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Everton win Junior Milk Cup title

Hallam Hope
Hallam Hope brought his competition goals tally up to nine

Hallam Hope's hat-trick helped Everton claimed a 3-2 comeback victory over Wolves in the Junior Final at the Milk Cup in Coleraine on Friday.

Goals from Andre Landell and Aaron Ford had put Wolves 2-0 ahead but Hope scored twice as Everton levelled before the interval.

A glorious Hope goal after the break then sealed victory for Everton.

It was Everton's third title at the tournament and their first Milk Cup triumph since 2002.

Hope was handed the man of the match accolade and also walked of with the Golden Boot for his nine goals in five games.

Wolves took the lead in the 11th minute after Toffees keeper James Fitzgibbon had failed to deal with Andre Landell's mishit effort and only succeeded in pushing it into the net.

Aaron Forde doubled Wolves' lead within two minutes by firing in a blistering shot.

Hope stepped up to crash a 22-yard drive past keeper Raajan Gill on 23 minutes to pull a goal back.

Two minutes later, he rounded Gill before steering the ball into the empty net.

Both sides had half chances to seal victory in the second period.

However, it was left to brilliant Hope to collect a pinpoint pass from Adam Cummins and despite the attention of two defenders he controlled the ball and squeezed in a close range shot past .

Everton had beaten County Down 2-0 in the Junior semi-finals.




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