Northland FC (Diamond 86, 90) 2 V 5 Albany United (Robinson 12, 27 Pokhrel 32 Kadiya 41 Carter 72)
Northland FC Reserves (Plant 1) 1 v 1 Albany United Reserves (Clark 55)
A litany of errors in the first half cost Northland FC against Albany United in the Lotto NRFL Division 2 game at William Fraser Park on Saturday.
The first goal of the game was via a free kick, with Lee Robinson heading across goal. As the hosts struggled to find a foothold in the game, the visitors grew in confidence and pressed the Northland back four high up the pitch, pressuring them well and looking dangerous winning the ball so high up.
Robinson got his second of the match from this tactic and that led to a 14-minute purple patch which saw Albany put the game to bed before the break. Shane Stanners was guilty of a rare error, which saw Dev Pokhrel pouncing to stroke the ball home from the edge of the box.