MONEYFIELDS 1 PAULTON ROVERS 1
This was a scrappy draw against an aggressive Moneyfields side.
Paulton went ahead on eight minutes as Ben Bament played a through ball and Dave Sims-Burgess, who outpaced the defender, saw his first shot parried by keeper, Matt Flintoft, but turned the loose ball into the net.
Monies’ long ball policy and Rovers’ lack of fluency nullified effort and the home striker, Steve Hutchings, drove wide and had another effort held by Paulton’s eighteen-year-old stopper, Aaron Sainsbury.
Hutchings, a constant threat, raced on to another long ball from centre back, Sam Pearce, to play in Miles Everett to lob over Sainsbury and level on 29 minutes.
Rovers started the second half much the livelier, with Ed Butcher and Bament firing wide.
Hutchings then had a chance kick off the line by Ryan Gay, then Sainsbury saved from the danger man.
In the last five minutes, Butcher crossed and Sims-Burgess clipped the cross bar. Gay’s follow up was cleared off the line by Pearce.
Star Man of the Match was Steve Hutchings for Moneyfields.
Tony Walsh