Dorset Premier League Cup
STURMINSTER MARSHALL FC 0 HOLT UNITED FC 16
At the end of last season, Marshall's manager left the club along with all the players leaving the club to scrape about to keep the team going, they have to their credit fielded a team in each league game and after 9 games sit bottom with a goal difference of -75 including last week losing 19-1 away from home. A cup tie what good news a home tie, the sad news was against 2nd in the league Holt United FC.
A phonecall on the Friday evening to the home secretary Dave to confirm the match was on and he joked the tie would not go in to extra time. On arrival, I was met by a lush village green pitch, with 3 gentlemen walking round clipping on the advertising boards on to the respect barriers around the pitch, then a van appeared towing the dugouts to be put in place.
Both sides handed me their teamsheets for me to photo, so I could tweet or X or whatever its called now days as the goals sent in.
The game kicked off and in the first 5 minutes, it looked like there may just be a shock as the homesters had got a few of the old boys to turn out for them, a ball bounced off the post and then a one on one saw the ball just go wide of the post. This seemed to awaken the visitors and really end any hopes of a cupupset, as after 12 minutes, a cross from the right side saw SCOTT BUNGAY turn and shoot his side in to the lead. The visitors pressed forward but was finding the home keeper in fine form with 3 or 4 fine saves.
After 23 minutes, ALI GARARD doubled his sides advantage through his penalty kick. 3 minutes later, ALI GARARD picked up a ball from 30 yards and bent it into the top corner of the net to make it 3-0 to Holt.
Holt carried on pressing forward but were not making many chances at this stage of the game, the visiting crowd were grumbling they should be 10 up by now, I think they knew what was to possibly come later in the game. With quite a bit of injury time to play, on the 44th minute, a low ball from the right, was met by ALI GARARD inside the 6 yard box to tap in for his hat trick.
From the kick off on 45 minutes, the visitors won the ball and it was played forward for SONNY WILKINSON to fire home from a acute angle of 30 yards out. Just before the half time whistle, it became 6-0 to United when CHRIS MANNERS fired home.
With the half time talks out the way, the second half began and Holt were soon on the front foot and straight away increased their lead when ALI GARARD beat the offside trap and fired in to the far corner of the net. On 48 minutes KYLE CLEMENT-JOHN made it 8-0.
After 58 minutes, Holt were awarded a penalty after a trip, just was I was strolling past the penalty area, in my view a little bit harsh on the home side, but still the ref must have had a clearer view than myself,as they say, the game is all about angles. Up stepped SCOTT BUNGAY to convert the penalty, but the keeper very nearly stopped it.
Double figures wre reached on 62 minutes, when Holt got their 3rd spot kick of the tie and this time ALI GARARD stepped up and placed it in to the corner of the net.
The home side you could see the players beginning to tire and on 68 minutes, SCOTT BUNGAY completed his hat trick when rounding the keeper to tap home to make it 11-0 to his side. The following minute, it became 12 when SCOTT BUNGAY netted again. The goals were coming like buses now as in the next minute, a ball played across from the right wing found its way to the far post of the 6 yard box for ALI GARARD to scoop to head in.
After 72 minutes SAM BENNETT surged forward to hit a low shot past the keeper and the following minute SCOTT BUNGAY ran straight through the home defence to finish.
The Marshalls then seemed to have their best spell of the match and played some good passing football and had a couple of shots on target, but in the 85th minute, a free kick from the right was fumbled by the home keeper(possibly the only mistake he had made in the whole match) and that man ALI GARARD forced the ball over the line to make it 16-0 to Holt United.
Both sides a credit to the Dorset Premier League, its good to hear no bad langague on the pitch from both sets of players, both teams wanting to just play with smiles on their faces, I must also mention the 3rd team, the set of 3 officials who I thought had a outstanding game.
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