Plaisance edge Buxton ‘A’ 2-1

Action in the game between Plaisance, in green and Buxton in white.

Second half strikes from the vibrant pair of Warren Gilkes and Carlos Matthews powered Plaisance to a 2-1 victory over a dogged Buxton A unit in the latest round of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets East Coast edition Saturday night.

Played at the Haslington Market Square, the largest mass to date braved the occasional shower to witness a pulsating affair between cultural and social rivals.

The first half started in a cagey manner as the occasion seemed