BOAMBEE and Sawtell shared the spoils in a jaw-dropping 4-4 draw in the Men’s Premier League under the floodlights on the synthetics last Saturday night.
Sawtell looked home and hosed at 4-1 with just six minutes to play.
But Lachie Moye’s Boambee Bombers had other ideas.
In an extraordinary finish, Boambee banged in three late goals.
Moye kickstarted the comeback in the 86th, followed by Christian Penny two minutes later, before Moye completed the miracle with a coolly-taken penalty in the final kick of the game.
“Coming back from 4-1 with just 15 minutes left to get the draw was a hard fought turnaround, something you don’t see happen too often,” said player and coach Moye.
“The local derby game against Sawtell always seems to have an exciting and unpredictable feel to it.
“Now I’ll look to put the focus on tightening up our defence, if we want to be one of the teams pushing for a finals berth later in the season.”
Earlier, Jack Rann had opened the scoring for Sawtell, slicing through the Boambee defence before finishing sweetly from the edge of the area.
But Moye struck just before the break, bursting down the right and dinking a composed finish over the onrushing goalkeeper to make it 1-1 at half-time.
Sawtell then came out blazing after the interval, slamming home three unanswered goals to put the game seemingly out of reach.
Yet, in one of the wildest finishes of the season, Boambee’s never-say-die attitude stole them a point — and left Sawtell stunned.
By David Wigley
