FC Isle of Man returned to winning ways on Tuesday with a 1-3 victory away at Prestwich Heys.
The Ravens’ sixth away game in a row saw Paul Jones’ side head to Manchester for the NWCFL Premier Division clash.
Prestwich had the game’s first real chance as Dylan Fitzpatrick fired over from the edge of the area when he should have done better.
Dean Pinnington had a good chance to open the scoring for the Ravens when he trapped a cross, managing to regain his footing he spun and shot, but Louis Hood was equal to it in the Prestwich goal.
Ronan McDonnell ensured the game stayed at 0-0 on the 22nd minute when Adam Killey saved Fitzgerald’s shot, he could do nothing with the rebound, but the right back got back round to clear off the line.
Pinnington had the only other sight at goal in the half as he drove at the Prestwich defence, but was unable to keep his shot down as it just cleared the bar on its way over.
The second half saw Prestwich take the lead in the 51st minute as the ball broke to Fitzgerald at the edge of the box, he fired towards the bottom corner, with the ball bouncing up over an outstretched Killey, 1-0.
The Ravens weren’t behind for long as Al Maitland picked out Charlie Higgins, he laid it off to Pinnington who in turn sent it wide to Callum Sherry who won a corner.
That corner went over everyone but Ste Whitley lifted it back across and when the ball fell to Higgins after a knockdown he picked his spot and slotted it into the corner to make it 1-1.
The introduction of Adam Adebiyi just after the hour mark changed the game for the Ravens.
As Sherry brilliant brought down a long ball, he shifted it to make room for himself to cross the ball, Adebiyi showed his poacher’s instinct to make the run to the front post and slide in to score his first league goal of the season to make it 1-2.
He was at the centre of the action soon after as he pounced on a defensive error and drove towards the area, drawing a foul and winning a penalty that was cooly converted by Jack McVey to make it 1-3.
The final moment saw the Ravens manage the game through to pick up their first win in four.
FC Isle of Man’s next game is on Saturday against Bury, kick off 18:00, tickets are available here.
