFF/Banks Beer Premier League also.

(By Michael DaSilva)