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THE LATE CANCELLATION OF THE PREVIOUS WEEKS GAME AGAINST GONERBY MEANT THAT TEVIE WERE AGAIN A WEEK OUT OF PLAY AND THIS GAME NEEDED A TEVIE WIN HAVING LOST TO THE SPIDERS PREVIOUSLY IN A DISAPPOINTING FASHION. HOWEVER, THIS WAS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT RESULT. THE WHISTLE BLEW AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH SIDES AND THE DETERMINATION WAS EQUALLY VISIBLE. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE WEST BRIDGFORD SPIDERS EARNED A CORNER AND THE MISCOMMUNICATION SURROUNDING THE GOAL AREA WITHIN THE TEVIE TEAM GAVE A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY, A HEADER FROM THE STRIKER WAS ON TARGET AND THEY TOOK THE LEAD. 0-1. A FEW MOMENTS OF DISBELIEF FOLLOWED AS TEVIE REGAINED COMPOSURE AND FINALLY SWITCHED ON. THE TEVIE BOYS RAMPED UP THE PRESSURE AND WERE DOING ALL THEY COULD TO KEEP PLAY INSIDE THE SPIDERS AREA, IT WAS WORKING AND WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY WOULD GET AN EQUALISER. A THROW IN FROM LUKE BACON GAVE JAMES MATTHEWS THE CHANCE TO BRING TEVIE LEVEL, HE CONTROLLED THE BALL WELL AND SHOT PAST THE KEEPER TO MAKE IT 1-1. WE WERE BACK IN THE GAME! AS ALWAYS ONCE THE FIRST ONE GOES IN TEVIE COME ALIVE, THEY WERE CREATING CHANCES AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE SPIDERS WERE DEFENDING WELL, THEY KNEW WHO TO KEEP AT BAY AND IDENTIFIED EARLY ON WHO TO CLOSE DOWN. HOWEVER THEY COULDN’T CONTAIN THE PASSES THAT WERE BEING DELIVERED IN TO THE AREA FROM THE WINGS AND SOON ENOUGH RHYS WILLIAMS RECEIVED THE BALL AND BROKE THROUGH THE DEFENCE TO HAMMER HOME THE SECOND GOAL FOR TEVIE. 2-1. THIS WAS POSITIVE PLAY FROM TEVIE BUT THE SPIDERS WERE DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING, TEVIE WERE RECLAIMING THE BALL WELL WHEN LOST, BRINGING IT BACK INTO THE AREA AND APPLYING PRESSURE , A SLIPPED BALL BETWEEN THE DEFENDERS WHICH RHYS WILLIAMS RECEIVED AND PLACED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, 3-1. HALF TIME WAS LOOMING AND THE SPIDERS WERE RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN INTERESTING SECOND HALF. HT – 3-1. THE SECOND HALF BEGAN AND A FEW MINUTES OF SETTLING PLAY ENSUED, MORE CHANCES WERE BEING CREATED BUT THE KEEN DEFENCE OF THE SPIDERS WERE MANAGING TO KEEP THE SCORELINE STATIC. A MOMENTARY LAPSE COST THEM A FOURTH GOAL, AND THE HAT TRICK FOR RHYS WILLIAMS. 4-1. PLAY APPEARED TO GO FLAT FOR A WHILE AFTER THIS, WITH NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE HAPPENING. THEN JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STAY 4-1, LUKE BACON MANAGED TO SLOT ANOTHER PAST THE KEEPER TO MAKE IT 5-1. A SOLID PERFORMANCE REGAINING TOP OF THE LEAGUE. FT 5-1.