|
Sturminster Marshall 3
Cobham Sports 4
Stur Line-up:
1. Paul
Maitland, 2. Matt Jones, 3. Marc Jackson, 4. Phil Sweetland, 5. Lloyd Bird, 6.
Graham Duff, 7. Mark Henson, 8 .Ross Humphrey, 9. Darrell Williams, 10. Sam
Bridgeman, 11. Rob Morley
Substitutes:
12. Danny Bagg
(for Jones 60), 14. Tom White (for Sweetland 75)
Goals:
Stur: Williams,
Henson, Bridgeman
Cobham: Payne,
Morrell, Dawe(2)
Star man:
Sam Bridgeman
A large crowd
witnessed plenty of goals as Stur went down by the odd goal in seven to their
local rivals Cobham Sports.
Stur started the
better of the two sides and had Cobham under the cosh from the off, but the
visitors took the lead in the 10th minute when Payne ran unchallenged
onto a long hopeful punt and fired past the exposed Maitland in the Stur goal.
Stur equalised five minutes later when Humphrey headed a Jackson corner back
across goal and Williams was on hand to hammer the ball into the roof of the
net.
The home side
took a deserved lead on the half hour mark when Humphrey chased what seemed to
be a lost cause before combining well with Williams who crossed to the near
post. Henson reacted quickest and fired the ball past the Cobham keeper and into
the back of the net.
The scores were
once again level in the 38th minute. Stur were hit with yet another
sucker punch when Merrell broke the offside trap and raced through before firing
past the again exposed Maitland in the Stur goal. Stur restored their lead two
minutes later. There seemed little danger when Bridgeman picked up the ball just
inside the Cobham half, but the defence backpedalled and he took full advantage,
firing home a beauty from 25 yards.
Cobham brought
the scores level on the hour mark when a defensive mix up set up Dawe who
recovered from his surprise at being presented with such a gift and guided the
ball into the back of an unguarded net. Two minutes later and yet another mix up
allowed in the same player to score the winner.
|
