HAMWORTHY UNITED 1 BOURNEMOUTH FC 2
Sydenhams Wessex Premier League (Wednesday 28-10-09)
After recording their first win since late August at Winchester on Saturday Hamworthy were looking to get some sort of result in their favor from this game. Unfortunately for them it was not to be as Lady Luck dealt them another cruel blow, and they ended up losing another game in which they had more than held their own for long periods of the game. This is the second time that United have lost to high fliers Poppies, and have been beaten in the end by two sloppy goals that have cost them dearly. Simon Brown was once again forced into making changes to Saturday’s winning side with Carl Yelland and Jack Swann not available.
Hamworthy started very strongly and went straight on the attack, and they had to wait less than two minutes before opening the scoring. Stuart Cannie wasted no time in taking a cross in a central position inside the penalty area. He hit an unstoppable first time shot just inside Jason Harvell’s left hand post that gave the keeper no chance. Carl Mutch had to come off due to a migrane that had started just before the game The Hammers continued to have the better of the play, but Steve Shergold did well to prevent a Poppy equalizer. A cross found a Bournemouth striker unmarked in the six yard box, but his point blank header was somehow pushed over the bar by Shergold. Goal chances were few and far between following this and the half time interval came with United still deservedly in front.
HT 1-0
Hamworthy had two penalty shouts early in the second half, but both were denied by the Referee and his Assistant. Stuart Cannie was taken from behind by ex-Hammer Joe Byrne. It was adjudged by the Assistant however to have started outside the box, before Cannie fell just inside the area. The second saw a Poppy defender catch a ball between his arms before letting it drop inside the penalty area, but this was deemed to have been accidental by the Referee. To rub salt into the wound the third penalty, this time against Hamworthy was upheld when Ollie Cherrett was found guilty of bringing down his man on the byline just inside the area. This after the Poppy had got his shot away that was cleared safely. The resulting spot kick was duly put away by Nathan Reprah-Annav to bring the scores level. One of the best moves of the match ended with Hamworthy striking the inside of the post, and the ball rebounding harmlessly to safety with Harvell well beaten. Not for the first time this season United’s downfall came from one lapse of concentration that cost them the match. A long hopeful looping cross was allowed to bounce in the box and was gratefully accepted by the unmarked Dave Wrixton. He headed over Steve Shergold who was caught in no man’s land into an empty net. With ten minutes or so left before the final whistle the Hammers were unable to get a goal back to get at least the point that they certainly deserved over the ninety minutes, but that’s football.
FT 1-2
Team: S. Shergold, M. Antrobus, R. Jackson,O. Cherrett S. Llewelyn, J. Merritt, M. Crow, T. Vavreka , C. Mutch (M. Jackson),M.Dancer (G. Horlock), S. Cannie Unused Subs: Simon Browne , C. Khider