Shipham AFC vs Bryan Munich

Bryan Munich kicked off their new league campaign with a resounding away win on the slopes of the Mendips at Shipham. A strong squad started with the slope in their favour and it was on 6 minutes that a slick move and cross was met with a bullet header from last season’s top scorer Mat Bennett. On 25 minutes, a solo run on the left led to the second. Bryan made some changes and the game settled into a rhythm of Bryan attacks culminating in a third in first half injury time.

The restart saw pressure from Shipham down the slope but the Bryan defence held strong. A quick double on 59 and 60 minutes made the game safe. More changes were made and on 70 minutes Bryan scored on the counter attack with an acute finish from the left.

Mat Bennet finished his perfect hat-trick on 87 minutes and the game looked over, however, as Bryan went for the elusive clean sheet a great long shot from Shipham hit the corner of the bar and post and the keeper had to dive at the feet of the oncoming striker to maintain the shutout.

Shipham played really well in bursts and were unlucky not to get on the scoresheet. Splendid game of Corinthian football, refereed really well.