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League Review

niggly for the remainder of the half. Gala retook the lead five minutes into the
second half when Alex Gayner hit the rebound home from an Aaron Underwood
save from Marcus Foxwell’s free kick. On 53 minutes Mason forced a good save
from Holder. On sixty-six minutes Alex Stephens thought he had a penalty but was
play was waved on. With quarter of an hour left Charley Mason’s free kick was
headed against the post and appeared to some to have crossed the line, but
where’s goal line technology? A few minutes later Charley Mason hit a 30-yard free
kick, saved by Holder. Two minutes from the end Gayner should have made sure of
the points for Gala but was wide of the mark. Another controversy right at the end
- did Holder take out Charley Mason, who knows! But a fine 2-1 victory for Gala
Wilton.
Stoke Gifford United’s turn for two games this week the first a Tuesday night
victory over Broadwell Amateurs but boy didn’t they leave it late. A good crowd
of 75 boosted by ground hoppers from far and wide saw Broadwell edge the first
10 and Lewis Jefferies dealt easily with a 35 yarder. Gifford began to establish some
control with Paul Cronin and Devanti McInerney getting behind Broadwell’s full
backs. On the half hour an excellent run by Devanti with the ball falling for Cronin
10 yards out but his fierce shot was superbly blocked. A flurry of set pieces and
corners for Gifford were resolutely defended by the visitors. Gifford dominated
proceeding in the second half but struggled to find a clear way to goal. McInerney
found himself clear on goal a couple of times but failed to find the net. Another
sweeping move by McInerney saw his driven cross missed by Kray Foster despite
his best efforts. The winner did come in time added on when Tauren Williams
through on goal an had his initial effort saved but managed to poke the ball home.
Spike Weaver nearly added a second but was denied by the offside flag. A good 1-0
win for Gifford.
Now to Saturday’s affair against struggling Quedgeley Wanderers and Stoke
Gifford United made no mistake. They flew out of the traps and were ahead
inside 5 minutes, Devanti McInerney firing into the bottom corner. It was 2-0 after
15 minutes, the lively Mike Barry was too hot to handle and was taken out allowing
Tauren Williams to dispatch the resultant penalty. Gifford were relentless in attack
with Rudi Hill adding his name to the scoresheet after good work by McInerney.
The fourth came from a clever short corner from Scott Taylor finding Marcus
Thatcher who whipped in a cross for Dave Talbot to nod home. Gifford were five up
before half time when the menacing McInerney broke free again and fired into the
bottom corner from 12 yards. He completed his hat-trick just after the break
beating the full back and cooly slotting home. Mike Barry topped his fine display
with a goal Spike Weaver finding him to finish emphatically. A little bit of respite for
the visitors came when a delightful cross was nodded in by Stephen Norwood. The
lively Weaver then turned goal scorer picking up a brace in quick time to cap a good
performance. Hill finished the scoring when after a brilliant save by the substitute
goalkeeper the ball fell into his path, and he stooped to nod home for 10-1. Back
to the drawing board for Quedgeley Wanderers.