Stur made the long trip to Wincanton and can consider themselves unlucky not to have returned home with at least a point from what is always a tricky fixture.

Wincanton opened the scoring in the tenth minute. It seemed the danger had been cleared when the ball was put out for a throw in, but when Wincanton packed players into the box it should have given a clue as to what was to come. Sure enough, the long throw which was launched to the far post made Rory Delap's efforts look like Duncan Norvelle putting the shot. The static Stur defence allowed a Wincanton forward a free header and Shear had no chance of saving the close range effort.

A Keystone Cops moment almost saw Stur equalise. You could almost hear the carnival dee-dee-diddle-diddle-der-der-derrr-der music playing as the Wincanton keeper's attempted clearance hit Dan Manuel and ricocheted back to him. His second attempt at hacking the ball away hit Sam Goodwin and again ricocheted back towards his goal. Now in an utter panic, and with the imposing figures of Assagba and Goodwin bearing down on him, the Wincanton custodian finally managed to get some distance on his clearance only for it to falll straight to Joe Wood on the half way line who hammered the ball towards the empty goal. Unfortunately for Stur, and fortunately for the madly scrambling and panic stricken Wincanton keeper, the ball drifted just wide.

Ht: 1-0

Stur were coping with the Stoke-like tactics employed by Wincanton very well, and had the better of the second period. The better chances were created by the visitors. Unfortunately those chances were squandered. Assagba had a goal dubiously ruled out for a foul, and a decent penalty shout was refused by the referee who ruled that a hand ball was accidental. Manuel created a good chance for himself when he turned his man and cut inside from the left. The keeper just managed to tip his curling effort round the post. The visitors sent on Johnson and Geddes and threw caution to the wind in an attempt to get the equaliser their performance deserved, but Wincanton defended well and held on for the win.