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| weymouth
0 v 2 bedford town 27th august 2011 |
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| Jordan |
| Lang |
| Tasker |
| Napper |
| Stephenson |
| Poole |
| Marshallsay (McKechnie
60) |
| Wolleaston |
| Bassett (Groves 74) |
| Byerley |
| Reed |
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Evo-Stik
League
Southern Premier |
| Bob
Lucas Stadium |
| Weymouth |
| Kick
Off |
| 3.00pm |
| Attendance |
| 471 |
| H/T |
| 0-0 |
| Scorers |
| Weymouth |
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| Bedford
Town |
| Roberts
70p, 72 |
| Bookings |
| Weymouth |
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| Bedford
Town |
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| Sent
Off |
| Weymouth |
| Poole |
| Bedford
Town |
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| Referee |
|
Mr A Bird
Chippenham
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| Brown |
| Clark |
| Simpson |
| Thorne |
| Hoyte |
| Beech (Darby 84) |
| Price |
| Richardson (York 74) |
| Faulkner |
| Roberts (Hall 78) |
| Lewis |
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| weymouth
v bedford town match photos |
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Eagles pick off woeful Terras
By Dill Butcher
WEYMOUTH failed to follow their manager’s script and were
duly punished midway through a lacklustre second half after
defender Sam Poole was dismissed for bundling over James Faulkner.
Striker Drew Roberts capitalised fully from that incident by
converting the penalty and he then rubbed salt into Weymouth
wounds within two minutes – wrapping up the points with
a classy free-kick as the Eagles soared to a comfortable vic-tory.
Afterwards Terras’ boss Brendon King was most disappointed
by the fact his players had not kept to the intended game plan.
He said: “We were looking to put a little run together
but we got what we deserved – nothing.
“We were looking to play balls in behind them to open them
up but we just didn’t execute that enough.
“Too many haven’t performed and we showed no quality
on the ball even in the second half when we had the wind in
our favour for getting balls in behind them.”
Before kick-off however, the Ter-ras, buoyant after tasting
victory for the first time this term with a 2-0 home triumph
over Chippenham in mid-week, were looking to field a virtually
unchanged side.
There was one enforced change however as Tom Lang came in at
right-back for the unavailable Ollie Tribe while Warren Byerley
kept the captain’s armband in the continued absence of
suspended Ben Gerring.
The only other switch saw Kyle Bassett handed his first start
in preference to assistant-boss Matt Groves who took up a place
on the bench. And Weymouth began well enough, shading the opening
ex-changes with the first chance of the game falling to Bassett
in the very first attack.
Stephen Reed’s free-kick was partially headed clear but
Bassett was on hand to flick an effort goalwards with the outside
of his right boot but it failed to trouble Ian Brown in the
visitors’ goal. Moments later Reed’s corner to the
back-post saw Tim Stephenson stretch as high as he could but
ultimately he could not get high enough to direct a header on
target.
At the other end Town’s first attempt of the game fell
to James Faulkner but his shot on the turn flew high and wide
just before Bassett made himself space for his second attempt
of the game – a 20-yard left-footer that was well gathered
by Brown.
Then, on 19 minutes, Bassett turned provider as he stretched
to hook a ball towards skipper Warren Byerley who, chaperoned
by two defenders, could not get any real purchase on a header.
There remained little between the sides throughout a somewhat
luke-warm first period that saw occasional half-chances at either
end.
In the 21st minute Poole came to the rescue as he quickly snuffed
out the danger posed by the marauding Faulkner who was in full
flow and about to pull the trigger towards Jordan’s goal.
Moments later Lewis Tasker and then Reed tried their luck from
range but the former dragged his drive just wide while Reed
fired straight down the keeper’s throat from Rob Wolleaston’s
short free-kick.
The Terras then conjured their best chance of the half in the
37th when Poole rose highest to Wolleaston’s left-side
corner but his header was hacked off the line inside the back
post by an alert defender.
