Exmouth Defeat the Heath

The Heath made the long trip down to Devon for what was always going to be a tough game away at Exmouth Town in the league, however spirits were high after the recent good performances and a repeat of last season's epic FA Cup match at Exmouth (resulting in a 4-3 win for the Reds with 2 goals in the last 6 mins) was very much on the menu.
Despite a strong Exmouth side winning the match 2-0 (with goals in the 45th and 74th minutes) the Reds put in a solid performance and tested the hosts on more than a few occasions - this young side are really starting to gel well and we look forward to a run of home games where we take on Hallen (Weds 2nd Oct), Street (Sat 5th Oct) and Chipping Sodbury (12th Oct) where we hope to pick up a few points and climb up that table.
Key Highlights of the game below:
5 mins = Enis Akgun cuts inside and effort blocked falls to Ben Allen who shoots wide.
8 mins = a well worked move by Exmouth into Heath box results in a shot that's brilliantly blocked by Joe Woodley.
21 mins = Exmouth played in again and a great block by Nathan Hewitt goes for a corner to the hosts.
32 mins = a great ball finds George Boon out on left wing and he puts in a great cross into the 6yard boc but it's cleared by Exmouth defence.
35 mins = great play by the Heath on the break finds Josh Williams who slips in Enis Akgun on the right side of the penalty area, his right-footed low drive is parried by the Exmouth keeper and cleared.
36 mins = Enis Akgun is found again in a central position on the edge of penalty area, he jinks through challenges and plays a short pass to Ben Allen who fires just wide of the far left-hand post.
45 mins = Exmouth pressure is cleared but a long ball across field from their left back finds an Exmouth player who'd made a great run and collects the ball inside the far right hand side of the Heath penalty area and he slots into Heath goal.
45 mins = Exmouth are in again behind the Heath defence but the resultant shot is wide of the far post.
52 mins = good Heath pressure find Enis Akgun who twists and turns in the Exmouth box and he finds George Boon out wide but his cross shot is blocked and cleared.
53 mins = Exmouth break and a good effort on goal is well saved by Ollie Jones in the Heath goal.
54 mins = Charlie Knight is booked for the Heath.
66 mins = a corner from Exmouth finds a blue shirt around 8 yards out but the downward header is well tipped over by Ollie Jones.
67 mins = another chance for Exmouth, with a good effort from 10 yards out is well parried by Ollie Jones.
67 mins = George Boon and Charlie Knight are replaced by Reece Rogers and Ash Kendall.
73 mins = a great ball by Joe Woodley to Ben Allen out on the left wing is well controlled and his cross shot hits the outside netting of the Exmouth goal.
74 mins = a pass out from the back by the Heath is mis-controlled in midfield and given straight back to Exmouth who hit the Heath on the break, a nice ball through to the Exmouth striker results in a shot slotted past Ollie Jones who gets a touch but the shot has enough pace to find its way into the net despite a great attempted clearance off line by Joe Woodley.
76 mins = Josh Williams is replaced by Harry Pruett.
77 mins = Exmouth are through again and their effort is once again well saved by Ollie Jones who parries the shot away to the left.
The last 10 minutes of the game petered out but the Heath battled and competed well.
We look forward to the visit of Hallen to Springfield on Wednesday 2nd October where we'll be looking for 3 points.
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