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League Review

fully 25 yards out. On 67 minutes fullback Williams found the ball at his feet again and
smashed the ball into the top corner from 30 yards out with Charnock looking on in
disbelief. On 80 minutes Quedgeley captain Lawson saw red after a second bookable
offence leaving Quedgeley down to 10 men for the last few minutes. Rockleaze made
good use of this with substitute Beard scoring twice in this time firstly on 83 minutes
when he nipped in between keeper and defender to roll the ball into an unguarded net
from 18 yards out and then on 86 minutes with a bullet header from another Williams
corner to make the score 8-0 and another good day at Hillside Gardens for the home
side.
Just down the road Stoke Gifford United played host to Frampton United in a top
5 game that was played in differing conditions: sun, rain, wind it had it all. Despite it
all Gifford dominated and deservedly took the points. Gifford began on the front foot
with the lively Mikey Barry causing havoc for the Frampton back line. The first big
chance was made when Shepherd and Barry linked for Weaver to fire just wide. The
lead was taken on 20 minutes when Luke Hall-Cousins fired home from a whipped
Marcus Thatcher delivery. Frampton struggled to get going at all and bar a few long
shots Eyles goal wasn’t threatened. Gifford doubled their lead after excellent play from
Barry and Weaver found the lively Henry Ikeije who fired home. The game drifted with
Frampton pushing but getting nowhere and it always looked like Gifford going further
clear. Firstly Hall-Cousins headed wide but then the lively Karakus should’ve rubber
stamped the win but was denied by the impressive Kaye in the Frampton goal.
A goal fest at the Field as hosts Almondsbury go down 4-6 to neighbours Little
Stoke despite a late rally with Oakley Dawes claiming a hat trick. It started badly for
Almondsbury when keeper Hoptroff miskicked straight to a Little Stoke player who fired
then into the lead. On 15 minutes Tyler Dunnell-Luff taps in to make it 1-1. On 23
minutes a ball for Little Stoke from the right eludes the keeper and is headed home. On
43 minutes a shot from the edge of the box goes under Hoptroff to make it 1-3 and it
becomes 1-4 in added time as a corner is headed home unchallenged. In the second
half Oakley Dawes pulled a goal back in a 52nd minute scramble. Little Stoke extended
their lead after Almondsbury failed to clear a corner and made it 2-6 on 87 minutes
when a move down their left was crossed into the edge box and finished. Almondsbury
scored two consolation goals in added time from Oakley Dawes the first a penalty
following a handball, the second a curled shot off the crossbar. Little Stoke scorers Luke
Meacham (2), Sam Archer. Jack Burgess, Phil Vice, Reuben Nuevo-Draper.
At Hamfields Sharpness’ seven match winning streak came to an end as they
hosted Wick Both teams started slowly, feeling each other out with no chances being
created. On 15 mins the home side broke the deadlock when Kieran Bennett latched
onto a defensive area and raced through one on one with Trott finishing with aplomb.
Wick were soon back on level terms though when Sharpness failed to clear their lines
and Ridler managed to poke the ball through for Short who smashed his effort past
Russell in the home goal. Neither side managed to test the goalkeepers further in the
first period, but Sharpness' Dummelow may have felt he should of done better with his
near post header from a corner when well placed.
The 2 period started very much like the first, but Wick were starting to dominate large
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parts of possession as the rain started to fall. Midway through the half some lovely build
up play down Wick's right ended with Short flashing a wicked cross along the 6 yard
box of Sharpness but no one was on hand as the ball went straight through. Both sides
had good opportunities from set pieces to create something, but neither could find that
finishing touch. The closest Sharpness came was when a freekick was came off the
head of a Wick player and went narrowly wide of the back post. Wick had a freekick 5
mins from time, but Johnson smashed his effort into the Sharpness wall. Neither keeper
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was really called upon in the 2 half and a draw was probably a fair result.