Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Game 29: Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1.5 Wimborne Town (Wess LC) 12.02.08

Decided to take in a cup game at Bemerton this evening with Andy. Wimborne are traditionally one of the stronger teams in the Wessex league and normally come away with a win from their travels to Western Way.


Wimborne took the lead after 21 minutes with a shot following a cross from the right side, a dubious goal as the scorer looked offside to me. The Bemerton keeper was injured soon after, stretching to make a save. Wimborne took advantage and doubled their lead on 29 minutes. The keeper saved a shot by pushing the shot out of the area. The Wimborne player lobbed the ball over the keeper who couldn’t move freely. He did manage to get a hand to the ball but only succeeded in pushing to Wimborne’s right back who headed it on the line and in. The player had made some hostile remarks to the crowd earlier about them "paying his wages" and the goal was met with jeers from the home fans.


On 34 minutes the visitors scored their third goal of the evening from a corner. The ball was headed into the top of the net and the keeper tried to keep the ball out. It looked like it had been cleared but according to the referee and his assistant he had been unsuccessful and the goal was given.


In the 51st minute, Bemerton pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after one of their players was chopped down in the area. The game then settled down with a few half chances going wide. In the 80th minute Wimborne scored a fourth. A very shallow pass from the left side allowed their substitute striker to run through the line of defenders and take the ball on. He then took it into the area and passed it wide of the keeper and in.


Despite Bemerton’s best efforts to score another consolation goal, they ended up conceding a fifth goal in the 88th minute. A long ball was chased down by a sub who hit a long shot to the keeper’s left and into the net. This kept the Wimborne fans happy as the league game earlier in the season had also finished 5.1 to them.

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