Marine 0 Wimborne Town 0

Match Report from Pete Crockett

A TORPID AND TORTUOUS SCORELESS DRAW

This really was a disappointing game to watch. Wimborne Town arrived at the Webbswood as the league’s form team and struggled to find any fluency. Marine needed points to break clear of the relegation struggle and managed a paltry one shot on target. The biggest cheer from those members of the crowd who had not succumbed to extreme somnolence was when the final whistle blew.

The visiting Magpies had an early chance with Jez Bedford firing a shot from close range over the bar. Then in the middle of the first half the visitor’s Matt Burrows and Josh Carmichael had shots on target easily gathered by Fiachra Pagel. Meanwhile Marine had their one shot on goal from Lucius Vine that was easily saved by the visitor’s Cameron Plain.

The second half became even more of a slugfest with neither side finding any fluency. In the 51st minute the Magpie’s Sam Jackson fired a volley just over the bar. Meanwhile from a corner Marine’s Nick Peare saw a looping header just clear the cross bar.

The one genuinely memorable moment of the match occurred in the 83rd minute. The visitor’s Toby Holmes got on the end of a long throw and hit a firm volley towards goal. The effort was very well saved by Fiachra Pagel.

From a Marine perspective it was hard to find many positives in our forward play. The Marine strikers were left feeding off scraps and having to chase lost causes. Zack Kotwica put in a strong battling performance in midfield; centre backs Ioan Richards and Nick Peare were resolute defensively; Fiachra Pagel was effective in managing all that was asked of him; and full backs Ryan Campbell and Sam Turl had good games stifling the aerial supply to Magpie’s target man Will Fletcher

This was a match where defences dominated and a point apiece was the outcome!

Marine Star Man: Sam Turl
Wimborne Star Man: Sam Jackson
Attendance: 321

Line Ups

SWINDON SUPERMARINE
Head Coach: Stuart Fleetwood
Colours: Blue & White Hoops
Line-up: 1. Fiachra Pagel 2. Sam Turl 3. Ryan Campbell 5. Ioan Richards 6. Anton Dworzak 7. Zack Kotwica 8. Nick Peare 9. Harry Williams (14.Dave Sims-Burgess 67’) 10. Lucias Vine 11. Olly Mehew (17. Gabe Reivers 73’) 12.Henry Spalding
Subs not used: 4. Jamie Edge, 15. Jake Lee, 16. Liam Angel
Goalscorers: None
Cards:
Henry Spalding 39’, Nick Peare 89’
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WIMBORNE TOWN
Manager: Tim Stills
Colours: Black & White Stripes
Line-up: 1. Cameron Plain 2. Drew Eccott-Young (18. Adam Bliss 80’) 3. Sam Jackson (c) 5. Sam Roberts 6. Harvey Wright 7. Jez Bedford (14. Jack Lovell 78’) 9. Will Fletcher 11. Matt Burrows (15. Toby Holmes 72’) 16. Owen Roundell-Prince (4. Billy Walker 88’) 19. Cameron Munn 20. Josh Carmichael (10. Matt Neale 67’)
Subs not used: None
Goalscorers: None
Cards:
Drew Eccott-Young 35’, Matt Burrows 61’
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Match Officials

Referee: Dale Wotton
Assistant Referees: Liam Brace, Lucas Bomela