Broughton Gifford staged a remarkable comeback from 3-0 down
to claim all three points from a 4-3 win over Calne Eagles in an incident
packed match at Stanley Park.
Broughton won the toss and decided to play into the fierce wind that was
blowing the length of the pitch.
Calne Eagles took control of the game and, despite the many very frustrating
offside decisions, always looked capable of scoring goals.
Eagles opened the scoring after 10 minutes when Shaun Jefferies' powerful
shot slipped through the fingers of goalkeeper Julian Putt. They then
extended their lead when Jamie Davies comfortably beat Broughton's attempted
offside trap to slot his goal coolly home, with the referee choosing to
ignore the inevitable flag.
Against the run of play, Calne's centre-half Roy Wenham clumsily tripped-up
pacey centre-forward Leigh Rowles-Hitchcock inside the box to concede a
penalty. Rowles-Hitchcock took the penalty himself, only for Andy Windsor to
make his second consecutive penalty save.
Calne continued to press and the lively Davies went on to score his second
goal of the game to make it 3-0.
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Shortly before half-time Leigh Rowles-Hitchcock managed to break clear of
Calne's defence, clinically avoiding the advancing Andy Windsor to score
what proved to be the crucial goal for his team.
In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Eagles coped well with the
strong headwind until Kevin Hamersley was harshly adjudged to have fouled
inside the box. Rowles-Hitchcock once again took the penalty and this time
just managed to squeeze his shot past Windsor.
Moments later, the game was turned on its head when Broughton's Rich
Radcliffe was sent off for lashing out at Jamie Davies. Calne's Nick Cawley
also saw red for retaliation, as did apparent peace-keeper Leigh
Rowles-Hitchcock.
Despite the numerical disadvantage, Broughton managed to pull level when
substitute Chris Turk headed in from close range.
Broughton's winning goal came from Sam Johnson who struck a stunning shot
from distance into the top corner with 15 minutes remaining.
Despite the Eagles pushing hard for an equaliser they couldn't get the
breakthrough they needed.
In the closing minutes, Shaun Jefferies, who has been booked only once in
the last four years, was sent off for a second yellow card.
The Stiffs 0, Bradford United Reserves 4
THE Stiffs remain the strongest team in the League, propping everyone else
up as they lost yet again, this time to Bradford United Reserves.
Their defence remained intact for 45 minutes as they reach half-time level.
The second half started well for Bradford as they went a goal up through
Jamal Ayoub, and then it proceeded to get better as Simon Picket made it 2-0
and Skip Ayoub 3-0 before Picket completed the 4-0 score line after 80 minutes.
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