The visitors though really should have gone in front five minutes
later as they carved out the clearest opening of the game and
but for Jordan’s heroics in the home goal it would have
been 1-0 at the break.
Gareth Price got free down the right flank and he drove in a
pinpoint centre for Faulkner whose header from point-blank range
was miraculously saved by Jordan who spread himself to pull
off a top-drawer block.
The game was starting to turn a little nasty in the run-up to
the interval and referee Alan Bird was forced to dig deep into
his pocket on four occasions to book three Eagles and Reed who
was cautioned for ungentlemanly conduct.
During the break Weymouth fans would no doubt have been hoping
for a repeat of Tuesday night’s game when the hosts came
to life in a decent second period but, sadly, it was the Eagles
who showed the greater intent during the early exchanges of
the second 45.
Seven minutes in and Lang pulled off a smart tackle at the expense
of a corner to thwart Roberts who found himself bearing down
on goal and there were further warn- ing alarms sounding moments
later.
It was another real let-off as tricky Manny Richardson glided
through the home defence before smacking a toe-punter inches
wide of the right-hand upright.
The Terras tried to respond but even Wolleaston appeared well
short of his standards as he showed with a woeful attempted
pull-back that went nowhere near a claret shirt.
The former Chelsea man did get a snapshot on target when teed
up by Bassett but that was easily held by Brown and it was clear
that Town looked more likely to break the deadlock as they were
showing far more threat going forward.
The breakthrough, when it came, could not have been better for
Bedford or worse for Weymouth.
A neat through ball behind the defence by Richardson caught
out Poole who was struggling to contain Faulkner who was slipping
from his shackles when the lanky centre-back was obliged to
bundle him over for a clear penalty.
The only debate would be what colour card referee Bird would
brandish and, rather unluckily for Poole, he produced the red
one and the Terras would have to play with 10 men for the last
20 minutes.
As Poole trudged off Roberts powered his spot-kick past Jordan
and it was looking all too bleak as the same man set himself
to strike a free-kick on the left-hand corner of the home area
barely two minutes later.
From 20 yards out Roberts found the top left-hand corner of
the net with an equally emphatic finish and the match was all
but over for the Terras inside three frantic minutes.
In the 85th minute the Eagles nearly made it 3-0 after a poor
clearance from Jordan was picked up by Price and his eventual
low centre was just missed on the stretch by Ollie Thorne.
And then in injury time Reed fired a last-ditch free-kick hopelessly
over the top to sum up Weymouth’s frustrations.
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Evo-Stik
League
Southern Premier Division
27th August 2011 |
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Ptn
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Team
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P
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GD
|
Pts
|
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1
|
AFC Totton
|
5
|
14
|
12
|
|
2
|
Brackley T
|
5
|
8
|
12
|
|
3
|
Leamington
|
5
|
5
|
11
|
|
4
|
Stourbridge
|
5
|
5
|
11
|
|
5
|
Banbury U
|
5
|
4
|
10
|
|
6
|
Frome T
|
5
|
3
|
10
|
|
7
|
Oxford C
|
5
|
-1
|
10
|
|
8
|
Chesham U
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
|
9
|
Hitchin T
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
|
10
|
Cambridge C
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
|
11
|
Redditch U
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
|
12
|
St. Albans C
|
5
|
-2
|
7
|
|
13
|
Bashley
|
5
|
-4
|
7
|
|
14
|
Barwell
|
5
|
0
|
6
|
|
15
|
Evesham U
|
5
|
-1
|
6
|
|
16
|
Chippenham T
|
5
|
-3
|
6
|
|
17
|
Bedford T
|
5
|
-6
|
6
|
|
18
|
Arlesey T
|
5
|
-3
|
4
|
|
19
|
Weymouth
|
5
|
-4
|
4
|
|
20
|
Hemel H'stead T
|
5
|
-8
|
1
|
|
21
|
Cirencester T
|
5
|
-9
|
1
|
|
22
|
Swindon S
|
5
|
-9
|
1
|
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