Halesowen Town 1 Clevedon Town 1
Clevedon Town travelled to the West Midlands to play promotion hopefuls Halesowen Town and came away with a point from a 1-1 draw after conceding an equaliser deep into stoppage time.
With Mike Trought still injured and Kerry Morgan returned to Swansea City, Kyle Bassett was restored to the starting line-up, with just Matt Prosser and Steve Cook on the bench.
On a cold drizzly afternoon The Yeltz
were first into their stride with Andy Hall striking an early shot wide, and captain Darren Caskey doing similar a couple of minutes later when well placed to score. Eldon Maquemba then had a quick turn and shot also miss the target. On 13 minutes Kyle Bassett hit a fierce shot from the edge of the box that just went over the bar, and a minute later the same player hit a dangerous ball across the face of the goal, which was scrambled away for a corner. On 25 minutes Maquemba was played through, but his attempt to lob Danny Greaves sailed over the bar. Then 10 minutes later Maquemba broke free down the right and crossed to Hall, who’s shot was palmed away by Greavsie but only to Caskey who shot again, this time for Geraint Bater to clear off the line, and the half ended 0-0.
The second period began with a Danny Haines free kick curling just past Mark Osborn’s post, and 2 minutes later Osborn saved a stinging shot from Bassett. The Seasiders were now getting into their stride and taking control as Basset put in another awkward cross, which Kris Leek nearly put away, and then on 55 minutes Leek had another effort blocked, this time by Alex Cowley. In a rare attack on 67 minutes Halesowen came very close when a free kick was headed on by substitute Davion Hamilton for Maquemba to flick head towards goal where Danny Greaves made a superb one-handed reflex save. Clevedon immediately hit back when on 70 minutes a long free kick from Haines found Scott Hendy in space in the box and his glancing header beat Osborn to put The Seasiders one up to the delight of their travelling fans. On 78 minutes Craig Loxton volleyed a Haines corner just inches wide and, after a double substitution on 82 minutes, Clevedon went close again 5 minutes later when Matt Prosser used his strength to turn his defender and drive a shot just over the bar.
In the 90th minute The Seasiders won a free kick in the Halesowen penalty area after Osborn had picked up a back pass from Nick Amos, but Osborn then made amends by saving Kris Leek’s thunderbolt. Just as it seemed that Clevedon would get their first ever Southern League win at The Grove, the referee, Mr D Gratton from Wolverhampton, managed to find some 6-7 minutes of added-on time from somewhere, and tragedy struck in the last few seconds as a long deep free kick from Caskey found substitute Nathaniel Waite unmarked six yards out and he side-footed home the equaliser to send Halesowen’s biggest crowd of the season home happy as they won a point that they really didn't deserve.
CT MOM: Josh Brigham, who was solid in defence and adventurous in attack.
Gallery
Team Sheet
| No: | Name: | Sub: | Goal: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greaves | ||
| 2 | Brigham | ||
| 3 | Haines | ||
| 4 | Bater | ||
| 5 | Hendy | 1 | |
| 6 | Scott (Capt) | ||
| 7 | Leek | ||
| 8 | Loxton | ||
| 9 | Page | ||
| 10 | Bassett | ||
| 11 | Sylvester | ||
| 12 | Prosser | 9 | |
| 14 | Cook | 10 | |
| 15 | - | ||
| 16 | - | ||
| 17 | - | ||
| Own Goal | - |
Match Details
| Date: | 19/04/08 |
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| Competition: | British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division |
| Opponents: | Halesowen Town |
| Venue: | The Grove Old Hawne Lane Halesowen West Midlands B63 3TB |
| Half Time: | 0 - 0 |
| Full Time: | 1 - 1 |
| Attendance: | 630 |
| Match Report: | Dave Wright |
| Photographs: | Tony Merrett |
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Downloads
| Appearances & Goal Scorers | Word Document |
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| Team Sheet Matrix | Excel Document |