Carlsberg SWPL Div 1 East Saturday 30th August 2014
Sidmouth welcomed back Dale O’Donaghue, but were missing Andrew Thomson for this eagerly anticipated game.
Sidmouth were bright in the early proceedings and looked the better side by far as Pavey & Small in particular were causing the visitors all kinds of problems. It was the visitors that took the lead in the 20th minute after Wes Tarr missed a routine clearance and this allowed the Spurs Carl Bradley to place the ball pass Sidmouth’s keeper Charlie Ledger 0-1. Sidmouth continued to press and created some good opportunities however another slip from Tarr gifted Bradley his second. 0-2. Right on halftime Sidmouth started the fightback with top scorer Mark Pavey pulling a goal back.
Half Time 1-2
After the halftime oranges Sidmouth introduced the industrious Adam Kana’ah into the midfield and moved the talented O’Donaghue onto the wing, this change looked to have paid off as Pavey scored his second in the 60th minute. Newton Abbott Spurs did test the backline of Sidmouth but found them un-beatable in the second half. As bad as Tarr was in the 1st half the centre back was a Colossus in the second half winning every tackle and header. On the 75th minute Ben Howard opened his account for the season, the big forward coolly finished after being put clean through. Howard scored his second on the 80th minute when the Vikings were awarded a free kick 20 yards out, it looked like the left foot of Kana’ah was the desired choice however Howard saw a gap and rifled a terrific shot home and effectively ending any possible fight back from the ‘rough and tough’ visitors, who used rough house tactics all day and it was good to see that the best footballing team on the day won.
Full Time 4-2
Sidmouth From: Ledger, Pidgeon, Tarr, Cole, Pavey, French (cpt), O’donaghue, Dixon, Cox, Small & Howard. Used Subs: Kana’ah for Cox 45th minute, Colson for Dixon 80th Minute & Boyland for Howard 80th Minute Unused Subs: Farrington
Star Man – Wes Tarr