HAMWORTHY UNITED RESERVES 4 SWANAGE TOWN & HERSTON 1
Dorset Premier League (Tuesday 08-04-08)
Hamworthy did the double over Swanage Town & Herston after beating them away 6-0 in early February. The Swans are now a much better side having been unbeaten in their last three games. They have gradually climbed away from the bottom of the league. It was not as easy a game as the score suggests especially the first half when the Swans had most of the play. The Hammers were helped by naming first teamers Nathan Walker, and Mickey Hubbard in the squad that also included several Youth Team players.
Swanage started far the better of the two sides, and worried the Hammers with their pace and passing play, taking the game two the Home side right from the kick off. The Swans hit the bar after only four minutes before taking the lead twelve minutes later with a well taken goal. The Hamworthy equaliser was against the run of play coming from a Mickey Hubbard corner. As has happened so many times over the last couple of seasons he picked out Nathan Walker who headed home in the twenty fifth minute. This gave the Reserves the lift they needed and injected new life into them, so much so that they took the lead just seven minutes later. Kieth Middleton’s cross was met with a diving bullet header from Darrell Williams that found the back of the net. Swanage must have gone in very disappointed at half time to find their selves behind despite having the major part of the play to date.
Hamworthy’s confidence was boosted even further when they scored again from almost their first attack of the second half. The Swanage defenders, and keeper failed to cut out a harmless looking cross from the left which was met by Youth Team Player Josh Revenall-Nuete. He guided the ball in from close range to double the lead. The second period was only four minutes old when Darrell Williams was dismissed for his second yellow cards reducing the Reserves down to ten men. If the Swans were hoping that this would be to their advantage they were mistaken. The ten men upped their game, and were now playing the better of the two sides. With nine minutes of the game remaining United scored their fourth goal a carbon copy of the first. Nathan Walker went up unchallenged to head home another Mickey Hubbard corner. This put an end to any chance Swanage had of getting something from the game. All the Hamworthy youngsters performed well, and the future of the Club looks bright in their hands.
Team: A. Stone, M. Seal, R. Flower S. Griffiths (C. Khidler), N. Walker, D. Frake, M. Wynne, M. Hubbard, J. Revennall-Nuete (J. Crossin), K. Middleton (G. Williams). Unused Sub: G. Clark.