Second half heroics for Hume

Lachlan Weier. (Ljubica Vrankovic)

It was a successful week for Hume City with two wins in the space of four days.

The National Premier League side started its week with its round six Australia Cup clash against the Bayside Argonauts.

It was the Argonauts that had the best of the early running, scoring two goals in the opening half to lead by that at the break.

After half time, Hume, the higher ranked team, got going and piled on the goals.

It scored three goals in four minutes to take the lead before being able to get the sealer later on to take a 4-2 win and progress through to the seventh round of the cup.

Mickel Platt scored twice, while Josh Gulevski and Lloyd Isgrove scored the other two goals.

This is the last Victorian stage before it goes onto the national stage.

Hume then backed it up on Saturday in the NPL, facing Green Gully.

The Cavaliers had also played midweek in the cup, having lost to the St Albans Saints.

Between the cup match and Saturday’s match, the club announced that coach Stephen Downes had mutually parted ways with the club.

The Cavaliers led 1-0 at half time, before Platt continued his good form and levelled the scores in the 60th minute.

The match went down to the wire with Josh Bingham scoring for Hume in the 89th minute to give his side a 2-1 win.

Hume now sits fifth on the table with nine wins from its 15 games.

This week Hume plays South Melbourne on Saturday night.