Poole Borough Football Club
Season 2004/05

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Conditions

Warm and Sunny. Slight breeze.

Borough Colours

Gold & Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Gold Socks

Wareham Rangers Colours

Green & White hoops (Borough 2nd strip) Black Shorts, Yellow socks.

Direction of Play

Borough attacked Turlin Moor end first half

Borough Scorers: Ben Truan 71, 76; Dan Herrington 78.
Borough Man of the Match: David Perry

Borough produced their best performance of the season so far as they dominated the match against Wareham Rangers, but some solid defending by the visitors kept the Hornets at bay until the last 20 minutes before they were finally defeated with three late goals.

David Perry, making his Borough debut after signing for Allendale, made an immediate impact on the game, heading a Bircumshaw right wing cross just wide after inside 5 minutes. On 12 minutes Alex Gunn received the ball wide on the left before cutting inside and his cross was met by Perry, whose downward header beat Stitchcombe in the home goal but hit the post.
Stitchcome came to Wareham's rescue on 19 minutes after a defender failed to cut out a forward pass, allowing Gunn through, but the visiting keeper held his ground well before blocking the resulting shot.

Despite Borough's domination Rangers could have stolen the lead on 35 minutes as Heckford broke through on the left, but Adam Nash did well to smother the ball at the striker's feet. However a minute later Stitchcombe was called upon to make another fine save, tipping a Paul Getley header from a corner over the bar, and before break he again got his hand to a a well struck shot by Dan Moore from the edge of the area to push it over.

Half Time 0-0

The second half was mainly one way traffic, with Wareham forced to defend in depth, and Stitchcombe was again called upon to block a low shot from Andy Barham, while Getley and Perry both had chances which went wide.

Borough introduced Ben Truan to the attack, which turned out to be an inspired decision as he finally brothe deadlock on 71 minutes, finishing an excellent six man passing move out of defence with a low shot from the right.

Five minutes later Borough doubled their lead when Perry got to the by-line before squaring to Truan on the goal line to steer the ball over the line, and the game was made safe on 78 minutes when Dan Herrington scored direct from a right wing corner, curling it just inside the far post.

In the final minutes Rangers pushed forward looking for a consolation goal but Adam Nash made two fine saves to claim his second successive clean sheet.

Borough: Adam Nash, Paul Getley, Tony White, Gary Fooks (Scott Orchard 86), Sean Hebdon, Dan Herrington, Alex Gunn (Alan Fooks 84), Andy Barham, Dan Moore (Ben Truan 66), David Perry, Matt Bircumshaw.