Alveston picked up a hard earned 3 points with a 2-1 win over Chapelfield Colts on Sunday. The home side dominated possession, and when a superb left foot strike from Jamie Stephens from the edge of the area flew into the top corner of the net, it seemed inevitable that the floodgates would open. Joe Vose was causing all sorts of problems down right and delivered a number of inviting crosses, which somehow either eluded Stephens & Spencer, or some desperate defending managed to keep the ball out.
The Alveston defence looked much better, with Joey Barnish controlling the back line, although an unfortunate mix up allowed Chapelfields in for their equaliser with their only attack of the half. Alveston continued to press, Matty Rickett went close with a rasping free kick, and Alan Mackinnon was unlucky to see his volley deflected wide with the keeper beaten.
The second half started in the same way, which the home side applying all the pressure, and they duly got their reward, when some neat passing found Josh Humphriss on the edge of the area, and his first time pass found the angled run of Stephens who made no mistake, driving the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Another drive from Rickett’s flew just over and Stephens just missed out on a hat-trick when he couldn’t quite get on the end of a Humphriss cross.
Alveston almost paid for their failure to finish the game off, and with only a few minutes remaining chapelfields threw men forward, and it took a wonderful last ditch tackle from the impressive Roshen Foley and a brave save from keeper Isaac Downes to maintain their advantage.
The Alveston defence looked much better, with Joey Barnish controlling the back line, although an unfortunate mix up allowed Chapelfields in for their equaliser with their only attack of the half. Alveston continued to press, Matty Rickett went close with a rasping free kick, and Alan Mackinnon was unlucky to see his volley deflected wide with the keeper beaten.
The second half started in the same way, which the home side applying all the pressure, and they duly got their reward, when some neat passing found Josh Humphriss on the edge of the area, and his first time pass found the angled run of Stephens who made no mistake, driving the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Another drive from Rickett’s flew just over and Stephens just missed out on a hat-trick when he couldn’t quite get on the end of a Humphriss cross.
Alveston almost paid for their failure to finish the game off, and with only a few minutes remaining chapelfields threw men forward, and it took a wonderful last ditch tackle from the impressive Roshen Foley and a brave save from keeper Isaac Downes to maintain their advantage.
