GALMPTON UNITED 1 - CREDITON UNITED 0

CREDITON travelled to South Devon on Saturday, April 9, on a sunny but blustery afternoon at the memorial ground.

Creddy had made some changes with Nathan Keast, Danny Harvey and Billy Conabeare coming into the starting line up, with Dan McCann dropping into centre-half.

The hosts started on top, getting joy from playing long and direct to their tall frontmen, using the wind to gain good territory. The hosts took the lead on 12 minutes, a defence splitting ball put Barkwell clean through and his shot from just inside the box just found its way into the bottom corner.

After this shaky start the new centre-half partnership of McCann and Broom slowly started to gel. A good piece of wing play saw Pike set up Blake but his low shot was well-saved by Kenny Griffiths in the Galmpton goal.

On 28 minutes Clarke was put clean through but his attempted lob was well-saved. As the half progressed Creddy started to improve, getting the ball down and trying to move it quickly. Billy Conabeare had a chance on 40 but his effort was blocked to leave the score at 1-0 at the break.

In the second half Creddy were shooting up the slope but had the wind on their side. This helped to keep Galmpton pegged back but without creating any clear cut chances.

At the other end Barkwell was put through on 60 minutes, but his powerful drive was tipped over the bar by Keast.

On 66 minutes Dandridge had a low drive which was well-saved and then again on 71 minutes was denied in a one-on-one situation by Keast.

Creddy then made a double substitution bringing on Waring and Trenaman and putting them in advanced attacking roles.

This extra physicality and presence gave us a different dimension for the final 15 minutes and almost equalised with Blake firing a header just over the bar.

At the other end Dan Rankin almost sealed the win on 82 minutes but his curling drive went inches past the far post and was the last action of the game.

Ultimately Galmpton shaded the game and created the better chances with 1-0 being a fair reflection on proceedings.

Nathan Keast