Caribbean ‘ballers make impact on British lower tiers
LONDON, England (CMC) — Bermuda Captain Nahki Wells scored twice as Bristol City extended their unbeaten run in the English Championship to six games with a 3-2 victory at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
The brace took 32-year-old Wells’ tally for the season to four — one more than the whole of last season when he spent most of his time on the bench.
Montserrat defender Donervon Daniels, 28, pulled one back on 57 minutes for League Two Walsall when Bradford failed to clear a free kick, but it proved to be only a consolation as they went down 2-1 at Bradford City.
In the sixth-tier National League North, 32-year-old Barbados centre back Krystian Peace, powered home a header in the 37th minute as fifth-placed Kidderminster Harriers hit back to run out comfortable 4-1 winners against Spennymoor Town .
Dominic Poleon, a 28-year-old forward of St Lucian descent, took his tally for the season to seven with a brace. scoring in the seventh and 62nd minutes, as leaders Ebbsfleet United, who have won all seven games so far, beat Bath City 3-1 in the National League South.
“It’s vital we keep this form going — the team are playing some good stuff at the moment,” Poleon said afterwards.
Bristol City forward Tommy Conway headed in his fourth of the season just before the break to put the visitors ahead at Ewood Park.
Wells, left frustrated for large parts of last season after making just nine starts and scoring three goals in all competitions for City, got his first on 55 minutes when he fired in from Andreas Weimann’s cross, but Tyrhys Dolan pulled a goal back for Blackburn.
Wells then bundled in to make it 3-1 and although Chile striker Ben Brereton Diaz struck late on, City held on to go third in the table.
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson said: “We have found a system of playing which is working for us, the players all know it, even players who come in understand what is expected of them.
“We have healthy competition in the squad and the hard work people have put in over a sustained period of time is bearing fruit at last.”
