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Gambia News: Edrissa Sonko Score 1st Goal for Club

by Modou Nyang,
Edrissa Sonko scored his first goal in a Walsall shirt since he joined the English League 1 side this summer. Walsall defeated Huddersfield 4-0 on Saturday.

Sonko scored the Saddlers' second goal to put them 2-nil up at half. The Gambian export sent in a wild volley when Tommy Mooney set him up with a perfect flick pass. Anthony Gerrard set the Saddlers on their first home win with a glancing header in the 31st minute before fetched another to end the first half in style.

And when play resumed for the second period the home side showed no sign of satisfaction with their first half result, with teenage star Mark Bradley scoring his first goal to make it three. And any hope for a Huddersfield comeback in the match was dashed when Frank Sinclair was sent off, before Tommy Mooney rounded-up the day with the fourth in the 67th minute.

The victory has propelled Walsall from the bottom rungs of the league table to tenth. This win is their third win in a row after picking up all three points away to Doncaster in midweek and at Hartlepool late last month.