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Cleevillains 4 Cheltenham 3

06/12/2008

In a tough contested match both sides would feel that a win could have gone either way, but it was Cheltenham who started the stronger of the two sides, firing a ball low into the corner giving Chris Smallwood not a fighting chance to save it.  However, Villains struck back within 10 minutes to level the game at 1-1.


Cheltenham kept going ahead only to be held back with Villains responding almost instantaneously each time, Martin Halls and Sean Flannagan contributing to the score board. Cheltenham fought hard and a goal was beckoning, but with Villains placing players behind the ball it was hard to place the ball into the desired spots, Mark Johns placing himself in key positions constantly. At 3-3 Cheltenham were piling on the pressure, they were awarded a short corner that was dragged flick high towards the goal – only to be denied by Chris Smallwood.  With 10 minutes to go Villains were given a short corner and a nice pass from Ben Link set up Vince Clark who fired the ball in the top of the net!

MOM: Mark Johns

Goal Scorers: Vince Clark 2, Martin Halls 1 and Sean Flannagan 1




Report by Niall Pawsey

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