Wessex Premier Division.

BRADING TOWN 2 v 1 Lymington Town.

As reported by WES ESSEX.

Brading Town continued their excellent run of form with a 3rd win in a row at the Peter Henry Ground, this time defeating Lymington Town 2-1.

The Romans made only one change from the side that gained a point in the goalless draw at Newport, Appell replacing the injured Ford. ” Fordy “ was at the game on Saturday, after being released from hospital the night before, suffering with two broken ribs and a punctured a lung.

Brading kicked down the slope, on a wet pitch that passed a late pitch inspection following  the previous night’s downpour. The early stages saw the Roman’s in the ascendancy, and they thought they had scored after only 9 minutes, but Jones’s effort was ruled offside. Just before the quarter of an hour mark, Lymington took the lead against the run of play. An in-swinging corner from the right was curled in towards the goal, forcing McCormack to push the ball up and onto the underside of the bar, as it dropped down the referee’s assistant ruled the ball had crossed the line.

The Roman’s response almost brought an equaliser,  Hatcher found the space to unleash a shot that beat the Lymington keeper, but it struck the inside of the post and returned to the relieved keeper. Brading suffered a setback when Rayner had to leave the pitch with an injury after 20 minutes, and he was replaced by Buckett. The chances kept coming for the home side and a  Appell free-kick whistled inches over the bar. The Brading leveller finally came in the 27th minute, when a poor clearance from the keeper fell to JONES, who ran forward before coolly drawing the keeper and slotting it past him. The Romans piled the pressure on before half-time, but they found a keeper in fine form and had to settle for the scores being level. HT 1-1. 

The second half was only 2 minutes old when Brading took the lead for the first time. Hatcher broke  away down the right, and as he reached the bye-line he cut the ball back across the face of goal, into the path of APPELL, who without breaking stride stroked the ball home for a well taken goal.

The hosts were now looking for more goals and another poor clearance from the keeper fell to Hatcher who immediately set Jones on his way, he rounded the keeper but with the angle getting tighter, a defender managed to slide in and block his goal bound shot. It was all one way traffic with Appell and Sunsburg running midfield, nullifying Lymington attacks and giving Hatcher and Prezpolewski the opportunity to spray the ball about with some penetrating passes.

Midway through the half Jones received a slight knock and was replaced by Sprooles. Vale had a great chance to settle the game, when another pin-point pass from Prezpolewski found him running through the middle, but he slipped as he was about to shoot and the chance went wide. With the minutes ticking by Buckett, coming in from the right, found himself through on goal, but his strike was superbly saved by the keeper to keep his side in the game. Seconds before the final whistle Lymington were awarded a free-kick in a dangerous position, wide on the right. The ball was swung into towards the six yard box, but McCormack was equal to the task and he punched the ball clear.

This victory meant Brading climbed a further 2 places up the league table and are now looking confidently at catching the teams above them, rather than nervously worrying about the ones below them. FT 2-1.

Brading Town Man of the Match..ADAM SUNSBURG.
 
Team..McCormack Prezpolewski Quigley Sunsburg Fleming Stuber Rayner Appell Hatcher Vale Jones. 

Subs..Buckett Sprooles Reeve Miles.
 

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IOW Saturday League, Div 2.

Ventnor P v P BRADING TOWN RES.

( waterlogged )

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Combination 1.

BRADING TOWN “A” 2 v 1 Binstead COB Res.

( B. Armstrong 2 )

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Mid-Solent Youth U16 League.

Newport St. George’s 11 v 0 BRADING TOWN “A”.

BRADING TOWN “B” 0 v 1 AFC Portchester.