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Toolsta on Western League Review

Midweek Ac on: During the busiest midweek schedule for some me, there was plenty of
drama in Tuesday’s three Les Phillips Cup es. The most straigh orward result happened
at Shepton Mallet, where goals from Aaron Seviour, Joe Morgan and a late penalty from
subs tute Nick Hewle saw them beat Bishop Su on 3-0. The in-form Sherborne
Town beat higher-ranked opposi on, with the First Division ou it winning by one goal to
nil away at Street thanks to Declan Cornish’s 34 minute strike. The other side to qualify
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for the next round were Buckland Athle c, with the visitors conver ng all five of their
penal es in a shootout victory away at Ilfracombe a er their e had finished 1-1 at the
end of 90 minutes. The First Division clashes were ght affairs on the whole, with super
sub Isaac Flynn rescuing a point for Almondsbury at home to Tytherington Rocks. Having
fallen behind, the Almonds grabbed a share of the spoils eight minutes from me, when
Flynn scored with his first touch a er being summoned from the bench. There was also a
1-1 draw in the matchup between Wells and Wincanton, with Charlie Crook levelling for
City a er Dan Quirke had put the visitors ahead inside the opening five minutes. Tuesday’s
other matchup saw Por shead topple Lebeq, with Connor Linham and James Wakefield
both finding the back of the net during their 2-1 victory at Bristol Road. Things were a li le
bit easier 24 hours later for Hengrove, with Jackson Brown breaking the deadlock early in
their 3-0 win away at Bristol Telephones. Following Brown’s opener, it was then the duo of
Pete Sheppard and Danny Dodimead who wrapped up the points for Hengrove, with each
scoring and assis ng one another during the impressive win. There was late drama in
Wednesday’s other fixture, with ten-man Radstock denied at the death by local
rivals Welton. Having already seen one lead disappear earlier in the second half, Radstock
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struck again in the 88 minute to go 2-1 up, but the extra man paid dividends for Welton
who grabbed the latest of equalisers through Courtney Charles to secure what could be a
crucial point in their promo on challenge.

Premier Division: Jordan Harris of Exmouth Town had an a ernoon to remember, scoring
three of his side’s goals in their 4-1 win away at Bi on. Having fallen behind to Luke Bryan’s
opener in first half stoppage me, Harris got Exmouth back on level terms ten minutes
a er the interval, smashing his penalty into the bo om corner. Town stayed on top for the
remainder of the second half, and a er Ben Steer put them ahead for the first me, Harris
then struck twice more to complete the turnaround.
Exmouth’s victory cut the gap slightly at the top of the league, a er their fellow Devonians,
Tavistock, were held to a goalless draw away at Keynsham. The Lambs will see Saturday’s
0-0 as two points dropped a er playing the en rety of the second half against ten men,
and also having seen Josh Grant’s penalty a empt saved by Seth Locke in the Keynsham
goal. Third place now belongs to Mousehole a er they hit back from last week’s shock
defeat to beat Buckland Athle c 3-2 at Trungle Parc. The hosts flew out of the blocks, with
Tallan Mitchell making it 2-0 a er seven minutes, following on from Hayden Turner’s
opener which came less than 60 seconds a er the game had kicked off. Ollie Aplin pulled
a goal back for Buckland towards the end of the first half, but order was restored soon a er