More aggressive approach helped Boldon CA to Sunderland RCA win

Boldon CA joint-manager Chris Spence revealed the half-time team talk that helped his side continue their promotion push with a 2-0 home win against Sunderland RCA.

The visitors provided a stern test for Boldon during the opening 45 minutes at The Villa and looked to be on their way to hampering any attempts to put pressure on Northern League Division Two leaders Billingham Town. However, a half-time request to be more aggressive and to move the ball quicker did the trick as second-half goals from Callum Larmouth and Jack Robertson eventually broke RCA’s resistance and put Boldon on their way to their tenth home league win in just 12 games.

The win also means only goal difference is keeping The Villa outfit from the top of the table and their bid for a first ever promotion into the Northern League’s top tier is gathering more pace with every passing week.

Speaking after the win, Spence told The Gazette: “RCA came here and were very well drilled in the first half and grew into the game in spells. We moved the ball too slowly at times, which we spoke about at half-time. We said we needed to be a bit more aggressive, move the ball quicker and ask more questions of them. I thought we did exactly that in the second half, and once we got the opening goal, it probably deflated RCA a little bit to be honest.”

Boldon now have a free midweek as their attention turns towards preparing for a visit to Stokesley SC next Saturday afternoon.

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