League: Bristol Corinthians League

Decliners FC vs Russell Athletic 50s

Decliners finally won a first game this season, despite making yet another catastrophic start when the ball was given away after five minutes straight to the Russell striker who trotted through to score. Not disheartened, Decliners proceeded to take firm control of the game and equalized when Kempo headed in a great cross from Gary at the back stick. Several good chances were missed before a wicked corner from Jonny caused confusion in the Russell backline and the ball skimmed off a defender into the net. In the second half it was more of the same. Decliners playing good football, creating decent chances and missing them. Jonny got his second when he lobbed the keeper as several players inexplicably stopped. This was a good game played to a high Corinthian standard.

Nailsea Vets 50s vs Chew Magna 50s

Nailsea were keen to bounce back against Chew after the narrow cup defeat two weeks ago. On this occasion, Nailsea bossed much of the play and after 12 minutes Lee Cogan was in a position to open the scoring. Christian floated an accurate cross to Cookie on the left side of the penalty box who in turn found Lee who poked in from 8 yards out.  Despite creating several chances (including a bullet-free kick from Christian brilliantly saved by the Chew keeper) Nailsea couldn’t convert further, and the score remained 1-0 at half-time.

The second half continued in a similar fashion and Nailsea threatened a second but were always wary of Chew on the break. Gazza in goal for Nailsea made a great stop low to his right to deny Chew. Shortly after at 60 minutes, Lee took advantage of a mix-up in the Chew defense and fired low to the keeper’s right to notch his second

Several other chances went begging for Nailsea but a 2-0 final score provided some consolation for the cup defeat.

Thanks to Chew for allowing an under-age keeper for Nailsea. He made one great stop but was reasonably untroubled for much of the game.