Holy Trinity beat Rose & Crown 2-0 in the Willie Hall Memorial Trophy Final at Collingham FC

A goal in either half handed Holy Trinity a deserved 2-0 victory over Rose & Crown in the Willie Hall Memorial Trophy Final at Collingham on Sunday afternoon.

There’s little between the two sides in the Newark Football Alliance Premier Division so a tight contest was expected – and so it proved.

There was early alarm in the Trinity defence when Lewis Chambers went down in the box under the challenge of Jordan Sowerby and referee Dominik Modd pointed to the spot. But, under the guidance of his assistant, the official changed his decision and showed Chambers a yellow card for simulation.

Crown’s Tyler Martin was then denied by keeper Oliver Swaby after beating the offside trap before he crossed for Chambers, who was unable to keep his first-time volley down.

At the other end, Trinity’s Sam Ford was sent clean through but was thwarted by the legs of keeper Nathan Burrows.

Trinity were awarded a penalty when Liam Moran got ahead of Joe Briers, who was then adjudged to have fouled him in the area. There was no changing the referee’s mind this time, and captain Dan Oliver stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way and give Trinity a 28th-minute lead.

In the second half, Henry Beedham saw his near-post header from a Will Gore corner cleared off the line as Trinity looked to double their advantage.

Beedham didn’t have long to wait, converting from an acute angle after keeper Burrows could only parry Kaeden Bennison’s deflected right-foot 20-yard shot into his path.

Crown looked to get back in the tie as Chambers’ shot was well saved and Kemal Yeniberitz headed over from a corner.

Martin was then played in but he was unable to finish off a lovely one-touch move when his attempted lob went over the bar.

Crown finished the contest with 10 men after Will Taylor was shown a straight red card for a professional foul on Moran, who would have been clean through on goal despite being in his own half.

The trophy was presented to Oliver by president Keith Arnold.