Poole Borough Football Club
Season 2004/05

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Borough attacked Turlin Moor end first half

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Borough Scorers: Sean Hebdon 27, 48; David Perry 28, 29, 87.

Three goals in a three minute spell put Borough on the road to a convincing 5-1 victory over Premier League leaders Dorchester Town Reserves at Turlin Moor.

The visitors started the brighter and Martin Edwards shot just wide in their first attack and then Steve Llewelyn headed over from a corner. Borough came back and Gary Fooks was unlucky when his header was just the wrong side of the post. A mis-kick from keeper Adam Nash presented Edwards with an unguarded goal but the Dorchester forward missed the target.

Borough took the lead after 27 minutes when a corner from Tony White was headed home by defender Sean Hebdon. A minute later David Perry beat Dorchester's 15-year old keeper John Steele to a back pass and scored easily. Straight from the kick-off Perry again took advantage of some slack defending and scored Borough's third.

In the last few minutes of the half Borough should have scored more but Perry and Ben Truan both missed chances and this was to prove costly when just before the break Edwards pulled a goal back for the visitors, volleying home from a corner.

Half Time 3-1

Borough attacked from the start of the second period and in the 48th minute another pinpoint White corner found Hebdon, who again placed his header wide of Steele. The same combination nearly worked again soon after, but Hebdon's header was cleared off the line.

Warren White created a couple of chances for the visitors but Nash was equal to his efforts. Borough always looked likely to increase their lead and Perry completed his hat-trick with three minutes to go when he hit a low shot into the corner of the net.

In the final minute Borough substitute Darren Abreu was unlucky not to score he lobbed the ball over Steele but the keeper raced back to retrieve the ball on the line.

Borough: Adam Nash, Matt Parkin (Dan Cockwell 78), Tony White, Andy Barham, Sean Hebdon, Dan Herrington (Darren Abreu 70), Matt Bircumshaw, Ben Truan, David Perry, Matt Morris, Gary Fooks (Mark Vincent 78).

The Verdict ..................

To be fair they are not the Dorchester of old," said White. "They have lost a lot of players to Hamworthy United but they still have the base of a good side and a lot of good young lads.

"We just overpowered them, we had loads of chances and it was through a combination of poor finishing and bad luck we did not get more. The second half was one-way traffic and to be honest if the season finished now, we would all be absolutely delighted with the progress we have made in such a short space of time."