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St Cleer Firsts v Torpoint AFC 3rds
Matthew Burgoyne13 Feb 2022 - 16:04
away in Liskeard
St Cleer 1 - 3 Torpoint
Scorers: Easterbrook2, WestallC.
Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell, Carter, WhiteJ, Hussey, Cotter, Rowe, Northcott, Blair, WestallC, Easterbrook.
Subs: Payn, Ferguson, Cullerton. Unused: Bays.
Our 4th game in 14 weeks just about survived the forecast. If the wet came in 2hours earlier it would've been off.
Torpoint started brightly and in the opening stages began to probe. Cotter found time and space in the right hand channel to bend a ball out to the left to find Easterbrook, who profited from a defender miscue/slip to find himself through on goal and fired a fierced drive through the keeper. Attacking down the slope, Torpoint were in the ascendency and 10mins later they were 2-0 up. A good pass down the right found Blair, who could've driven on but picked out a good cross to WestallC who finished well.
Later in the half, Quintrell thought he had his 1st of the season and Torpoint's 3rd after a keeper spillage, but the cruel linesman said otherwise. 2-0 HT.
Defending the slope on a worsening surface in the 2nd half, Torpoint were under a little more pressure. Bunkum and Bartlett doing their best to stamp their authority on the game. Bartlett in particular drove his team forwards, but White and Carter did their best to limit his opportunities. The Torpoint midfield, Blair in particular, continued to work hard and when opportunities arose tried to free their forwards. A volleyed pass from Blair over the home right back set Easterbrook through on goal for his 2nd of the day after showing great composure to round the onrushing goalkeeper. WestallC and Easterbrook in particular had multiple chances to add to their 25 goals but St Cleer kept the ball out of the net and hadn't given up quite yet. A big opportunity fell in the box for WestallM to superbly parry the ball over for a corner. Then Chapman had too much time and space in the latter part of the match to curl a great finish into the corner from 25yds to WestallM's disgust at losing a cleano. But with the threats of Bunkum and Bartlett now off the pitch St Cleer didn't press on as I feared. The pitch at this stage was a mud bath and a groundsman's worst nightmare, so quality in possession did waiver a little.
Overall I'm happy to get a key 3pts against a team that is usually a close scoreline, but it could've and should've been more. But we move on to next week against Roche with renewed confidence.
Scorers: Easterbrook2, WestallC.
Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell, Carter, WhiteJ, Hussey, Cotter, Rowe, Northcott, Blair, WestallC, Easterbrook.
Subs: Payn, Ferguson, Cullerton. Unused: Bays.
Our 4th game in 14 weeks just about survived the forecast. If the wet came in 2hours earlier it would've been off.
Torpoint started brightly and in the opening stages began to probe. Cotter found time and space in the right hand channel to bend a ball out to the left to find Easterbrook, who profited from a defender miscue/slip to find himself through on goal and fired a fierced drive through the keeper. Attacking down the slope, Torpoint were in the ascendency and 10mins later they were 2-0 up. A good pass down the right found Blair, who could've driven on but picked out a good cross to WestallC who finished well.
Later in the half, Quintrell thought he had his 1st of the season and Torpoint's 3rd after a keeper spillage, but the cruel linesman said otherwise. 2-0 HT.
Defending the slope on a worsening surface in the 2nd half, Torpoint were under a little more pressure. Bunkum and Bartlett doing their best to stamp their authority on the game. Bartlett in particular drove his team forwards, but White and Carter did their best to limit his opportunities. The Torpoint midfield, Blair in particular, continued to work hard and when opportunities arose tried to free their forwards. A volleyed pass from Blair over the home right back set Easterbrook through on goal for his 2nd of the day after showing great composure to round the onrushing goalkeeper. WestallC and Easterbrook in particular had multiple chances to add to their 25 goals but St Cleer kept the ball out of the net and hadn't given up quite yet. A big opportunity fell in the box for WestallM to superbly parry the ball over for a corner. Then Chapman had too much time and space in the latter part of the match to curl a great finish into the corner from 25yds to WestallM's disgust at losing a cleano. But with the threats of Bunkum and Bartlett now off the pitch St Cleer didn't press on as I feared. The pitch at this stage was a mud bath and a groundsman's worst nightmare, so quality in possession did waiver a little.
Overall I'm happy to get a key 3pts against a team that is usually a close scoreline, but it could've and should've been more. But we move on to next week against Roche with renewed confidence.
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