Cornwall Junior Cup Match

 

Bude 4     Mevagissey 2 

Before the game the teams' observed a minute silence for the late Lawrie Fry who was a long time supporter and previous player of the club and who won Club Person of the year just 3 years ago for his years of work collecting gate money on match days.  He would have enjoyed this performance from the Bude side in an entertaining match which went to extra time to decide the tie. Mevagissey came closest in the first half exchanges with a shot midway through the half being superbly tipped round the post by keeper Phil Constable. It was early in the second half that the deadlock was broken, a Bude free kick from Ian Marks in to the box saw Josh Allen challenge wit the keeper who punched the ball in to air, as it came down Gary Hodgson headed on to the cross bar and from 6 yards a Mevagissey defender smashed the ball back in to his own goal, which any striker would have been proud of.  Bude looked comfortable for much of the half and looked to be heading for victory when substitute Lee Lavery equalised for the visitors.  A speculative shot from 30 yards out flew low under a team mates legs, then another's and nestled in to the bottom left hand corner.  The game got better and more entertaining as the game went in to extra time, Bude took the lead again early on as Stevie Thompson received in the ball in the box and struck a sweet shot down the middle in to the roof of the net.  Bude were then reduced to 10 men when player manager received a second yellow card from a late tackle on player. Bude had to reshuffle and upped their work rate to keep the visitors at bay, their hard work soon paid off as they extended this lead when winger Keith Feltham was put in down the left in to the box and an early left foot strike beat the keeper high in to the goal.    Mevagissey reduced the arrears early in the final period when Dan Brady got in and goal and scored a simple goal from yards out.  Mevagissey continued to press the Bude side looking for an equaliser but the back line of Chris 'Stumpy' Hudson, Josh Allen, Rich Suttie, Steve Westlake worked tirelessly to stop the equaliser.  Bude put the game to bed with minutes remaining, John Clayton worked superbly to win a ball off a defender and he squared to Hodgson who found the bottom right corner with a left foot strike.