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League Review

was however Wanderers who had the first chance when Sean Lawson’s
4 minute shot was narrowly wide. Karim Rendall had the Owls first chance
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when his shot hit the bar. A Quedgeley free kick on 21 minutes was blocked by
the Wick wall. The first goal came for the visitors on 41 minutes when Rendall
found the net and two minutes later the lead was doubled when Lewis Wade
tapped in following a goalmouth scramble. However Wanderers made a good
start to the second half with two decent chances one narrowly wide of the top
right and another saved by Ashton Trott. Things then started to go downhill for
the home side when in the 55 minute Lewis Wade finished well from a central
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position and seven minutes later Rendall got his second from a six yard header
for 4-0. Quedgeley rallied for a time when Ryan Hunt’s powerful half volley was
saved by Trott. But the Owls fifth came twenty minutes from time, a long ball
over the top left Jack Creaney to chip over Kieran Derbyshire. Sean Lawson’s
efforts for the home side forced an error in Wick’s defence but the ball was
poked narrowly wide. However Wick weren’t finished and Rendall got his hat
trick in the 85 for 6-0.
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Stoke Gifford were the visitors to Little Stoke Park for today’s drawn affair.
The home side started very quickly and were nearly ahead on two minutes
when a superb cross field pass from Lewis Hughes found Jordan Yeo who fizzed
the ball into the box producing a fine save only for John Pugsley to pick the ball
up and be denied by another good save. The game continued at a good pace
with both sides trying to attack, and it was the visitors who took the lead just
after the half hour when a corner was whipped in and a stretching Lewis
Hughes could only divert into his own net. Little Stoke pressed for an equaliser
but were denied by some resilient defending. The pace of the game continued
into the second half and the home side scored a leveller just after the hour when
Yeo converted a spot kick given for a push. Little Stoke were now having the better
of the possession, but it was Gifford who nearly retook the lead from a breakaway
but with the goal gaping the attack came to nothing Connolly Jarret easily saving.
Good defending by Gifford denied Little Stoke on a couple of occasions with Mike
Hardiman and Luke Meacham both coming close. The visitors had a great chance
from the spot following a trip, but Jarret produced a superb save. Little Stoke
pressed for a winner but could not break Stoke Gifford’s determined defence 1-1.
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