Sunday 25 August 2019

Sunday Reflection

So I had a look at what my day could be and I decided to go local. Liverton is where I live so Liverton is the team I shall follow. This could bring me down as I watched an even first half turn around after Exwick Villa had a player sent off. This seemed to galvanise them and they ran out 3-0 winners on the day. Three matches and three defeats for Liverton.

Exmouth Town were in the F.A.Cup away at Yate Town and they earned a creditable 2-2 draw which means, should I choose to do so, that I can see the deciding match of the round back at Southern Road. At the moment I fully intend to attend that match.

Tiverton Town were the pick of my Pyramid Selections. Tiverton beat Beaconsfield Town by a whopping 6 goals to 1. A quick check on the website tells me that the crowd was 204 strong and that the scorers were Noah Smerdon (2), Jared Lewington, Chris Shephard, Olaf Koszela and River Allen from the penalty spot.

Weymouth in the National League South travelled to Chippenham Town and went down 1-0 which seems a reasonable score away from home. I must do some more research on my newest team to follow.

Torquay United took on Aldershot Town in the National League and the match was shown on BT Sports so I had the pictures showing while I listened to the Arsenal match. The goals were scored either side of half time by Jamie Reid and Opi Edwards. Good to watch and maybe next time I will listen as well.

 Levels 4,5 and 7 produced the wins this week which means you can stop after the next paragraph if you only want positive vibes.

Exeter City travelled to Morecambe but did not get lost on the sands as they came away with a 3-2 win. Jake Taylor and Lee Martin scored the first two goals before the Morecambe substitute came on and scored two to equalise. Nicky Law got the late winner to secure three points.

 Southend United travelled to Wycombe Wanderers (how did they find them if they are still wandering?) and scored early through Brandon Goodship. Stephen Humphrys then scored from over 20 yards out to put Southend in a strong position. An own goal saw the lead cut in half but Stephen Humphrys got a second shortly after half time. 3-1 should be a winning position but this Southend side threw away three goals and lost the match 4-3.

Brentford travelled across London to take on Charlton Athletic. The club website indicates that the Charlton team were under severe pressure from Brentford but then scored with their only chance to win the match 1-0. It does look as though Neal Maupay is a big miss for Brentford.

Arsenal took on Liverpool at Anfield and high hopes were dashed when Liverpool scored from a corner. Defending set pieces is not an Arsenal specialism. David Luiz then gave away a penalty with some blatant shirt tugging. He was also liable for the third goal when he failed to close down Mohamed Salah who went on to score. Lucas Torreira came on as a substitute to get Arsenal a goal as a consolation prize. Hope of the top four but little hope of the top two.


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