Hereford & Gloucester
League 1
leaders lost top position to Newent following a defeat at Lansdown.
Despite Cleevillians
fielding a
line-up which boasted all ten outfield players having scored this
season, they
were limited to just 2 goals by a very organised and competitive
Lansdown
team. This game also featured an
excellent standard of umpiring.
Lansdown took an early
lead when
Cleevillians gave the ball away cheaply just outside the circle,
allowing the
oposition to run in and score after just 2 minutes.
Thereafter, the game
turned out to
be a closely contested affair and with both midfields working extremely
hard,
the number of chances created by either team was limited.
With ten minutes of the first half
remaining, Scott Mcilquham broke into the Lansdown penalty area before
laying
the ball off to Toby Flanagan. Toby
composed himself before lashing the ball into the roof off the net
giving the
Lansdown keeper no chance.
Just before half time,
Lansdown
scored after a move down their right hand side, led to a pass that
found an
unmarked player who duly despatched his shot into the bottom corner of
the
goal.