League Match

Liskeard 3    Bude 4

 Bude showed superb character in this league fixture to come back from 3-1 down to win the game in the last minute.
Liskeard started with immense determination closing down any Bude play instantly and attacked the Bude back line at pace, but it was Bude who opened the scoring after 5 minutes, the ball was picked up by Tommy Statton just inside the Liskeard half and from 40 yards chanced his luck and struck a sweet low drive which found the bottom left corner and saw the keeper stuck to his line watching it fly in.  Liskeard didn't bat an eyelid and continued their high work rate and were soon rewarded with an equaliser, some fast flowing football allowed Carl Flintoff to score from just inside the box. After 20 minutes they took the lead, Ed Bradshaw ran on to a defence splitting pass and neatly scored in to the right corner. Liskeard went further ahead after 30 minutes, Bradshaw was again played in the box by Mike Norman and he clipped the ball back low past keeper Gary Dinshaw and in for his second.  Just before half time Bude got a lifeline when Billy Hopcroft was brought down in the box, he duly stepped to score from the spot.  Bude played about with the formation for the second half and it seemed to have the desired effect as Bude upped the tempo and reversed their fortunes of the first half, Bude equalised after 70 minutes, some great football saw a one two with defender Josh Allen who continued his run and from the edge of the box struck a clinical shot in to the right corner. Both teams at the end had chances to win the game, Hopcroft twice put good chances wide of the post. With time ticking away, Statton was caught late in the box and again the referee pointed to the spot.  Jason Ferrett had the nerve to take the penalty and coolly put the keeper the wrong way.