PORTLAND UNITED 1 HAMWORTHY UNTD RES. 1
Dorset Premier League (Saturday 29-08-09)
Following their very good mid-week win against Swanage Town & Herston, Kevin Jackson’s Team picked up a very good away point at last season’s League Winners Portland United. This with the bare minimum of players at his disposal and having to sign a new Keeper due to Adam Tong’s enforced lay-off following his head injury against Swanage.
The Hammers controlled much of the play for most of the game, but could not turn their superiority into goals before the break. New Keeper Ben Gould enjoyed a confident start to his Hamworthy United career, and Graeme Rose & Matt White were making their presence felt.
HT 0-0
Hamworthy continued to play well and eventually got their just reward by taking the lead. A throw in by Nathan Hall was met with a header from Graeme Rose which looped over the Portland Keeper and into the net. With just ten minutes of the game remaining the Home side was awarded a penalty after a Hamworthy player handled the ball. Despite his best efforts Ben Gould could not prevent Portland from scoring and squaring the match.
This was a good all round Team performance. The outlook for the Team is beginning to look much brighter with a considerable drop in the average age of the players. Apart from the experienced Mike Glavin the rest of the team were in their early twenties or below, and with more young players still to come things are looking up. Things do not get any easier for the Reserves who now face last season’s runners up Poole Borough away in their next game.
FT 1-1
Team: B. Gould, N.Hall, S. Williams, M. Smith, A. Jackson, M. Glavin, M. Seal, G. Rose, M. White, T. Thomas, L. Madgewick