Poole Borough Football Club
Season 2004/05

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Conditions

Dry, cold and overcast.

Borough Colours

Gold & Black Quartered Shirts, Black Shorts, Gold Socks

Dorchester United Colours

Blue Shirts with Black Trim, Black Shorts, Shorts, Black Socks.

Direction of Play

Borough defended Turlin Moor end first half

Officials

Referee: Mr J. Joyce
Assistants: Mr W. Ahern & Mr A. Boyd

Borough Scorers: Andy Coles 5, 35; Jamie Holland 20; Tony White 39; Danny Chapple 85.
Borough Man of the Match: Andy Coles

Borough recorded their eighth league win in nine games with a convincing win against Dorchester United to maintain their 100% record at Turlin Moor.

Jamie Holland came close in only the third minute as he chested down a through ball with his back to goal before turning and placing a shot just wide of the left hand post. Borough, though took the lead two minutes later when a shot from the edge of the area by Andy Coles took a wicked deflection to wrong foot Carter in the home goal.

United came back a created a series of chances, the best forcing Borough keeper Adam Nash to divert the ball past the post at full stretch from a free-kick. Borough however doubled their lead on 20 minutes when Holland latched on to a through ball on the right before steering a low shot under the body of the advancing Carter.

Borough now took control and a right wing cross from Dan Cockwell picked out Coles in the area whose shot was blocked and the rebound fell to David Perry who also saw his drive cannon off a defender. On 35 minutes Borough claimed their third after Coles rolled a pass to Holland in the area whose shot was charged down but Coles was quickly on to the loose ball and sent a cheeky lob over the defence and in off the post.

Another surging run down the right by Cockwell on 37 minutes saw the Borough defender reach the touchline and pull the ball back to Holland who blazed his shot over. Two minutes later Holland was brought down just inside the area and Tony White stepped up to blast home the resulting spot kick.

Borough created further chances before the break and Andy Barham eluded three tackles before his final effort drifted inches wide while another strong run from Perry saw him out sprint the Dorchester rearguard but his shot was parried by the advancing Carter.

Half Time 4-0

With the game all but sewn up, Borough made wholesale changes after the break and an early chance fell to Dorchester who saw a free kick deflected narrowly wide. On 60 minutes Danny Chapple combined well with Holland to send Borough's top scorer through on goal but the final shot went the wrong side of the post.

Chapple was set up by Alex Gunn on 70 minutes but he dragged his shot just wide and Coles was denied his hat-trick seven minutes later as Carter got across well to palm away a low drive.

With five minutes remaining Borough sealed their victory after Barham jinked into the area before sliding the ball to Chapple, whose first shot forced a fingertip stop from Carter, but with the keeper unable to claim the ball Chapple took it away from he gloveman to finish at the second attempt.

Borough: Adam Nash, Dan Cockwell (Karl Griffin 57), Tony White (Dan Moore H-T), Andy Barham, Sean Hebdon, Danny Herrington Alex Gunn, Jamie Holland, David Perry (Danny Chapple H-T), Andy Coles, Matt Morris.

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

Losing boss Kevin Hillier said: "We got caught cold early on and although we worked hard after that, that was it. They are the in-form side at the moment but that is only the first time we have been hammered this season so we are not too down about it. We have a lot of good youngsters who are learning and sometimes you need to find out how to be a good loser before you can become a good winner".