FROME TOWN LADIES 4 PORTISHEAD TOWN 1

Frome Town Ladies faced Portishead Reserves at Badgers Hill for this, their first meeting of the season, hoping to keep up their 100%-win record intact.

The first twenty minutes played out with both teams probing and looking for a way to open the scoring – Portishead, the more direct, and Frome with a more measured, passing approach. The first real chance fell to Frome, with Didymus playing in an unaccustomed central-midfield role, putting the ball just-wide from inside the area on 25 minutes.

It was the thirtieth minute when the deadlock was broken, when a misjudgement and slip by the visiting keeper let the alert Petteford run the ball through into an open net to score Frome’s first. The rest of the half was contested by both teams, who cancelled out any attacks on the slippery surface.

Frome Ladies got off to a flyer in the second half. With only two minutes played, they doubled their lead, after a good ball in by Isaacson on the left found Underhill lurking, and the keeper’s save fell nicely for the calm Didymus to dispatch the ball home for her first of the season.

2-0 now, and Portishead had to push forward to try and get back into the game, but Frome’s capable defence stood firm with grit and determination.

At 75 minutes, the industrious Bristow put through a defence-splitting, perfectly-weighted pass for Isaacson to run on to and slot home under the keeper, to put Frome 3-0 up.

Within minutes, the Portishead number 7 surged down Frome’s right with Bolt-like pace and smashed an unstoppable shot into the top corner in impressive fashion, leaving Restorick no chance.

The now-shattered Frome Ladies – some playing on with injuries – had one last twist for the game on 88 minutes, with Petteford holding the ball up well, then feeding Underhill on the edge of the box, who unselfishly set up Bristow to take aim and curl the ball into the top corner with a precise strike, leaving the away keeper rooted and a pure spectator!

A well-earned 4-1 win against a tricky, hard-working opponent, with Didymus getting the Player of the Match award for a great performance in the middle of the park and a well-taken goal!

Next week, the Ladies are on their travels again against Wellington, near Taunton. The team are still looking for new players.

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Kevin Restorick