We were at the 2014 Mallorca Tournament Veterans Cup Semi-Finals stage and from the 10 teams who started the day we were down to the final 4. There were still 3 different nationalities in with a chance of victory so who would it be? England, Ireland or Spain?

First up was The Blackouts (Ire) against Westfield Wanderers (Eng). The Irish team boasted the best record of all the teams in the Group phase and had yet to concede a goal. Westfield Wanderers also had a fine morning and only had 1 less point than The Blackouts in the group phase and had actually been more free-scoring than the Irish team in the group phase although the Wanderers defence had been more porous (conceding six).

It may well have been the difference in defensive capabilities that settled this as The Blackouts had looked almost impregnable. With the first half drawing to a close they were still on course for a 5 th clean sheet. At the other end though they were still banging the goals in and lead 2-0.

Westfield Wanderers did get on the scoresheet in the second half as Aaron Dix became the first man to score past Noel Holland today. It was Dix's fifth goal of the competition capping a fine day for him. However, The Blackouts continued to score goals at the other end and completed the game as 5-1 winners. There were two goals for Darragh Cox, one for Andy Gilligan and two more for Ronana Gilligan. Ronan Gilligan moved on to 8 for the day and currently lead the Top Goalscorer charts in the Veterans section.

It was the end of the road for Westfield Wanderers today but it was an impressive debut for them especially in the group stages.