Earley Gunners made further progress in the league and earned some degree of revenge over Ruscombe Res with a 2 - 0 win.. A tight first half in windy conditions made it difficult to get the ball out of our own half and Ruscombe Res had some early pressure by forcing a string of corners.
Gunners created few chances and this led to a 0 - 0 half time score although Paul Clark missed a good opportunity to take the lead when he shot wide from close range and Fraser made a good foray into the opponents penalty box but failed to get a shot in.
The second half saw Gunners have more of the possession and more favourable weather conditions and most of the play took place in the Ruscombe half.
Gunners took the lead through Kevin Rapley as he raced onto a loose ball and fired home and then Gunners added a second through Dave Owen who continued his goal scoring run. Gunners were then handed an advantage when a Ruscombe player was sent off for arguing with the referee.
Ruscombe had very few opportunities in the second half and a tigerish defence kept the play away from the Gunners goal with some good tackling and quick closing down of opponents.
Gunners had a couple of opportunities to extend the lead through Paul Ali and Nick Burrows who had a glorious opportunity to score when the ball was chipped over the defence to him from the right and he made a diagonal run towards the goal, he nearly stumbled when faced with a one on one with thekeeper and then sent his shot wide. (Kev looked a little upset then)
Ruscombe created very little and the only other moment of the game was Frasers fantastic volleyed clearance when he was under no pressure at all. The final score was a 2—0 win to Gunners.
Match Facts
Goals: K Rapley (1), D Owen (1)
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