SPREYTON 9 - WILLAND 2

SPREYTON Football Club struggled for a side last Saturday (November 18) in a game against Willand, but battled hard and got the result the team were hoping for.

Shortly into the first half Matt Baker flicked the ball in behind the defence for Chris Down to finish his first goal with his left foot. Shortly after Cameron Pow added to the scoresheet with a lovely left-footed finish.

Twenty minutes in and Cameron Pow flicked a lovely pass across the box for Matt Baker to touch down and hit across the box to make it 3-0 to Spreyton.

Spreyton conceded just before half-time with a lovely solo effort from Willand’s centre-mid.

Spreyton came out strong in the second half and Baker notched with a great effort straight away from a great ball from Luke Herbert.

With our heads held high Chris Down scored from a lovely ball from Baker with some great link up play.

Everything was going well and with a great effort from Greg Jolly, from a long-range free kick, saved from the ‘keeper.

Cam completed his hat-trick with his two great finishes one after the other. The first finish was a cross from Mike Hows that was scrambled out for the edge of the box for Cameron to smash home and the second was a lovely finish past the ‘keeper 10 minutes later.

Then to wrap the game up “Man of the Match” Chris Down scored again from a lovely header to make the final score 9-2.

A great all-round performance from all 12 players that played.

Next up is an away match against Exeter United on Saturday, November 25.

Sitting joint top after 10 games is a tremendous achievement in itself for Spreyton. We just have to keep the battle going with the great squad of players we have!

Matt Baker