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| weymouth
2 v 2 evesham united 3rd september 2011 |
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| Jordan |
| Tribe |
| Tasker |
| Peters |
| Gerring |
| Poole |
| Napper |
| Marshallsay |
| Groves (Bassett 75) |
| Byerley |
| Reed |
| Stephenson |
| Conning |
| McKechnie |
| Manley |
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Evo-Stik
League
Southern Premier |
| Bob
Lucas Stadium |
| Weymouth |
| Kick
Off |
| 3.00pm |
| Attendance |
| 446 |
| H/T |
| 2-1 |
| Scorers |
| Weymouth |
Byerley
34p
Marshallsay 37 |
| Evesham
United |
Palmer
16
Jones 56 |
| Bookings |
| Weymouth |
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| Evesham
United |
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| Sent
Off |
| Weymouth |
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| Evesham
United |
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| Referee |
|
Mr A Turner
(Exeter)
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| Adey |
| Fitter |
| Hyde |
| Daniel |
| Jones |
| Luckett |
| Walters (Pountney 56) |
| Spencer (Woodley 81) |
| Palmer (Blake 56) |
| Wilding |
| Quaynor |
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| weymouth
v evesham united match photos |
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King disturbed by Terras' dire defending
By Adam Summers
THE Terras were once again in a charitable mood as they scraped
a point against Evesham United at the Bob Lucas Stadium on Saturday.
Despite holding a 2-1 lead at the break, Weymouth looked shaky
throughout and would have been on the end of a third successive
defeat had it not been for some fine goalkeeping from Nick Jordan.
Afterwards a candid Brendon King told Echosport: “We gifted
Evesham both their goals today and it was very frustrating.
“You can sometimes accept it when a team outplays you and
cuts you open but they did not have to work hard for their chances
this afternoon and that is disappointing.
“We also did not keep the ball as well as we should have
done. Losing Rob Wolleaston to illness in the warm-up was a
blow but others should have stepped up and took responsibility
and I don’t think they did that.
“It is very frustrating because we want to do a lot better
and we will be working hard in training this week to ensure
that happens next Saturday at Chesham United.”
In a bid to tighten up his defence, King drafted in debutant
Mark Peters and reverted to a 3-5-2 formation with Ollie Tribe
and Lewis Tasker deployed as wing-backs.
The new-look system was also clearly designed to get the best
out of playmaker Wolleaston, who was set to start behind the
front two until he pulled up in the warm-up and was replaced
by Richard Marshallsay.
The ex-Portland United man was originally dropped to the bench,
where Mitch Conning was drafted in as a last-gasp replacement.
A minute’s applause was held before kick-off in honour
of Terras’ follower Spencer Bates, who sadly passed away
on Wednesday. His son Samuel was also handed the role of mascot.
The crowd endured a dour opening quarter of an hour with an
altercation on the sideline between Matt Groves and Marlon Walters
the only incident of note with both players only receiving a
ticking off from referee Andrew Turner.
Weymouth were showing more endeavour but on 16 minutes a pitiful
free-kick from the right from Stephen Reed was blocked by Josh
Quaynor, enabling Evesham to stage a slick counter-attack.
The left wing-back fed Kevin Spencer on the right and when Peters
committed himself with a desperate and unsuccessful lunge the
Terras were left completely exposed.
The wide man cruised into the box and then drove a low ball
across the face of home keeper Jordan, giving Marcus Palmer
the simple task of tapping home from six yards.
It was a gift of a goal and the despair and frustration emanating
from King in the home dugout soon spread around the ground as
Weymouth continued to look completely out of sorts.
And they were extremely fortunate not to go two down on 31 minutes
when the back three stepped up looking for offside, only for
the flag to stay down to allow Palmer to race clean through
on Jordan.
It looked a certain goal but somehow the forward inexplicably
put the ball wide of the right-hand post from 15 yards with
the Terras’ stopper rooted on the edge of his six-yard
box.
Up to then, the hosts had failed to muster a single attempt
but on 34 minutes they finally managed to apply some pressure
and eventually got their reward.
A flick-on from Byerley saw Marshallsay test keeper Dave Adey
and from the resulting corner Ben Gerring was felled in the
box by Walters for a clear penalty.
Byerley was the man that stepped up to the spot and made no
mistake, stroking his 12-yard effort into the bottom right corner.
Suddenly, the Terras now had some belief and just two minutes
later they took the lead. Once again, a fine corner from Reed
caused confusion in the Evesham box, enabling the onrushing
and unmarked Marshallsay to head home from six yards at the
far post.
Despite holding on to the lead at the break the hosts continued
to look uncertain at the back and on 52 minutes they should
have been punished again when no one picked up Spencer at a
free-kick, allowing him to ghost in and head wide when he really
should have scored.
That proved to be a warning shot as just five minutes later
the same poor marking occurred again at a corner, enabling Andy
Jones to head home Simon Fitter’s cross to tie the game
up once again.
With Weymouth also failing to track runners from midfield, Evesham
were now looking by far the more threatening side with Wayne
Daniel having another free header from a set-piece blocked and
hacked away to safety.
Tribe sent an effort over on the stretch at the far post in
a brief moment of respite before Craig Wilding turned a labouring
Gerring and sent through Quaynor, who was only denied by a point-blank
block by Jordan.
The Terras’ keeper acquitted himself brilliantly under
the constant wave of pressure, making several key interventions
and claims from crosses, which proved the key factor behind
the hosts holding on to a precious point.
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Evo-Stik
League
Southern Premier Division
3rd September 2011 |
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Ptn
|
Team
|
P
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
AFC Totton
|
7
|
17
|
18
|
|
2
|
Brackley T
|
7
|
10
|
16
|
|
3
|
Stourbridge
|
7
|
6
|
15
|
|
4
|
Banbury U
|
7
|
5
|
14
|
|
5
|
Cambridge C
|
7
|
7
|
13
|
|
6
|
Oxford C
|
7
|
-1
|
13
|
|
7
|
Bashley
|
7
|
-2
|
13
|
|
8
|
Leamington
|
7
|
4
|
12
|
|
9
|
Hitchin T
|
7
|
7
|
11
|
|
10
|
Frome T
|
7
|
1
|
11
|
|
11
|
Chesham U
|
7
|
0
|
10
|
|
12
|
St. Albans C
|
7
|
-2
|
10
|
|
13
|
Chippenham T
|
7
|
-4
|
9
|
|
14
|
Redditch U
|
7
|
-1
|
8
|
|
15
|
Barwell
|
7
|
-1
|
7
|
|
16
|
Arlesey T
|
7
|
-2
|
7
|
|
17
|
Evesham U
|
7
|
-3
|
7
|
|
18
|
Bedford T
|
7
|
-10
|
6
|
|
19
|
Weymouth
|
7
|
-6
|
5
|
|
20
|
Cirencester T
|
7
|
-7
|
5
|
|
21
|
Swindon S
|
7
|
-9
|
4
|
|
22
|
Hemel H'stead T
|
7
|
-9
|
2
|
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