stourbridge 1 v 2 weymouth 31st january 2012

Stourbridge

Starting Line-Up

Solly
Rock (Evans 84
Lloyd
McCone
Geddes (Griffin 72)
Bennett
Smith
Broadhurst
Rowe
Billingham
Drake

Unused subs

Canavan
Dovey
Grifiths
 
 
Evo-Stik League
Southern Premier
War Memorial
Athletic Ground
Stourbridge
Kick Off
7.45pm
Attendance
287
H/T
0-0
Scorers
Weymouth
Byerley 57p, 85
Stourbridge
Drake 9
Bookings
Weymouth
Poole
Jeannin
Stourbridge
Smith
Rowe
Sent Off
Weymouth
 
Stourbridge
 
Referee

Mr R Ellis
Coventry

Weymouth

Starting Line-Up

Jordan
Clarke
Jeannin
Tribe
Gerring
Poole
Duff
Dixon (McKecnie 84)
Groves
Byerley
Reed

Unused subs

Povall
King
Holland
Winsper
 

Dorset Health Care - NHS Foundation Trust

Wozza shatters Glassboys
By Adam Summers


WARREN Byerley exorcised the demons of his double penalty miss at Frome Town on Boxing Day as the Terras ended their four-game losing streak with a dramatic victory at the War Memorial Athletic Ground last night.

The Weymouth striker went into the clash with Stourbridge having not found the net in his last seven outings but he brought that barren spell to an end by equalising from the spot with a confident penalty in the second half.

He then went on to hit the winner with five minutes remaining to wrap up the scoring after Aaron Drake had put the Glassboys ahead with a controversial opener in the early exchanges.

The league defeat is Stourbridge’s first at home this season and Terras’ boss Brendon King was justifiably over the moon afterwards.

He said: “Stourbridge are a very good side and before this game they had only conceded eight at home, so to travel four hours on a bitterly cold night and pick up the three points, under the pressure of having lost our last four, just goes to show what character the lads have.

“At one stage I did think it was going to be one of those nights again but the boys kept going and in the end their tremendous commitment was rewarded and I am absolutely delighted for them.

“It has been a difficult few weeks but we can now take heart from this result and hopefully start to look to push on again.”

With loanee Byron Napper having returned to Crawley Town and Sam Malsom at the Avenue Stadium tying up a move to Dorchester Town, King was left with limited options ahead of kick-off, particularly with Tom Manley, Richard Marshallsay and Lewis Tasker all unable to travel.

Ollie Tribe and Scott Dixon were restored to the starting line-up with Ryan McKechnie dropping to the bench where he was joined by reserve-team rookies Chris Povall, Charlie Holland and Luke Winsper.

King also named himself among the substitutes while Stephen Reed retained his starting place after turning down the opportunity to follow Malsom to the Magpies the previous night.

Despite having survived a midday pitch inspection, the playing conditions were still tricky in the near freezing temperatures and once again Lady Luck was not on the Terras’ side in the early exchanges as the Glassboys grabbed a questionable opener after just 10 minutes.

Leon Broadhurst supplied the incisive through ball for Drake to run on to and beat Nick Jordan but the goal had a huge suspicion of offside attached to it.

The pass did take a slight deflection off a visiting defender but Drake already appeared to be beyond the last man when Broadhurst struck the ball.

Despite the Terras’ fierce protests though, the officials allowed the strike to stand much to the disgust of the travelling fans.

To their credit, Weymouth responded in the right manner by immediately going in search of an equaliser but once again they were left cursing their misfortune as Craig Duff saw an effort cleared off the line by Paul Lloyd.

Byerley then sent an overhead kick over the crossbar before Tribe denied Ben Billingham with a last-ditch clearance from inside the six-yard box on 22 minutes.

After that the rest of the half became a war of attrition although the Glassboys did create one more clear opportunity when defender Ben Gerring gave away possession allowing Sam Rock to race through but Jordan was on hand to pull off another fine save.

Weymouth desperately needed something to go their way and 11 minutes after the break they got their wish to end a 330-minute spell without a goal.

The equaliser arrived from the spot after Duff was upended in the box by Paul McCone. Despite what happened at Frome, Byerley showed remarkable calmness to slot the penalty away and it was exactly what the Terras deserved for their tremendous endeavour.

That work rate and team ethic continued and after Jordan had denied Ryan Rowe with a couple of fine stops, the visitors went on to muster a winner.

Reed had an effort cleared off the line by McCone before Byerley hooked home his second on 85 minutes after Duff’s initial strike had been blocked.

The victory moves the Terras seven points clear of the drop-zone in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier Division where they remain in 15th spot.

 

 
Evo-Stik League
Southern Premier Division
31st January 2012
Ptn

Team

P
GD
Pts
1
Brackley T
28
17
53
2
AFC Totton
26
29
51
3
Cambridge C
28
16
49
4
Oxford C
26
14
47
5
Chesham U
27
11
46
6
Leamington
28
6
45
7
Chippenham T
27
12
43
8
Stourbridge
25
11
42
9
St. Albans C
29
-3
41
10
Barwell
27
8
40
11
Banbury U
27
1
36
12
Frome T
28
-5
36
13
Bedford T
27
-6
36
14
Hitchin T
28
1
35
15
Weymouth
26
-7
35
16
Bashley
28
-12
34
17
Evesham U
27
-12
32
18
Redditch U
28
-9
30
19
Arlesey T
27
-10
28
20
Hemel H'stead T
27
-17
25
21
Cirencester T
27
-19
21
22
Swindon S
25
-26
21
   
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