League Match

Bude  5     Lifton  1

Bude controlled the game from the start but some great football on a rock hard pitch.  They opened the scoring after 10 minutes when a deep free kick from Wayne Cornish, bounced over the defence which Dan Balsdon reacted well to and ran through to meet the ball with his head and knock past the frozen keeper.  Bude soon increased the lead with Billy Hopcroft beating the keeper and tucking the ball away away. The best goal of the game saw superb passing on the left which finished with the ball being chipped to Tommy Statton on the edge of the box who laid up with his right and volleyed in the bottom corner with his left.  Billy Hopcroft grabbed his second after just 30 minutes when put through he again took the keeper and slotted the ball home.  The game was effectively over and Bude took the foot right off the gas allowing Lifton to get back in to the half and they deservedly pulled one back scoring from the edge of the box with a slight deflection off a Bude defender.  The second half started fairly even but it was Bude who created all the best chances, Billy Hopcroft hitting the cross bar from 8 yards with a gaping goal in front of him and then putting another great chance wide of the left post.  The game was finally wrapped up midway through the half when Norman Foster was put in on goal and with the outside of the boot struck through the keepers legs to make it five for Bude.