It was a recreation of two halves within the first ever MAN v FAT Tremendous Cup at Darwen, because the English nationwide winners Preston took on Swansea for the possibility to assert bragging rights.
Each groups needed to deal with excessive winds on the day, however overcame the weather to placed on a compelling match of soccer to look at.
Preston and Swansea have been powerhouses in MAN v FAT match soccer in recent times, choosing up a bunch of titles at each small sided and eleven-a-side occasions.
So this was going to be a conflict of the titans and, straight from the off, it was clear {that a} aggressive recreation was going to be on the playing cards.
It was the English champions who drew first blood, taking the lead after simply 5 minutes by means of the harmful Aaron Cooper, who has confirmed to be the person for the massive event previously.
And, halfway by means of the primary half, Cooper was at it once more, doubling Preston’s lead and giving them a robust place within the recreation.
However the pendulum swung firmly the opposite manner within the second half as, after a half time interval to lick their wounds, Swansea – at present the Welsh title holders – got here out all weapons blazing.
