Marine 0 Taunton Town 1

Match Report

by Brian Davis (Media & Press Officer)
This was a dour game at The Webbswood Stadium which was won by one moment of quality as Ben Addlesbury rifled home from 25 yards into the top corner past Kevin Sawyer after 41 minutes after being given acres of freedom to advance into before striking home his effort.

Matt Buse had earlier curled wide in the first half before he was somehow denied in a big scramble in the ’Marine box. The home side immediately broke downfield but winger Joe Selman, recalled to the team due to injury to Brad Gray, could only hit his effort straight at Lloyd Irish.

There was very little between both teams over the course of the 90 minutes and very little of the action was played on the deck in the testing windy conditions. Stuart Fleetwood went close and was unlucky to see his volley deflected wide before Ryan Campbell twice volleyed wide at the back post with difficult chances.

Shane White somehow headed over from inside the six yard box for The Peacocks before Conor McDonagh was denied a solo effort by Irish who blocked well at his feet before Irish once again played spoiler, tipping a Dan Williamson drive from the corner of the box over the bar to deny the home side an equaliser very late on.

Following the match manager Lee Spalding said: “It’s a disappointing result, but we have lots of positives to take from it. Our first half wasn’t great. We probably got sucked into their direct style of play – they’re a big and physical team. We didn’t play enough football in their half. They had three big centre-halves playing, so any ball in the air they were going to kick and head.”

“We tried to exploit the space available down the side of their three defenders, and I thought in the second half we did that a lot better. We had a 20-minute spell where it looked like we were going to get back into the game and grab a goal.”

“Our quality in the final third simply wasn’t good enough, whether it was the decision making or the final pass or shot. It wasn’t quite there, and it probably cost us, to be honest. Defensively, we were much better. We conceded in the first half following a great strike from about 25 yards. I was disappointed none of the midfield players closed the ball down, but sometimes you’ve got to tip your hat. Overall, though, we were very good defensively.”

Match Photo’s

Match Gallery
Jeff Youd Photography

Match Video’s

Video of match highlights
Post match with Lee Spalding
Courtesy of You Sport Swindon
Match Highlights from a Taunton perspective
Courtesy of Taunton Town FC

Match Statistics

SWINDON SUPERMARINE
Manager: Lee Spalding
Line-up: 1. Kev Sawyer 2. Dan Williamson 3. Connor Thompson 4. Joe Shepherd (14. Brad Hooper 75’) 5. Matt Coupe 6. Matt Williams 7. Joe Selman 8. Luke Williams 9. Stuart Fleetwood © 10. Conor McDonagh 11. Ryan Campbell
Subs not used: 12. Dave Bampton 15. Kieran Diaz-Benitez 16. Jon Else 17. Babz Jarra
Goalscorers: None
Star Man: Matt Williams
Cards:
Matt Coupe 70’

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TAUNTON TOWN
Manager: Rob Dray
Line-up: 1. Lloyd Irish 2. Pierce Mitchell 3. Lewis Hall 4. Ben Addlesbury 5. Ed Palmer 6. Matt Buse 7. Ollie Chamberlain 8. Ryan Brett 9. Matt Wright © 10. Shane White 11. Dan Sullivan (12. Craig Veal 80’)
Subs not used: 14. Josh Nelmes 15 Brett Trowbridge 16. Douglas Camilo 17. Harry Gardner
Goalscorers: Ben Addlesbury 41’
Star Man: Ryan Brett
Cards:
Lewis Hall 7’, Matt Wright 56’, Dan Sullivan 64’

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Match Officials:
Referee: Stacey Pearson (Bristol)
Assistant Referees: Simon Turner (Bristol), Sam Williams (Bristol)

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