Jackson treble too much for Joondalup
Report by Matthew Corvi
Photo by Peter Simcox
A Chris Jackson hat-trick continued to pile on the pain for 10-man Joondalup United as Armadale ran out 3-1 winners on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon at Percy Doyle Reserve.
The result was never in doubt for Armadale, with a woeful Joondalup performance gifting them goals throughout the encounter.
Armadale coach John O’Reilly was pleased with the win agaist the league's bottom side.
“It’s a good result, I would have loved a more polished performance but I’ll take that result.” he said.
“It’s always going to be a scrappy game against Joondalup, their position on the ladder is very misplacing, they put up a fight right till the end."
Jackson opened the scoring in the eighth minute after James Bosdet had pulled off a great save but was unable to push the ball far enough away, giving the Armadale striker an easy tap-in.
Jackson doubled the lead in the 18th minute with a looping header past Bosdet after poor Joondalup defending from a long ball gave him a free header.
With frustrations growing for the home side, Matthew Sparrow lunged in late and high, giving referee Michal Jasinski no choice but to send off the Joondalup United captain.
With the game falling apart for Joondalup, another poor defensive mistake put Jackson clean through and he calmly completed his hat-trick.
Jamie Gibson, a new signing from Belt up. Amateur Division Two side Carramar, pulled one back for Joondalup on debut in the 77th minute with a fantastic back-heel goal, but the three points were safe for Armadale.
Joondalup coach Nick Jennings found some small positives in his side's performance.
“We haven’t dealt with the long ball, defensive errors and silly mistakes, I’m starting to sound like a broken record, he said.
“We were the better team for large periods of the game, Matt Cherre and Jamie Gibson both played great, they all worked hard."
Joondalup United 1 (Gibson 78min)
Armadale 3 (Jackson 8, 22, 59)
Saturday, May 26
Percy Doyle Reserve
Kick off: 3pm
Referee: Michal Jasinski
Assistant referees: Mitchell Barrington, Stuart Muldoon
Joondalup United: 1. James BOSDET (GK), 3. Fraser GARNAUT, 5. Joel LEDSHAM, 6. Sam WYNEE (19. Adam BUCKLEY 80), 7. Matthew SPARROW (C), 8. Jay MARSDEN, 10. Elliot TATTERSALL (9. Lee JONES 65), 14. Liam MOONEY,17. Matthew CHERRIE, 22. Jamie GIBSON 25. Greg PELLOW
Unused substitutes: 21. Luke Green (RGK), 12. William KESSEL, 15. Callum STOCKS
Yellow cards: Pellow, Tattersall
Red cards: Sparrow
Armadale: 1. Sam HUTCHINGS (GK), 2. Joshua KUSER (6. Hasan EL YASSIRI 81), 3. Delan DE SILVA, 4. Nathan COSTELLO (C), 7. Charlie KENNA (11. Michael RIZIDIS 69) , 9. Billy QUINNCROFT, 10. Chris JACKSON, 12. Dannie RICHMAN, 15. Ali GHOLAMI, 20. Friday ZICO (14. Ryan HASLETT 65), 21. Beau RAHIM
Substitutes not used: 34. Duncan LENNON-BLACK, 17. James ATKINS
Yellow cards: Kenna, El Yassiri
Red cards: Nil
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