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Match Facts Bath City 0-2 Hungerford Town
BATH CITY Stats
Match Report City press the Crusaders back and,
from www.bathcityfc.com ten minutes into the half, they looked
to be back in the game when a short
City’s final game of 2020 ended in corner routine saw Tom Smith volley
a 2-0 defeat to Hungerford Town this home only for an offside flag to halt the
afternoon at a bitterly cold Twerton celebrations.
Park. Both goals came in the opening
SHOTS ON TARGET 4 20 minutes and, despite dominating the Hungerford were now forced to time-
waste at every opportunity – keeper
SHOTS OFF TARGET 3 second half, City couldn’t recover from Cairney twice going down ‘injured’
CORNERS 9 this poor start. despite showing no signs of a problem
POSSESSION 61% The visitors’ direct approach paid when racing from his area to clear the
YELLOW CARDS 0 dividends after just 12 minutes, when a danger several times. And he was also
RED CARDS 0 long ball forward was volleyed across unimpeded when keeping out Wilson’s
goal by Tyler for Seager to head past shot at full stretch after 70 minutes as
HUNGERFORD TOWN Stats Will Henry. And it got worse for City City continued to search for a way
eight minutes later, when Fasanmade’s back into the game. A Smith shot flew
shot deflected off James Taylor before narrowly wide with ten minutes left but,
looping over the helpless keeper. City increasingly, Hungerford’s approach
had a good chance to reduce the deficit was blunting City’s attack and they saw
on 29 minutes but Tommy Conway out the remainder of the game with no
SHOTS ON TARGET 3 could only steer the ball wide from a further real scares to secure the three
SHOTS OFF TARGET 3 great Donovan Wilson cross. points.
CORNERS 2 Dan Ball replaced Frankie Artus at the
POSSESSION 39% interval and the formation change saw
YELLOW CARDS 0
RED CARDS 0 Line ups: Hungerford Town: Cairney, Angell,
Bath City: Henry, Taylor, Grant, Partridge, Emmerson, Rusby, Willmoth,
Seager, Fasanmade, Burley, Bayley,
Smith, Batten, Artus, Wilson, Harley, Tyler
Conway, Horton, Meyhew
Substitutes: Clarke, Ball, James, Substitutes: McCrory, Harding,
Edwards, Hopper, Crowther
Pope, Bahadur
Referee: Ross Martin (Bristol)
Any other
business:
Hungerford claimed
their first-ever victory
over City at the tenth
attempt. The previous
nine matches have seen
six wins for The Romans
and three draws.
City played 33 matches
in 2020, with 14 wins,
15 defeats and just 4
draws. The Romans
netted 42 times during Tom Smith scores from a well worked corner routine but the goal is controversially ruled out for offside.
the year and conceded
52, although 7 of these
came in one match at
Wealdstone!
ASHLEY DAVIS
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