Looking at the programme, it appeared that Salisbury hadn't won for some time against Dorchester in a competitive game and sadly that fact still stands. While Salisbury started well, the main talking point was Matt Tubbs receiving a straight red card for a tackle after 30 minutes.
Tubbs had created the first goal, his 14th minute shot being parried up in the air by the keeper allowing Paul Sales to head into an empty net. This silenced the cries of "Magpie Reject" for a few minutes but it appeared that Tubbs was driven on by the chance to put one over his old team. On the half hour mark he went flying in for a tackle on the halfway line when it wasn't really necessary and caught the Dorchester player with a tackle from behind that the referee decided was dangerous. As it was his 4th red card this season, he no doubt earnt himself a rollicking from the management to go with his 6 match ban.
Salisbury managed to survive until the 78th minute without conceding, playing some good counterattacking football, Matthews replacing Sales earlier than normal to give the defence a mobile outlet. Dorchester thought they had scored earlier in the 2nd half but the assistant ref already had his flag in the air much to the annoyance of the Dorchester drinkers. However in the 78th minute, the ball came across from the left wing and David Town hit an exceptionally sweet shot straight into the back of the net. Despite being 30 yards out, the power and pace left Ryan Clarke no chance.
Salisbury created two good chances later on and both Bartlett and Matthews put shots agonisingly wide from positions on the far right of the box in the last 5 minutes. The draw was enough to put Salisbury top of the table but it would have a win if 11 men had stayed on the pitch.
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