HAMWORTHY UNITED 0 COWES SPORTS 1
Sydenhams Wessex Premier League
Simon Browne must now have a good idea of the big job he faces to restore the confidence back into a team that appear to have very little at the moment. The new Hamworthy Manager who only joined the Club two days before the game had no say in the team selection, and watched the game from the side lines. It is now getting monotonous to keep reporting that territorially the Hammers had more than their fair share of the game. However once again they failed to create anymore than a handful of chances , and failed to score. The opposition however who had no more chances did find the back of the net to win.
Once again United were the better of the two teams in the early exchanges. A Cowes defender did well to put in a last ditch tackle on Stuart Cannie as he was about to shoot from the edge of the six yard box with the goal at his mercy. The Yachtsmen gradually eased their way into the game, and brought out a good save from Steve Shergold after twenty minutes. Goal incidents were a rarity as both teams failed to create much in the last quarter of the pitch. So it was no surprise that the interval arrived with no goals being scored.
HT 0-0
Hamworthy continued to have the slight edge but never really looked dangerous in front of goal. There best chance came when a good cross found Ryan Dovell unmarked, but unfortunately he directed his header just over the bar. United’s bad luck struck again when Greg Horlock pushed his man and was sent off for a second bookable offence. His first appeared to be very harsh, and given by a Referee who issued seven in total, in a game that did not include one bad tackle. With just ten minutes remaining United were made to pay once again for their shyness in front of goal. A cross into the box was only headed back into the danger area by Steve Llewelyn, and into the path of an opposing striker. As the ball dropped the Cowes man drove it low and hard into the corner of the net that gave Shergold no chance. Despite a late rally Hamworthy were unable to get back on equal terms before the final whistle came. They lost once again to a Team that were certainly no better than them, but were able to find the net to win.
Simon Browne will be able to have another look at his team on Wednesday when they play Shaftesbury away in the Wessex Cup.
Team: S. Shergold, K. Yelland, R. Jackson (O. Cherrett), G. Horlock, S. Llewelyn, M. Crow, T. Vavrecka, C. Khinder, R. Dovell, S. Cannie (C. Mutch), M. Dancer (J. Swann)