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St Austell 2 Camelford 1 - Senior Cup report

St Austell 2 Camelford 1 - Senior Cup report

Sam Brown20 Jan 2018 - 21:21
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Camels battle hard in the Cornwall Senior Cup against St Austell !

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Adam Sleep made a long awaited return to Captain the Camels side after a recent shoulder injury, whilst Bobby Hopkinson, Dan Balsdon, Martin Haynes, Rob Green and Josh Penrose were all unavailable for Camelford. New signing Keegan Lloyd to make his Camelford debut as centre forward !

1. Luke Gwillam
2. Adam Jenkin
3. Leighton Carhart
4. Charlie Hambly
5. Adam Sleep (c)
6. Ed Harrison
7. Cam Bidgood
8. Josh Insley
9. Keegan Lloyd
10. Matt Andrews (George Harrison)
11. Tom Colwing (James Heywood)

Subs: George Harrison, James Heywood (Dan O’hara) and Dan Ohara - all used.

Finally the match was played at the fifth attempt of asking and it was an entertaining afternoon for the 173 people who attended Poltair Park.

From the opening minutes of the game Matt Andrews had to be substituted after an unfortunate knee injury. So on came George Harrison as the defence had to be reshuffled. St Austell were very quiet in the first opening 20 minutes but their first opportunity when the ball was played into the box and Cornwall U18s goalkeeper Luke Gwillam was there to save the ball as it came out to St Austells midfielder who shot was saved and cleared off the line by Adam Jenkins. Late on into the half new signing Keegan Lloyd had a fine effort which skimmed just past the post.

Half Time - St Austell 0 Camelford 0

As the second half began the pitch was getting heavier and heavier but it didn’t stop the Camels from taking the lead when Ed Harrison played a clever ball through to James Heywood who played a lovely ball across the box to Keegan who controlled it and Cam Bidgood smashed the ball home 0-1. The Camels now knew they had to defend as St Austell pilled on the pressure and they got their goal when the Camels got caught on the break and a ball to the back post was tapped in by Ex Camel Liam Dingle 1-1 both teams now had spells of possession but the pitch was becoming more heavy and much harder for the two teams to play football and when St Austell attacked and played the ball out to their left back, he smashed the ball into the bottom corner to send St Austell into the quarter finals of the Senior Cup. The Camels pushed late on into the game and had a very convincing penalty shout was denied by the referee. 5 minutes later the ball was played through to Cam his shot was saved by Jason Chapman. Camelford had a corner very late on into the game but it was cleared and the full time whistle was blown as the score at Poltair Park finished St Austell 2 Camelford 1
Att: 173

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