Sturminster Marshall 3  Wincanton 2

Stur Line-up :

1.Paul Maitland, 2.Ryan Mole, 3.John Elliot, 4. Craig MacLeod, 5.Lloyd Bird, 6.Graham Duff, 7.Phil Sweetland, 8.Sam Goodman, 9.Darrell Williams, 10.Mark Henson, 11.Rob Morley

Substitutes:

12. Fedja Selimovic (for Duff 50), 14. Matt Saunders (for Williams 80), 15. Matt Jones (for Mole 50)

Goals:

Stur: Williams,  Henson (2)

Wincanton: Vine, Plaine

Star man: Mark Henson

Two late goals from Mark Henson were enough to give an under par Stur all three points from a scrappy encounter.

Having scored five in their previous outing against Blandford, Stur started the game as though they were determined to repeat the feat and put their visitors from Somerset to the sword in similar fashion. Wincanton were struggling to cope with the pace of the home forwards and several chances went begging before the hosts eventually opened the scoring in the 20^th minute, Williams firing home from close range after the defence failed to clear a corner. The referee then turned down what appeared to be a perfectly good penalty appeal when the Wincanton keeper pulled down Henson who was clear through on goal.

The goal seemed to rouse the visitors and they began to get a foothold in the game. Just before the break, a wonderful strike from distance ended up in the back of the Stur net, but was ruled out for offside and so the home side retired for their half time break a goal to the good.

Early in the second half, Mole and Duff had to be replaced because of injury and the changes seemed to unsettle the home side. Wincanton drew level when Vine fired a right wing cross into the roof of the net and took the lead shortly afterwards when a poor back pass sold Maitland short and Plaine was left with the relatively simple task of placing the ball past the Stur skipper and into the back of the net.

Stur were not finished though and equalised in the 70^th minute. Wincanton took a quick free kick, MacLeod won the ball and hit the ball forward. Henson outpaced the defence and coolly rounded the keeper. Five minutes later and the home side regained the lead when Elliot made a determined run down the left and forced the ball into the path of Henson who controlled the ball and fired home the winner.