Cold cup success

Verwood Town 0 Stur 0

Stur win 4-3 on penalties

Following a 0-0 draw after ninety minutes at a very cold Verwood Town, in which good chances fell to both sides, both sets of supporters will have enjoyed the match on offer.  Stur kept applying the pressure in the closing 15 minutes and looked like they must score, but injuries to Jack Atkins and Billy Bright meant that were reduced to 9 men for a short period.  Billy hobbled back on and continued after treatment, but the Cherries just could not find a way past a very resolute Verwood Town defence.
 

So to penalties – Verwood missed their first, which disappeared into the trees, and scored their next two.  The cherries scored two of their first three through George Coleman and Nick Hewlett. All square after three penalties each.
Theo Crane came to the rescue for Verwood’s fourth and Billy Bright stepped up with a cheeky chip over the diving keeper and we took a 3-2 lead.    Verwood made no mistake with their fifth penalty, but then Buddy O’Shea stepped up and thumped the ball past the Verwood keeper to finish the match, 4-3 to the visiting Cherries.

Next round is at home to Sherborne Town on Tuesday 9th December.