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LEAGUE REVIEW

header clear the bar. But after weathering that early set back the home side settled down and took the lead
on14 minutes a tap in by new signing Marco Lautier. On 26 minutes Sam Bailey was through on goal but
failed to get the ball past Underwood. After missing that good chance Bailey made amends on 41 minutes
when he slotted home from an acute angle. In the first five minutes of the second half the home side should
have wrapped up the points but on both occasions, Bailey failed to get the ball past the inform Underwood.
On 61 minutes Miles Hatfield hit the crossbar for Rockleaze, then just two minutes later a defensive mistake
allowed Ruardean Hill back into the game Steve Clark stabbing home the first of his three goals of the
afternoon. Just three minutes later Steve Clark levelled the score when he cut into box and his shot struck
the inside of the post on its way in. A great save by underwood in the 70 minute kept it all square, but in
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the 78 minute the unthinkable happened for the home side when Steve Clark completed his hattrick and
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gave Ruardean the three points.
Sharpness are slowly climbing the table and gained an excellent 4-0 win over Patchway Town today. In
the first minute a ball over the top found Sam Strickland whose shot on goal was well saved by Burgess.
Another effort from the home side on nine minutes saw Alex Higgs shot blocked and then his send effort
went wide. Patchway’s first attack in the 11 minute came from Troy Simpson who put Hassan Hussien
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through, but he shot wide. Will Lacey rounded his full back and squared the ball into the box, but Tom
Franklin’s control let him down and his shot was week, the keeper saved and the rebound was hit wide by
Brad Gibbs. On 29 minutes Strickland’s corner found Will Lacey to take the ball past the full back and squared
it to Tom Frankham who placed it in the bottom right corner leaving the keeper with no chance. A Corner in
the 44 minute from Lacey was not cleared by the Patchway defence the ball was laid off by Alex Higgs to
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James Priday who drilled it hard at goal and although Burgess tried to save it had too much power and went
into the net. In the 52 minute Ponting had his header tipped over the bar following a Sam Strickland corner.
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Patchway’s Joe Teague squared the ball to Troy Simpson whose shot was blocked and fell to Hussien but he
shot wide. In the 76 minute Patchway lost the ball following a throw in Brad Gibbs saw that Burgess was
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well out of position and sent the ball home. The final goal in the 78 minute saw Frankham slot the ball
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through to Dominic Small who made space and finished well.