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League Review



       At Fairmile Gardens Gala Wilton took on Bromley Heath United desperate for
       three points in their attempt to stay up. Bromley Heath had the first chance but
       Oscar Bignell made a good save. Gala looked to have taken a tenth minute lead
       following a goalmouth scramble but somehow a defender headed off the line. The
       rest of the first half saw good play from both sides and the nearest to a goal was
       Gala’s Jordan Molyneux whose shot was deflected narrowly wide. Gala came out
       strongly for the second half and nearly took a 51st minute lead but Will Ferguson
       denied Connor Walters and Keiron Mace’s header hit the bar from the resulting
       corner. Gala huffed and puffed searching for the win they needed but Bromley’s
       defence held firm and it started to look like Bromley might win it in the final ten
       minutes but two good saves by Bignell and the outside of the post saved Gala and
       0-0 was probably the right result.

       To  the  Bell  Field,  where  Frampton  United  took  on  an  Almondsbury  side,
       themselves rather desperate for points, and they were unlucky not to take a second
       minute lead when a long range shot from Loui Ward struck the bar. Five minutes
       later they did take the lead when Ward headed in Oakley Dawes cross. Frampton
       slowly  got  into  the  game  and  a  Mark  Harper-Emerson  shot  was  well  saved  by
       Burgess. Manolo Espada had a good chance in the 70  minute but dragged his shot
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       wide. Frampton finally got on the scoresheet in the 79  minute when Myron Turner
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       drilled in to the bottom corner. Almonds retook the lead on 83 when a deflected
       shot looped up and Tom Kaye tipped the ball onto the bar, from the rebound the
       ball was headed back and Kaye clawed it out but Dawes finally headed home. The
       final goal of the game came in the 86  minute when a George Driver-Dickerson
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       cross found brother Henry at the back post for a 2-2 header.




       A wonderful Spring afternoon at Hillside for Rockleaze Rangers last home match
       of the season against Little Stoke and the last ever match at Hillside Gardens
       before their merger with Henbury. As is their way on the 3G Rockleaze started well
       and took the lead three minutes in when Jordan Dent who has been plagued by
       injuries for two seasons stooped to divert a header past Goradz Gigov from Kacper
       Kalkowski’s cross. It was Dent again on 14 minutes tapping in from 2 yards after
       Gigov spilled George James goal bound effort. But on twenty Little Stoke were back
       in it when Jordan Buckett gave the ball away trying to pass into midfield but it
       found its  way to  Alex  Hill  who  fired past debutant  keeper Alex Durrani. On 27
       minutes Dent came close to his hat-trick when he narrowly shot over after good
       work by Marcus Williams. Little Stoke nearly equalised two minutes from the break
       but a superb Duranni save prevented Danny Lane from finding the net. The last
       action of the half saw Nick Jones hit the inside of the post and the ball was hacked
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