Tamworth FC's march towards what feels like their destiny continued amid a flurry of goals.
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At a sun-bathed Johnson Field on Saturday, September 9, FC advanced to the grand final with a 5-2 win over Oxley Vale Attunga.
As a chilly wind buffeted, the minor premiers were red-hot - with rapid-fire back-to-back goals in both halves sinking Mushies.
And there were some peaches among them.
FC captain Rebecca Wrightson - who scored the first goal of the match with a long-range shot that sailed over keeper Laura Redgrove's head - said it was the side's best performance of the year.
The manner of the victory was "extremely encouraging" ahead of the grand final, Wrightson said.
"Sensational," she also said, adding: "We've definitely been building to this sort of performance, and it's really good to see that it's definitely paid off."
Winning the major semi-final was an "excellent feeling", the Peel High PE teacher said, but added: "One to go. Focus on the next game ... we'll put in the hard yards over the next couple of weeks."
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In the grand final on September 23, Tamworth FC will play either OVA or North Companions, who beat Kootingal 2-1 in the minor semi-final at Gipps Street on Saturday and will now meet OVA in the preliminary final on Saturday, September 16.
There was a measure of revenge for FC on Saturday: Mushies beat them 3-0 in last season's major semi. Mushies then lost 7-1 to Northies in the decider - Wrightson's "one to go" message a sound one.
At Johnson Field, Tamworth FC led 2-0 after Amy Miller fired off a right-foot shot, while falling to the ground, that found the left corner of the goal.
Mushies fought back via an Emily Kavanagh close-range effort - and it was 2-1 at half-time.
But when young left winger Jorja Harris found the top right-hand corner of the net with a curling blast from just outside the box, and Sam Harris lobbed the keeper a short time later, FC were in total control.
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