WESTERN LEAGUE Premier Division round-up week 34
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- Created on Monday, 21 March 2022 12:50
- Last Updated on Monday, 21 March 2022 17:15
- Published on Monday, 21 March 2022 12:50
- Written by TOM HISCOTT Western League correspondent
Kevin Hill's Exmouth Town are the new Western League leaders, following a testing 2-2 draw with Street at Southern Road.
A point was enough to enable Exmouth to soar to top spot on goal difference as long term leaders Tavistock were inactive.
Exmouth twice fell behind to their 17th placed visitors but shared the points thanks to equalisers from Levi Landricombe and Max Willard.
With Tavistock out of action over the weekend, the other side to join the top three on 60 points were Mousehole thanks to a 5-1 turnaround triumph at Buckland.
The game didn’t start well for the high-flying Seagulls and Jake Ash's side trailed at the break after Ryan Bush fired Buckland into a sixth minute lead.
Mark Goldsworthy’s 55th minute equaliser was the turning point. Buckland conceded a 58th minute own goal and Mousehole didn’t look back as Tallan Mitchell made it 3-1 on 65 minutes.
The Seagulls continued to pull away in the closing stages, with a Hayden Turner penalty and Jared Sims strike rounding off a dominant second half display.
Next up? Mousehole versus Exmouth next Saturday at Trungle Parc.
Another Cornish side to hit five at the weekend were Helston Athletic, five different players notching in the blues' 5-0 home win over Brislington.
Having lost their keeper to a red card early in the second half, Brislington were always likely to be up against it, and that proved to be the case from the moment Craig Veal fired the Blues in front on the hour.
Jordan Bentley, Steve Colwell, Sam Buckley and 16-year-old debutant Rocco Hill scored for sixth placed Helston.
Another red card proved pivotal in Cornwall, where Wellington lost 3-1 at fourth placed Saltash, who visit Exmouth on Wednesday in the Les Phillips Cup.
The 34th minute dismissal was followed soon after by the Ashes opening goal, Sam Hughes scoring in the home side’s next attack.
To their credit, the visitors hit back in the first minute of first half stoppage time through Josh Baker.
Surpisingly that wasn’t enough to level the half time scores as promotion outsiders Saltash went straight back up the other end to retake the lead through new signing Sam Davey, with the final kick half.
Rubin Wilson extended Saltash's lead on 77 minutes to help Dane Bunney's Ashes soar into the top four.
A second half strike from Jack Jenkins gave Clem Bennelick's seventh placed Ilfracombe a 1-0 home win over second bottom Ashton & Backwell.
Macca Brown's 12th placed Millbrook beat 11th placed Keynsham 1-0 thanks to an early goal from home striker Sean Thompson (see KJM Sport Match Report).
Cadbury Heath battled to earn a point in a goalless draw at fifth placed Bridgwater, while ninth placed Clevedon extended their outstanding form with a 4-1 win away at Bitton.
The Seasiders are unbeaten in the league since early December, with Alex Camm picking up where he left off in midweek with a sixth minute penalty to fire Alex White's side ahead.
David Duru smashed the ball home to draw Bitton level just prior to half-time, with Freddie King then slaloming his way past three defenders before slotting home to restore Clevedon’s advantage.
With Bitton starting to put pressure on the visitors, Town managed to run away with the game in final couple of minutes with star performers Archie Ferris and Ethan Feltham scoring.
In the Les Phillips Cup, Premier Division Shepton Mallet defeated First Division top four outfit Wincanton 3-0 with goals from Joe Morgan, Danny Constable and Callum Gould.
Wellington visit Brislington tomorrow (Tuesday) when Bridgwater United host Street. On Wednesday Cadbury Heath host Helston in the Premier Division.
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