Page 3 - Cribbs FC v Westbury United 220122

Today’s Game

Firstly, Cribbs FC would like to extend a very warm welcome to the visiting players,
team management, supporters, and officials of Westbury United Football Club,
together with the match officials to today’s Hellenic League Premier Division game.
We hope that you enjoy your short time with us.
Match Report
Just the one other match since the last home game against Royal Wootton Bassett
and what a match it was!
We made our first ever visit to Malvern Town, a club that sits scenically at the
bottom of the famous hills.
The game started in a frantic fashion, which continued throughout the 90 minutes.
This began with the home side taking the lead after 6 minutes.
Cribbs did not let their heads drop and were back in the game almost immediately.
A long ball forward from keeper Liam Kingston bounced up on the 4G surface to be
nodded into the path of Steve Murray and the forward made no mistake as he rolled
the ball into the bottom corner.
After 38 minutes Cribbs had their lead, Jack Fillingham bagging his second in as
many games as the forward battled through the Malvern defence before squeezing
the ball past the keeper via the keeper's palms.
The first half finished as frantically as it began with Malvern levelling on the brink
of the break. Matt Turner was alive to the situation to follow in and finish after
Kingston did excellently to keep out the first attempt.
The second half kicked off and it was Cribbs’ turn to strike early. Lewis Hedges
tapped home following some pinball in the penalty area. The central midfielder's
chance came after Cribbs had put a number of crosses into the box that had not
been properly cleared by the home side.
The game and players paused for breath until the 70th and 79th minute when
Malvern regained the lead, leaving us with ten minutes to redeem ourselves.
The stage was set for the Nick Jones show as the tricky winger chopped inside the
Malvern number four, who could not deal with the winger's pace and trickery, before
placing the ball into the bottom right corner, past the keeper, and into the net. Four
all and all to play for!
The drama was not over and cometh the hour, cometh the man. Ross McErlain
pounced on a loose ball before firing a brilliant curling effort right into the top
corner. The Malvern keeper had no chance. Cue pandemonium in the Cribbs dug
out as, with only 2 minutes to go, Cribbs had found a last-gasp winner in the most
spectacular circumstances.
This Afternoon’s Opponents
Westbury United are enjoying a fine season, despite our early season 4 nil victory
down in Wiltshire where we capitalised on a couple of odd sendings off from the
officials.
Our opponents sit ninth in the league, 4 points behind us with a massive 5 games
in hand.
They have won five of their last six matches taking the impressive scalps of Bishop’s
Cleeve and Brimscombe along the way, their last game being a four nil defeat of
Swindon Town in their County Cup.
As always, get behind the boys in what looks a very tough assignment.
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