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HTFC Crusaders 2 - Weston Super Mare 0

HTFC Crusaders 2 - Weston Super Mare 0

nigel warrick8 Aug 2017 - 14:55
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Match report from Ron Tarry
- HTFC President

We not only produced another solid performance and another clean sheet, but this time we also scored a goal in each half to secure the points and continue our good start to the season in front of a respectable crowd at Bulpit Lane.
A couple of early efforts from Archie Collins came to nothing and Stefan Brown won a corner, before we appeared to have taken the lead after only 10 minutes when Stefane Ngamvoulou drove a Luke Williams corner into the net, but, after consulting his linesman, the referee disallowed the effort for pushing. Lewis Ward made a good save and sent Stefan Brown away with a long ball, but he was brought down and the free kick came to nothing.
Luke Purnell made a double save in a goalmouth scramble and when Louie Soares broke away he shot just past the post, but we took the lead right on half-time when Callum Willmoth suddenly let fly and drove a terrific shot into the top corner of the net.
Playing down the slope after the interval, we had a let-off when Tristam Plummer shot across the face of the goal and earned a corner, but we made it 2-0 after 52 minutes when Luke Williams drove a free-kick from near the corner of the penalty area low into the net And we always looked secure thereafter. The drizzle in our faces got heavier and heavier, making conditions very unpleasant and the pitch extremely slippery, but it did eventually let up and we nished the game with no problems, with Dayle Grubb hitting the bar with a fierce shot, but we held on fairly comfortably until the final whistle.

Team; Lewis Ward, Rhys Tyler, Paul Stonehouse, Matt Partridge, Matt Day, Luke Williams, Callum Willmoth(Scott Rees), Ian Herring, Stefan Brown(James Clark), Stefane Ngamvoulou, Louie Soares(Waren Bentley)
Subs:Tom Meecham, Jamal Lawrence.

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