League Cup Match

Holsworthy 2      Bude 6 

Bude started brightly but went behind after 15 minutes when a low corner was fired in along the six yard box and a Holsworthy striker reacted to guide the ball in to the Bude net.  Bude though soon equalised when winger Stevie Box put a ball across the face of the goal and Tommy Statton was on hand to side foot past the keeper.  It wasn't until the second half when the rest of goals started to fly in.  After 50 mins an early Norman Foster cross from the right saw Billy Hopcroft arrive at the back post and slid to volley in from close range.  Hopcroft grabbed his second soon after when he got caught inside the box and put the keeper the wrong way for the penalty.  Budes confidence grew as the half  went on as they took control and scored their fourth when Foster collected in the centre of the park and with the outside of the foot thread a ball through the Holsworthy backline to pick out Box who timed his run well, ran on and tucked the ball away.  Bude took the foot of the gas and allowed Holsworthy to get back in the game and shoddy defending allowed a Holsworthy player to strike from outside the box and nestle in the corner.  Some great work from Budes' Box saw him skip past the right back, cut the ball back for Hopcroft who smashed the ball inside the near post.   Hopcroft finished off the night in style when a free kick just outside the box was taken by the quick thinking striker who saw his shot hit the back of the net in the final minute.