Decided to watch the game from the new terrace - taking care not to stand on the yellow hatched line at the back. The slight elevated view and additional space was a pleasant change to the old 'pathway' terrace.
Before the game kicked off, there was some sad news as Roy Onslow, a veteran Salisbury player, had passed away. He had been present on Saturday for the 60th anniversary game and it was sad to have another minutes silence so soon afterwards.
Southampton had brought their reserve team with a couple of younger players who had some first team experience. They started out as if they had a point to prove and it was no surprise when they scored after 5 minutes with a McGoldrick volley. Salisbury were put under a lot of pressure and a couple of shots beat Clarke and were cleared off the line. It was a surprise that the score was only 1.0 at halftime.
Salisbury made some changes at halftime and looked better with Turk, Sales and Feeney on. The Saints keeper made a point blank save before they scored again from a close range header after a break with lots of pace - Clarke managed to get a hand on it but couldn't keep it out. Salisbury managed to pull a goal back agianst the run of play - new trialist Richards passed it to Feeney who crossed it to Brown to volley in at close range in front of a fantastic sunset over the ground.
The comeback was killed off 10 minutes later by a McGoldrick volley that smashed into the post with pace and span into the back of the net. Saints added a fourth 2 minutes later - hopefully the Whites won't meet a team this good in the Blue Square Premier!
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